Marina Axelson-Fisk

Marina Axelson-Fisk is a Professor in Mathematical Statistics at Chalmers University of Technology, working within the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics in the School of Engineering. She is an active researcher with publications spanning from 1998 to 2023, demonstrating sustained scholarly contribution to her field.

Her primary research focus lies in bioinformatics, with particular expertise in stochastic models and algorithms for comparative genomics and cross-species gene finding. She has made significant contributions to the field through her work with the Mouse and Rat Sequencing Consortia, where she was involved in the initial comparative analyses of human, mouse and rat genomes. She is also an associate member of the Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB), contributing bioinformatics expertise to the analysis of newly sequenced Swedish coastal organisms.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals a consistent research trajectory at the intersection of mathematical statistics and biological applications. Her work demonstrates expertise in developing and applying statistical models to genomic data, with particular emphasis on gene prediction algorithms, comparative genomic analysis, and the application of hidden Markov models to biological sequence analysis. Her research spans both theoretical statistical development and practical biological applications.

She has received research funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR) for projects including 'Statistical Significance of Biological Sequences' (2012-2015) and 'Next Generation Comparative Genomics' (2011-2013), indicating sustained recognition of her research contributions by national funding agencies.