Profile
Daniel Huson is Professor of Algorithms in Bioinformatics at the University of Tübingen, Germany. His work focuses on algorithms, phylogenetic networks, metagenomics, visualization systems, and scientific software engineering.
Short CV
- Professor of Algorithms in Bioinformatics, University of Tübingen, since 2002
- Senior Staff Scientist, Celera Genomics, 1999–2002
- Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, 2011–2015
- Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore, 2015–2020
- Royal Society of New Zealand International Catalyst Fellow, 2020–2024
- Doctorate and habilitation in mathematics, Bielefeld University
Selected Publications
- Huson, D. H.: Displacement-Optimized Tanglegrams for Trees and Networks, Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2026.
- Huson, D. H.: Sketch, Capture and Layout Phylogenies, PLoS Computational Biology, 2025.
- Huson, D. H. & Bryant, D.: The SplitsTree App: interactive analysis and visualization using phylogenetic trees and networks, Nature Methods, 2024.
- Huson, D. H. et al.: CatReNet: interactive analysis of (auto-) catalytic reaction networks, Bioinformatics, 2024.
- Huson, D. H. et al.: MEGAN Community Edition - Interactive Exploration and Analysis of Large-Scale Microbiome Sequencing Data, PLoS Computational Biology, 2016.
- Buchfink, B., Xie, C. & Huson, D. H.: Fast and sensitive protein alignment using DIAMOND, Nature Methods, 2015.