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Sungsik Kong

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2008

Publications

40

Citations

421

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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Sungsik Kong develops statistical and computational methods for reconstructing phylogenetic networks and trees, which are diagrams showing how species or populations are evolutionarily related, especially when their histories involve interbreeding or hybridization between lineages. This work includes building scalable software tools and likelihood-based statistical tests, alongside some earlier applied projects in amphibian disease genetics and insect species identification. The research combines mathematical biology, genomics, and software development to help other biologists infer complex evolutionary histories from DNA sequence data.

Phylogenetic network inferenceSpecies hybridization and reticulate evolutionComputational and statistical methods in evolutionary biologySoftware tools for phylogeneticsGenomics and molecular systematics

Publication output has grown from near zero in 2017 to a steady average of roughly 4-5 papers per year over the last five years, with some year-to-year variation.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.6/year recently
172018: 2 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 6 publications6202021: 2 publications212022: 6 publications6222023: 5 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 5 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×6
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×3
  • Systematic Biology×2
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×2
  • Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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