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Rui Carlos Pinto Borges is a Lecturer in Statistics at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews. His research focuses on evolutionary biology, population genetics, and computational methods, with particular expertise in Bayesian statistical modeling and genomic analysis. He contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals through his work in these fields.
Education details are not explicitly provided in the text, but his academic role suggests advanced qualifications in statistics and genetics. His research interests include cladistics, allele analysis, evolutionary adaptation, and genomic sequencing. Notable contributions include developing Bayesian methodologies for estimating selection pressures (Bait-ER software) and effective population sizes, alongside analyzing mutation patterns in bacterial populations.
His work has been published in journals like Methods in Ecology and Evolution and Molecular Biology and Evolution. He collaborates internationally on topics such as phylogenetic signal testing and genomic sequence analysis. Borges has created datasets like 'mutation_models' and 'Bait-ER v1.0' available on Zenodo, highlighting his commitment to open science.
