Academic Staff - Dr Simon Ho
| Position: | Senior Lecturer |
| Phone: | +61 2 9351 8681 |
| Fax: | n/a |
| Mobile Phone: | n/a |
| Email: | simon.ho@sydney.edu.au |
| Location: | Room 308 |
| Address: | A11 - Edgeworth David Building, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia |
| Links: | Molecular Ecology, Evolution, & Phylogenetics Group |
Career Profile
- ARC QEII Research Fellow, 2011-
- Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, 2010-
- Lecturer, Australian National University, 2008-2010
- ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010
- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford, 2006-2007
- D.Phil., University of Oxford, 2006
- M.Sc., University of Sydney, 2003
- B.Sc. (Adv) (Hon), University of Sydney, 2002
Research Interests
I am a computational evolutionary biologist interested in molecular evolution and phylogenetics. My research areas include molecular clocks, evolutionary rates, phylogenetic methods, calibration techniques, and ancient DNA. Recent projects span a broad range of topics in evolutionary biology and include both theoretical and applied aspects of phylogenetic and molecular evolutionary analysis. Some examples are listed below.
- Using fossil calibrations in phylogenetic analysis
- Relaxed-clock models for estimating evolutionary time-scales
- Estimating evolutionary rates from ancient DNA
- Phylogenetic analysis of whales, dolphins, and porpoises
- Evolutionary rates in human mitochondrial DNA
- Population structure in woolly mammoths
- Evolutionary time-scale of brown bears
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching
- Honours (committee member)
- Bioinformatics: Sequences & Genomes (BIOL5002)
- Scientific Research in Biology (BIOL4015)
- Bioinformatics & Genomics (BIOL3027)
- Molecular Biology & Genetics (MBLG2072)
- Concepts in Biology (Advanced) (BIOL1911)
Potential Students
Undergraduate, Honours, and PhD students interested in undertaking projects in molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and ancient DNA analysis are encouraged to contact me at
Potential projects for Honours students commencing in 2012 can be found here.
Scientific Output
Curriculum vitae
My CV can be found here.