Personal profile
Biography
I am an Associate Professor at School of Computing, Australian National University. Prior to joining ANU in 2018 I was a Research Fellow at Max Perutz Laboratories, Vienna, Austria.
My recent recognitions include Highly Cited Researcher 2021-2023 (Web of Science) and Australian Field Leader in Evolutionary Biology.
Qualifications
PhD (University of Vienna, Austria, 2009); MSc (University of Freiburg, German, 2005); BSc (Vietnam National University, 2001)
Research Interests
I am the leader of Computational Phylogenomics Lab. Our research lies at the interface between Computing, Biology, and Statistics, with the motto to enable evolutionary research in the genomic era. My lab develops widely used bioinformatic methods and models for phylogenetic inference from ultra-large genomic data.
I lead an international team that jointly develops the widely used IQ-TREE software. IQ-TREE is used to investigate everything from the early life forms to the recent coronavirus causing the COVID-19.
Research student supervision
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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MixtureFinder: Estimating DNA Mixture Models for Phylogenetic Analyses
Ren, H., Wong, T. K. F., Minh, B. Q. & Lanfear, R., 1 Jan 2025, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42, 1, 13 p., msae264.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access9 Citations (Scopus) -
GTRpmix: A Linked General Time-Reversible Model for Profile Mixture Models
Banos, H., Wong, T. K. F., Daneau, J., Susko, E., Minh, B. Q., Lanfear, R., Brown, M. W., Eme, L. & Roger, A. J., 2024, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41, 9, 11 p., msae174.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
MAST: Phylogenetic Inference with Mixtures Across Sites and Trees
Wong, T. K. F., Cherryh, C., Rodrigo, A. G., Hahn, M. W., Minh, B. Q. & Lanfear, R., 2024, In: Systematic Biology. 73, 2, p. 375-391 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access10 Citations (Scopus) -
Order of amino acid recruitment into the genetic code resolved by last universal common ancestor’s protein domains
Wehbi, S., Wheeler, A., Morel, B., Manepalli, N., Minh, B. Q., Lauretta, D. S. & Masel, J., 24 Dec 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 52, e2410311121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perianth evolution and implications for generic delimitation in the eucalypts (Myrtaceae), including the description of the new genus, Blakella
Crisp, M. D., Minh, B. Q., Choi, B., Edwards, R. D., Hereward, J., Kulheim, C., Lin, Y. P., Meusemann, K., Thornhill, A. H., Toon, A. & Cook, L. G., 2024, In: Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 62, 5, p. 942-962 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access15 Citations (Scopus)
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Improving, validating, and interpreting amino acid substitution models
Bui, M. (PI), Masel, J. (PI) & Huttley, G. (CoI)
1/09/24 → 31/08/27
Project: Research
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cogent3 python APIs for IQ-TREE and GraphBin via a plug-in architecture
Huttley, G. (PI) & Bui, M. (CoI)
1/11/22 → 31/10/25
Project: Research
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Real-time genomic epidemiology with IQ-TREE
Bui, M. (PI), Barca, G. M. J. (CoI) & Lanfear, R. (CoI)
1/09/21 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Efficient phylogenetic methods that manage the curse of genomic complexity
Lanfear, R. (PI), Bui, M. (CoI), Hahn, M. W. (CoI), Jermin, L. (CoI) & Rodrigo, A. (CoI)
21/09/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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New phylogenomic models and methods to resolve the prokaryotic to eukaryotic transition
Bui, M. (PI), Roger, A. J. (PI) & Bui, M. (CoI)
1/09/20 → 31/08/24
Project: Research