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Mike Steel

New Zealand mathematician
Person Human Q6848921

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
1960
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[5]
Occupation
mathematician, statistician, researcher
Employer
University of Canterbury (1994–present)[6]
Educated at
University of Canterbury, Massey University[7][8]
Award received
ISCB Fellow (2018), Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (2003), University of Canterbury Research Medal (2014), James Cook Research Fellowship (2009), Hamilton Award (1994), Fellow of the New Zealand Mathematical Society[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Official website
www.math.canterbury.ac.nz[30]
Doctoral advisor
Michael Hendy, David Penny[9][10]
Doctoral student
David Bryant, Mihaela Carmen Baroni, Andrew McKenzie, Mareike Fischer, Peter John Humphries, Sha Joe Zhu, Klaas Hartmann, Giulio V Dalla Riva[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Work location
Groningen, Christchurch[31][32]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy (1989)[26]
Academic thesis
Distributions on bicoloured evolutionary trees[33]
Erdős number
2[35]
Family name
Steel[27]
Given name
Michael, Anthony[28][29]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[37]
Nickname
Mike[34]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en Michael A. Steel en MA Steel en Michael Anthony Steel en Steel MA en Mike A. Steel en Mike Steel ar مايك ستيل
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000116118554
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7015-4644
VIAF cluster ID
27726370
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n94109263
GND ID
1047948338
OpenAlex ID
A5035720494
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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BIBSYS ID
3051780
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14487709s
DBLP author ID
s/MikeASteel
DDB person (GND) ID
1047948338
Freebase ID
/m/0j643zl
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Google Scholar author ID
7ezIRWQAAAAJ
IdRef ID
091005981
J9U entity ID
987007431848105171
Libraries Australia ID
58772540
LinkedIn personal profile ID
mike-steel-7668b4a
MR Author ID
266254
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
126244
NUKAT ID
n2005141800
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
088369862
RERO ID (legacy)
A009213767
Scopus author ID
55608726200
Yale LUX ID
person/45e1f24a-d445-4d25-8e21-5402f7c43fce
ZbMATH author ID
steel.michael-anthony

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Author of 12
A class of phylogenetic networks reconstructable from ancestral profiles, An evolutionary process without variation and selection, Autocatalytic networks in biology: structural theory and algorithms, Autocatalytic sets and boundaries, Defining phylogenetic networks using ancestral profiles, Folding and unfolding phylogenetic trees and networks, Horizontal Gene Transfer Phylogenetics: A Random Walk Approach, Impacts of Terraces on Phylogenetic Inference +4 more
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A class of phylogenetic networks reconstructable from ancestral profiles, An evolutionary process without variation and selection, Autocatalytic networks in biology: structural theory and algorithms, Autocatalytic sets and boundaries, Defining phylogenetic networks using ancestral profiles, Folding and unfolding phylogenetic trees and networks, Horizontal Gene Transfer Phylogenetics: A Random Walk Approach, Impacts of Terraces on Phylogenetic Inference +4 more
Affiliated with 3
University of Arizona, University of Canterbury, Allan Wilson Centre
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Summary

Mike Steel was born in 1960[1]. He has worked as a mathematician[2], statistician[3], and researcher[4].

FAQs

What did Mike Steel do for work?

Mike Steel worked as a mathematician[2], statistician[3], and researcher[4].

Where did Mike Steel go to school?

Mike Steel was educated at University of Canterbury[7] and Massey University[8].

What awards did Mike Steel receive?

Honors received include ISCB Fellow[11], Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[12], University of Canterbury Research Medal[13], and James Cook Research Fellowship[14].

Related Entities

University of Canterbury

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  1. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Distributions on bicoloured evolutionary trees. wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . canterbury.ac.nz. Retrieved . canterbury.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . nzmathsoc.org.nz. Retrieved . nzmathsoc.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2020. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → Groningen, Christchurch
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    J9U entity ID → 987007431848105171
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    Libraries Australia ID → 58772540
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