Jessica Ware

Jessica Lee Ware is a Canadian-American evolutionary biologist and entomologist.[1][2] She is the associate curator of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.[3][4] In addition, she is a principal investigator at the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics and an associate professor for the Richard Gilder Graduate School.[5]

For the English singer-songwriter, see Jessie Ware.
Jessica Ware
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Born
Jessica Lee Ware

Montreal, Quebec
Alma mater
Known for
Scientific career
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Institutions

Ware has served as president of the Entomological Society of America,[6] and as President of the Worldwide Dragonfly Association.[7] She studies the evolution of insect physiology and behavior, particularly dragonflies and dictyoptera, as well as their biogeography (their geographic distribution).[5] Ware was a contributor to a major study of the phylogenomics of insect evolution,[8] and developed molecular phylogeny of hexapoda.[9] Ware warns of the dangerous losses occurring in insect taxonomies, which are being reported as high as 80%.[3]

Early life and education

Jessica Lee Ware was born in 1977 in Montreal, Quebec, one of twins (her twin is artist and activist Syrus Marcus Ware).[2] Ware has said that she became interested in biology because her grandparents, Gwen and Harold Irons, in northern Canada encouraged her to collect snakes, insects, and frogs.[10] Ware attended the University of Toronto Schools (UTS) for grades 7–13.[2]

Ware earned a Bachelor of Science in invertebrate zoology from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 2001.[2] She pursued entomology after a work-study position at the Spencer Entomological Museum at UBC,[11] which helped to support her during her studies.[2]

After graduating, Ware traveled to Costa Rica to work with Diane Srivastava for a semester. She reports that her time there led to her to choose research as a career, and it was also her first experience of working with other scientists of color.[2]

Ware went directly from her bachelor's degree to the doctoral program at Rutgers University.[2] She was awarded a PhD in 2008, with a dissertation titled, Molecular and morphological systematics of Libelluloidea (Odonata: Anisoptera) and Dictyoptera,[12] an examination of the evolutionary history of the Libelluloidea superfamily of dragonflies.[3]

Career

In 2010, Ware became an assistant professor at Rutgers University, and was granted tenure in 2016.[13] In 2020 she was hired as an assistant curator of Odonata & non-holometabolous insect orders at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in the city of New York,[5] later becoming associate curator. She is helping to develop the Susan and Peter J. Solomon Family Insectarium at AMNH, which will explore the diversity and importance of insect orders.[3] Ware is also a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.[2]

Ware contributed to a major study of the phylogenomics of insect evolution,[8] and developed molecular phylogeny of hexapoda.[9] She has undertaken fieldwork in several continents.[2]

Ware is active in encouraging women and people from under-represented groups to become entomologists.[2][10] She was a featured speaker at the March for Science in Washington DC in 2017.[14][15][16][1] She co-founded Entomologists of Color (www.entopoc.org)[17] and co-organized #BlackInEnto week in February 2021 (www.blackinento.com). [18]

She is a contributor to Entomology Today,[19] and serves on the board of several entomological journals.[2]

Ware has served on the Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America, representing the SysEB section.[20] As of May 7, 2020, Ware was elected to become Vice President-Elect of the Entomological Society of America, starting her term as vice president in November 2020, and as president in November 2021.[6]

From 2019 to 2021, she served as President of the Worldwide Dragonfly Association.[7]

She has been on NOVA PBS shows about insect entomophagy, and butterflies. She has been featured on Jonathan Van Ness's podcast Getting Curious.[21]

Honors
  • 2022, Fellow, California Academy of Sciences[22]
  • 2019, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award, U.S. Government[23][24]
  • 2019, Leader in Faculty Diversity Award, Rutgers University,[25] which "honors a select number of faculty who have been leaders in promoting diversity, inclusion, equity, and access at Rutgers, either through their own academic research, teaching, community engagement research, and other forms of engagement".[26]
  • 2017, Snodgrass Memorial Research Award, Entomological Society of America[27] which recognizes "outstanding research by a graduate student".[28]
  • 2015, NSF Early CAREER Award, National Science Foundation[29][30]
  • 2008, John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award, Entomological Society of America[31]

