Research statement
Here is a sanitized version of the research statement that I wrote for my 2024–2025 Chateaubriand Fellowship application. This is old, and will be updated in the coming months.
Publications
Teo B., Bastide P., Ané C. 2025. Leveraging graphical model techniques to study evolution on phylogenetic networks. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 10.1098/rstb.2023.0310
Teo B., Rose J., Bastide P., Ané C. 2023. Accounting for Within-Species Variation in Continuous Trait Evolution on a Phylogenetic Network. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 2:1–29. 10.18061/bssb.v2i3.8977
Tang S., Lee T.S., Li M., Zhang Y., Xu Y., Liu F., Teo B., Jiang H. 2018. Complex pattern selectivity in macaque primary visual cortex revealed by large-scale two-photon imaging. Current Biology. 28:38–48. 10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.039
Preprints
Teo B., Ané C. 2025. Adapting cluster graphs for inference of continuous trait evolution on phylogenetic networks. arXiv preprint. 10.48550/arXiv.2512.18139
Presentations
Talks
Feb 2026: Adapting cluster graphs for inference of continuous trait evolution on phylogenetic networks. iTHEMS Biology Seminar, RIKEN. Wako, Saitama.
Nov 2025: Adapting cluster graphs for inference of continuous trait evolution on phylogenetic networks. Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University. Tainan, Taiwan.
Fall 2024: Belief Propagation: An Introduction. Graduate Students & Postdocs Seminar, Theory, Methods, and Applications of Quantitative Phylogenomics. ICERM, Brown University. Providence, RI.
July 2024: Leveraging graphical model techniques to study evolution on phylogenetic networks. 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. Montreal, Canada.
Nov 2022: Belief propagation for continuous trait evolution on phylogenetic networks. UW-Madison SGSA Student Seminar. Madison, WI.
June 2022: Accounting for Within-Species Variation in Continuous Trait Evolution on a Phylogenetic Network. Evolution conference. Cleveland, OH.
Posters
Fall 2024: Leveraging graphical model techniques to study evolution on phylogenetic networks. Theory, Methods, and Applications of Quantitative Phylogenomics. ICERM, Brown University. Providence, RI.
Workshops
Fall 2024: Theory, Methods, and Applications of Quantitative Phylogenomics. ICERM, Brown University. Providence, RI.
Software
Major contributor: PhyloGaussianBeliefProp.jl
Minor contributor: PhyloTraits.jl
Honors and Awards
Individual
July 2024: Mayr Symposium, Finalist. 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology.
Summer 2024: SRGC Conference Presentation Award. UW-Madison Graduate School.
May 2017: Statistics Poster Competition, 2nd place. CMU Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Group
2025: Open Hall of Fame Inductee (JuliaPhylo). Inaugural UW-Madison Open Awards
2025: SORTEE Commendation Award (JuliaPhylo)