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Education:

Doctor of Philosophy, Entomology.   1995- 1998.
University of California, Berkeley, CA   94720.

Master of Science, Environmental and Forest Biology.   1992- 1995.
State University of New York- College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Syracuse, NY 13210.

Bachelor of Science, Environmental and Forest Biology.   1990- 1992.
State University of New York- College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Syracuse, NY 13210.

Associate of Science, Liberal Arts.   1988- 1990.
Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY.

 

Employment and Experience :

Assistant Professor and Director of the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 6/2006- current.
Research program: Holistic Insect Systematics

Assistant Professor. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 8/2000- 6/2006

Internship in tropical bark beetle taxonomy, Chaingmai, Thailand. June 2002.
Training in bark beetle taxonomy under the supervision of Dr. Roger Beaver.

Post - doctoral researcher. Imperial College/ The Natural History Museum, UK. 2/1999- 8/2000.
Systematics and evolution of bark beetles.

Curatorial assistant in Essig Museum of Entomology. September 1996- July 1997.
Curation of Curculionidae and general museum and specimen maintenance.

Internship at the Canadian National Collection. May 1995.
Training in bark beetle systematics under the supervision of Dr. Donald E. Bright.

 

Publications:

Cognato, A.I. 2008. A new Orthotomicus (Ferrari) species (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Ipini) from Thailand. Coleopterists Bulletin, accepted with revision

Cognato, A.I. and D. Grimaldi.. 2008. One hundred million years of morphological conservation in a bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Systematic Entomology, accepted with revision.

Cognato, A. I. and D. Rubinoff. 2008. New Exotic Ambrosia Beetles Found in Hawaii (Curculioinidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborina). Coleopterists Bulletin, accepted with revision

Gillespie, J., D.W. Tallamy, E.G. Riley, and A. I. Cognato. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of rootworms and related galerucine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zoologica Scripta 37: 195-222.

Hulcr, J., V. Novotny, B.A. Maurer, A.I. Cognato. 2008. Low beta diversity of ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in lowland rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Oikos 117: 214-222

Jordal, B., J.J. Gillespie, and A.I. Cognato. 2008. Secondary structure alignment and direct optimization of 28SrDNA sequences provide limited phylogenetic resolution in bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zoologica Scripta 37:43-56.

Pernek, M., Avtzis, D.N., Hrašovec, B., Diminić, D., Wegensteiner, R., Stauffer, C., Cognato, A.I. 2008. Novel morphological and genetic markers for the discrimination of three European Pityokteines (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Periodicum Biologorum, In press.

Cognato, A.I. and J.H. Sun. 2007. DNA based cladograms augment the discovery of a new Ips species from China (Coleoptera: Curculionidae:Scolytinae). Cladistics 23: 539-551.

Dole, S.A. and A.I. Cognato. 2007. A New Genus and Species of Bothrosternina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Ecuador. Coleopterists Bulletin 61: 318-325.

Hulcr, J., S.A. Dole, R.A. Beaver, and A.I. Cognato. 2007. Cladistic review of xyleborine generic taxonomic characters (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Systematic Entomology. 32: 568-584.

Kathirithamby, J., J.J. Gillespie, E. Jimenez-Guri, A.I. Cognato and J.S. Johnston. 2007. High nucleotide divergence in a dimorphic parasite with disparate hosts. Zootaxa. 1636: 59-68.

Menard, K.L. and A. I. Cognato. 2007. Mitochondrial haplotypic diversity of pine cone beetles (Scolytinae: Conophthorus) collected on food sources. Environmental Entomology 36: 962-966.

Mynhardt, G., M.K. Harris, and A.I. Cognato. 2007. Population genetics of the pecan weevil, Curculio caryae Horn (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), inferred from mitochondrial nucleotide data. Annals of the Entomological Society of America.100: 582-590.

Caesar, R.M., M. Sörensson, and A.I. Cognato. 2006. Integrating DNA data and traditional taxonomy to streamline biodiversity assessment: An example from edaphic beetles in the Klamath ecoregion, California, USA. Diversity and Distributions, 12: 483-489.

Cognato, A.I. 2006. [invited review] Standard percent DNA sequence difference for insects does not predict species boundaries. Journal of Economic Entomology, 99:1037-1045.

Cognato, A.I., C.E. Bográn, R. Rabaglia 2006. An exotic ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus mutilatus (Blandford) (Scolytinae: Xyleborina) found in Texas. Coleopterists Bulletin, 60:162-163.

Cognato, A.I and R.M. Caesar. 2006. [invited] Will DNA barcoding advance efforts to conserve biodiversity more efficiently than traditional taxonomic methods? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:268-269.

Damgaard, J. and A.I. Cognato. 2006. Phylogeny and reclassification of species groups in Aquarius Schellenberg, Limnoporus Stål and Gerris Fabricius (Insecta: Heteroptera, Gerridae). Systematic Entomology, 31:93-112.