Personal life

Ware's maternal family is from England but they have lived in Canada since the early 20th century. Ware's paternal family are from the southern United States. Ware has dual citizenship. Ware was married to another entomologist, however they are now separated and she is a single parent to two children.[2][10] Ware identifies as bisexual.[32]

References
  1. Lerner, Sharon (April 22, 2017). "Why They March: "Science and Scientists Are Now Under Attack"". The Intercept. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. Riddick, EW; Samuel-Foo, M; Bryan, WW; Simmons, AM (2015). Memoirs of Black Entomologists: Reflections on Childhood, University, and Career Experiences. Entomological Society of America. pp. 120–121. ISBN 9780977620999.
  3. Prévost-Manuel, Jade (October 27, 2022). "Entomologist Jessica Ware Weighs in on Impactful Insects' Frightening Decline". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. "Profile: Jessica L. Ware". www.ncas.rutgers.edu. Rutgers–Newark Colleges of Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. "Jessica Ware". AMNH. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. "Jessica Ware Elected as Vice President-Elect of Entomological Society of America". Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  7. "Worldwide Dragonfly Association: Board of Trustees". worlddragonfly.org. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  8. Misof, B; Liu, S; Meusemann, K; Peters, RS; Donath, A; Mayer, C; Frandsen, PB; Ware, J; Flouri, T; Beutel, RG; Niehuis, O; Petersen, M; Izquierdo-Carrasco, F; Wappler, T; Rust, J; Aberer, AJ; Aspöck, U; Aspöck, H; Bartel, D; Blanke, A; Berger, S; Böhm, A; Buckley, TR; Calcott, B; Chen, J; Friedrich, F; Fukui, M; Fujita, M; Greve, C; et al. (7 November 2014). "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution" (PDF). Science. 346 (6210): 763–7. Bibcode:2014Sci...346..763M. doi:10.1126/science.1257570. PMID 25378627. S2CID 36008925.
  9. Kjer, Karl; Carle, Frank; Litman, Jesse; Ware, Jessica L (October 2006). "A molecular phylogeny of Hexapoda". Arthropod Syst Phylogeny. 64 (1): 35–44. doi:10.3897/asp.64.e31642. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  10. "Jessica Ware – Untamed Science". Untamed Science. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  11. "Contributor Highlight: Jessica Ware". The 500 QS Reader. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  12. Ware, Jessica Lee (2008). Molecular and morphological systematics of Libelluloidea (Odonata: Anisoptera) and Dictyoptera. New Brunswick: Rutgers The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  13. "Jessica L. Ware". Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  14. Fox, Maggie (22 April 2017). "March for Science Demonstrators Say They're the Real Patriots". NBC News. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  15. Lerner, Laurence (24 April 2017). "Professor Jessica Ware Gets Featured Speaker Slot at March for Science". Rutgers University News. Rutgers University. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  16. Yong, Ed (April 23, 2017). "How the March for Science Finally Found Its Voice". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  17. Ware, Jessica. "Entomologists of Color". Entopoc. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  18. Ware, Jessica. "BlackInEnto". Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  19. "Jessica Ware – Entomology Today". entomologytoday.org. Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  20. "Jessica L. Ware | Entomological Society of America". entsoc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  21. Van Ness, Jonathan. "Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness". Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  22. Ely, Megan (October 11, 2021). "California Academy of Sciences welcomes 11 new Fellows, bestows three prestigious awards". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  23. Ware, Jessica (2 July 2019). "PECASE". Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  24. Lally, Robin (July 23, 2019). "White House Recognizes Rutgers Researchers for Leadership in Science and Technology". Rutgers Today. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  25. "Rutgers Presents 2019 Awards Celebrating Diversity and Social Justice". Rutgers Today. April 19, 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  26. "Leaders in Faculty Diversity Awards | Diversity Equity and Inclusion". diversity.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  27. "Winners of the SysEB Section Snodgrass Memorial Research Award". www.entsoc.org. Entomological Society of America. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  28. "Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (SysEB) Snodgrass Memorial Research Award". www.entsoc.org. Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  29. "Prof. Jessica Ware (SEBS '08) Wins Prestigious NSF Early CAREER Award". Rutgers University. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  30. "NSF Award Search". nsf.gov. National Science Foundation. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  31. "Winners of the John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award". www.entsoc.org. Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  32. "Jessica Ware".
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