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Katherine St. John is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). She holds joint appointments with the doctoral faculty in Anthropology and Computer Science at CUNY's Graduate Center and serves as a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History in the divisions of Invertebrate Zoology and NYCEP.
Her research focuses on the intersection of biology, computing, and mathematics, specializing in:
- Phylogenetic tree reconstruction and visualization
- Rotation distance of ordered trees
- Random structures and algorithms
- Computational biology and discrete mathematics
Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on phylogenetic methods, tree comparison algorithms, and computational biology. Recent work emphasizes tree space geometry, dissimilarity metrics, and optimization techniques for evolutionary analysis.
She has secured substantial research funding including multiple NSF grants (00-96080/99-73874, ITR 01-21651, MRI 02-15942, UBM 03-37561, SEI 05-13660, 09-20920, 11-16921, REU 14-61094, 18-13575) and a Simons Collaboration Grant (2014-2022).
Dr. St. John actively mentors undergraduate and graduate researchers through programs like the Treespace Research Experience for Undergraduates. She supervises student teams investigating phylogenetic networks, tree comparison, and algorithm design.
