Marek L Borowiec

People

member of

Entomological Society of America Member
International Society of Hymenopterists Member
International Union for the Study of Social Insects Member
Society of Systematic Biologists Member

Publications

selected publications

abstract
- Phylogenomics of Formica ants Reveals Complex Evolution of Socially Parasitic Life Histories. XVIII IUSSI International Congress 2018. 2017
academic article
- Comprehensive Phylogeny of Myrmecocystus Honey Ants Highlights Cryptic Diversity and Infers Evolution During Aridification of the American Southwest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 155:107036. 2021
- Compositional heterogeneity and outgroup choice influence the internal phylogeny of the ants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 134:111-121. 2019
- Convergent Evolution of the Army Ant Syndrome and Congruence in Big-Data Phylogenetics. Systematic Biology. 68:642-656. 2019
- Anchored Phylogenomics Unravels the Evolution of Spider Flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) and Reveals Discordance Between Nucleotides and Amino Acids. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 128:233-245. 2018
- Advances using Molecular Data in Insect Systematics. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 18:40-47. 2016
- Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zookeys. 608:1-280. 2016
- AMAS: a Fast Tool for Alignment Manipulation and Computing of Summary Statistics. PeerJ. 4:e1660. 2016
- Extracting Phylogenetic Signal and Accounting for Bias in Whole-Genome Data Sets Supports the Ctenophora as Sister to Remaining Metazoa. BMC Genomics. 16:987. 2015
- The First Host Record for the Wasp Subfamily Brachycistidinae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 117:62-65. 2015
- Studies on California Ants: a Review of the Genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zookeys. 372:27-89. 2014
- Phylogenomics Resolves Evolutionary Relationships among Ants, Bees, and Wasps. Current Biology. 23:2058-2062. 2013
- New Data on the Occurrence of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Lower Silesia and other Regions of Poland [in Polish with English Summary]. Entomological News. 32:49-57. 2013
- Two Species of Myrmecophilous Deiapriidae (Hymenoptera) New to Poland. Entomological News. 32:42-48. 2013
- A Hymenopterists' Guide to the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology: Utility, Clarification and Future Directions. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 27:67-99. 2012
- Worldwide Spread of Cerapachys biroi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Cerapachyinae). Myrmecological News. 17:1-4. 2012
- New Record of Elenchus Tenuicornis (Kirby, 1815) (Strepsiptera: Elenchidae) in Poland [originally in Polish]. Entomological News. 31:210. 2012
- Xenos Vesparum Rossius, 1973 - a Strepsipteron New to Poland (Strepsiptera: Xenidae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae. 97:7-12. 2012
- Three New Species and Reassessment of the Rare Neotropical Ant Genus Leptanilloides (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Leptanilloidinae). Zookeys. 133:19-48. 2011
- Discovery of the Worker Caste and Descriptions of Two New Species of Anomalomyrma ( Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) with Unique Abdominal Morphology. Zootaxa. 2810:1-14. 2011
- First Record of Lasius sabularum (Bondroit, 1918) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Poland. Myrmecological News. 14:137-140. 2011
- New Records of Claviger Testaceus Preyssler, 1890 and C. Longicornis Muller, 1818 ( Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paselaphinae) in Poland with Review of Their Habits. Polish Journal of Entomology. 79:261-269. 2010
- Ants Collected during 2006 Polish Expedition to Kyrgyztan ( Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus. 20:367-379. 2009
- New Ant Species Related to Cerapachys sexspinus and Discussion of the Status of Yunodorylus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa. 2069:43-58. 2009
- New Data on the Distribution of mrowk [Hymenoptera: Formicidae] from the Formicoxenini Tribe in Poland. Entomological News. 28:237-246. 2009
- A New Species of Tyrannomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmiciane) from India. Zootaxa. 1642:65-68. 2007
- A Third Species of Mayriella from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus. 18:773. 2007
- Camponotus Truncatus (Spinola, 1808) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - Ant Species New to Poland. Polish Journal of Entomology. 76. 2007
- Formica Uralensis Ruzsky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica. 48:175-180. 2005

Teaching

teaching activities

Basic Computing for Biologists Instructor, UC Davis 2015

Service

reviewer of

Biodiversity Data Journal (Journal) 2013 -
Zookeys (Journal) 2013 -
Polish Journal of Entomology (Journal) 2006 - 2010

Background

education and training

Ph.D. in Enomology, University of California, Davis , Dissertation: "Systematic and phylogenomic studies on the ant subfamily Dorylinae, and a phylogenetic investigation of early branching lineages of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" 2010 - 2016
M.Sc. in Zoology, University of Wroclaw, Poland , Thesis: "Taxonomy of the Cerapachys sexpinus species-group 2007 - 2009
B.Sc. in Biological Science/Zoology, University of Wroclaw, Poland 2005 - 2007
Arizona State University , Genomics of speciation and evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants 2016 - 2018

awards and honors

Innovative Postdoctoral Research Grant, conferred by Arizona State University, 2017
Standard Research Grant, conferred by Mazamas Mountaineering Club, 2017
Henry A Jastro Award, conferred by UC Davis, 2011 - 2013

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