Dr. Christoph Leuenberger

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T: +41 26 300 8236

Address: Bd de Pérolles 90, 1700 Fribourg

Office: C 321

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Main research activities

• Stochastic and bioinformatic modelling for the inference of demographic histories and selection
• Developing Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) in collaboration with the Wegmann Lab

Teaching activities

Bachelor Courses:

• Einführung in die Statistik I (in german), Fall Semester 2020
• Mathematik für das Lehramt I (in german), Fall Semester 2020
• Mathematik I (in german), Fall Semester 2020
• Vertiefungskurs Statistik (in german), Spring Semester 2021
• Mathematik für das Lehramt II (in german), Spring Semester 2021
• Mathematik II (in german), Spring Semester 2021
• Méthodes mathématiques de la physique (in french), Spring Semester 2021
• Travail écrit I / Schriftliche Arbeit I (in french and german), Fall Semester 2020
• Travail écrit I / Schriftliche Arbeit I (in french and german), Spring Semester 2021
• Travail écrit II / Schriftliche Arbeit II (in french and german), Fall Semester 2020
• Travail écrit II / Schriftliche Arbeit II (in french and german), Spring Semester 2021

Master Courses:

• Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (german, english), Spring Semester 2021
• Relativity and Cosmology (in english), Fall Semester 2021

Selected Publications

Here is a link to my Google Scholar Profil.

• Detecting Selection from Linked Sites Using an F-Model
  Galimberti, C. Leuenberger, B. Wolf, S.M. Szilágyi, M. Foll, D. Wegmann
  Genetics 216 (4), 1205-1215 (2020)

• Low prevalence of lactase persistence in bronze age Europe indicates ongoing strong selection over the last 3,000 years
  Burger, V. Link, J. Blöcher, A. Schulz, C. Sell, Z. Pochon, C. Leuenberger, ..., D. Wegmann
  Current Biology 30 (21), 4307-4315 (2020)

• Apex predators decline after an influx of pastoralists in former Central African Republic hunting zones
  Aebischer, T. Ibrahim, R. Hickisch, R.D. Furrer, C. Leuenberger, ..., D. Wegmann
  Biological Conservation 241 (2020)

• Statistical Modeling and Inference in Genetics
  C. Leuenberger, D. Wegmann
  In Handbook of Statistical Genomics, 4th Edition. Eds. Moltke I & Balding D. Wiley & sons. (2020)

• The optimal rate for resolving a near-polytomy in a phylogeny
  M. Steel, C. Leuenberger
  Journal of Theor. Biol. 420, 174-179 (2017)

• Inference of evolutionary jumps in large phylogenies using Lévy processes
  P. Duchen, C. Leuenberger, S. Szilagyi, L. Harmon, J. Eastman, M. Schweizer, D. Wegmann
  Systematic Biology 66 (2) (2017)

• Inferring heterozygosity from ancient and low coverage genomes
  A. Kousathanas, Ch. Leuenberger, V. Link, C. Sell, J. Burger, D. Wegmann
  Genetics 205, 317-332 (2017)

• Early Farmers from across Europe directly descended from Neolithic Aegeans
  Z. Hofmanova et al. (including C. Leuenberger)
  PNAS 113, 6886-6891 (2016)

• Likelihood-free inference in high-dimensional models
  A. Kousathanas, C. Leuenberger, J. Helfer, M. Quninodoz, D. Wegmann
  Genetics 203 (2), 893-904 (2016)

• An approximate model for the Wright-Fisher diffusion and its application to time-series data
  A. Ferrer-Admettla, C. Leuenberger, J.D. Jensen, D. Wegmann
  Genetics 203 (2), 831-846 (2016)

• Parallel adaptations to nectarivory in parrots, key innovations and the diversification of the Loriinae
  M. Schweizer, M. Güntert, O. Seehausen, C. Leuenberger, S. Hertwig
  Ecology and Evolution 4, 2867-2883 (2015)

• Explicit Bounds
  L. Dümbgen, C. Leuenberger.
  In J. Steven Miller, ed. Benford's Law: Theory and Aplications; Princeton University Press (2015)

• Taxon sampling and the optimal rates of evolution for phylogenetic inference
  C. Leuenberger, J.P. Townsend
  Systematic Biology 60(3) 358--365 (2011)

• Analysis of ratios in multivariate morphometry
  H. Baur, C. Leuenberger
  Systematic Biology 60(6) 813--825 (2011)

• Bayesian computation and model selection without likelihoods
  C. Leuenberger, D. Wegmann
  Genetics 184(1) 243--252 (2010)

• Efficient approximate Baxesian computation coupled with Markov chain Monte Carlo without likelihood
  L. Excoffier, C. Leuenberger, D. Wegmann
  Genetics 182(4) 1207--1218 (2008)

• Explicit bounds for the approximation of error in Benford's law
  L. Dümbgen, C. Leuenberger
  Statistics and Probability Letters 63(4) 361--365 (2003)

• Benford's law for exponential random variables
  H.-A. Engel, C. Leuenberger
  Statistics and Probability Letters 63(4) 361--365 (2003)

• Transversal group actions on CR manifolds and embeddability
  Z. Balogh, C. Leuenberger
  Tohoku Mathematical Journal, Second Series 55(4) 507--527 (2003)

• Quasiconformal contactomorphisms and polynomial hulls with convex fibers
  Z. Balogh, C. Leuenberger
  Canadian Journal of Mathematics 51(5) 915--935 (1999)
• Higher dimension Riemann maps
  Z. Balogh, C. Leuenberger
  International Journal of Mathematics 90(4) 421--442 (1998)
• Lempert mappings and symplectic forms
  Z. Balogh, C. Leuenberger
  Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 3289--3292 (1997)