Rabaglia, R., S.A. Dole, and A.I. Cognato. 2006.  A review of the Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in America north of Mexico, with an illustrated key. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 6: 1034-1056.

Usener, J.L. and A.I. Cognato. 2006. Phylogenetic review of desert firefly taxonomic characters (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Microphotus). Insect Systematics and Evolution 37: 71-80.

Cognato, A.I.,  N. E. Gillette, R. Campos Bolaños, and F.A.H. Sperling. 2005. Mitochondrial phylogeny of pine cone beetles (Scolytinae, Conophthorus) and their affiliation with geographic area and host. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 494-508.

Cognato, A.I., J-H. Sun, M. Anducho, and D. Owen. 2005. Genetic variation and origin of red turpentine beetles (Dendroctonus valens LeConte) introduced to the People’s Republic of China. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 7: 87-94.

Caesar, R.M., N. Gillette, and A.I. Cognato. 2005. Population genetic structure of an edaphic beetle (Ptiliidae) among Late Successional Reserves within the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion, California, USA. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98: 931-940.

Gillespie, J., C. McKenna, M.J. Yoder, R. Gutell, J. Johnston, J. Kathirithamby, and A.I. Cognato. 2005. Assessing the odd secondary structural properties of nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences (18S) of the twisted-wing parasites (Insecta: Strepsiptera) Insect Molecular Biology 14: 625-643.

Usener, J.L. and A.I. Cognato. 2005. Patterns of mitochondrial diversity among desert firefly populations (Lampryidae: Microphotus octarthrus Fall). Coleopterists Bulletin 59: 361-367.

Cognato, A.I. 2004. Book Review: Field guide to bark beetles of Idaho and adjacent regions. Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 655-656.

Fisher, M.L., R.E. Gold, E.L. Vargo, and A.I. Cognato. 2004. Behavioral and genetic analysis of colony fusion in Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology 44: 565-576.

Foster, B.T., A.I. Cognato, and R.E. Gold. 2004. DNA-based identification of the subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 95-105.

Gillespie, J., J. Cannone, R. Gutell, and A.I. Cognato. 2004. A secondary structural model of the 28S rRNA expansion segments D2 and D3 from rootworms and related leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae; Galerucinae). Insect Molecular Biology 13: 495–518.

Cognato, A.I., A.D. Harlin, M.L. Fisher. 2003. Genetic structure among pinyon pine beetle populations (Scolytinae: Ips confusus). Environmental Entomology 30: 1262-1270.

Damgaard, J. and A.I. Cognato. 2003. Sources of character conflict in a clade of water striders. Cladistics. 19: 512-526.

Galacatos, K., A.I. Cognato, and F.A.H. Sperling.  2002. Genetic population structure of two Amazonian water striders (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Freshwater Biology 47: 391-399.

Cognato, A.I. and A.P. Vogler.  2001. Exploring data interaction and nucleotide alignment in a multiple gene analysis of Ips (Coleoptera: Scolytinae). Systematic Biology 50:758-780.

Cognato, A.I.  2000. Phylogenetic analysis reveals new genus of Ipini bark beetle (Scolytidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93: 362-366.

Cognato, A.I. and F.A.H. Sperling. 2000.  Phylogeny of Ips DeGeer (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I sequence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14: 445-460.

Cognato, A.I., S.J. Seybold and F.A.H. Sperling. 1999.  Incomplete barriers to mitochondrial gene flow between pheromone races of the North American pine engraver, Ips pini (Say). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 266:1843-1850.
   
Cognato, A.I. 1998.  A new Potamobates Champion species (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Ecuador with new distribution records for P. williamsi Hungerford. Insecta Mundi 12:17-22.

Cognato, A.I., S.J. Seybold, D.L. Wood, and S.A. Teale. 1997. A cladistic analysis pheromone evolution in Ips bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Evolution 51: 313-318.

Cognato, A.I. and D. Bright.  1996.  New records of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from Dominica, West Indies. The Coleopterists Bulletin 50: 72.

Cognato, A.I., S.O. Rogers, and S.A. Teale. 1995.  Species diagnosis and phylogeny of the Ips grandicollis group (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) using random amplified polymorphic DNA. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88: 397-405.

 

In Review:

Anducho-Reyes, M.A., A.I. Cognato, J.L. Hayes, and G. Zúñiga.  2008. Genetic structure and phylogeography of the bark beetle Dendroctonus mexicanus Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America.

Lightle, D.M., K.J.K. Gandhi, A.I. Cognato, B.J. Mosley, D.G. Nielsen, and D.A. Herms. 2009. New Records of Exotic and Native Ambrosia and Bark Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Ohio. The Great Lakes Entomologist.

McMahon, D., Gillespie, J.J., Cannone, J.J., Lee, J., McKenna, C.H., Moon, J., Cognato, A.I., Kathirithamby, J., Johnston, J.S., Gutell, R.R..  2009. Strepsipteran 28S rRNA: Bizarre secondary structures configured in the tertiary model of the large ribosomal subunit (60S).  Molecular Biology and Evolution.