Jessica Ware

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Jessica Lee Ware is a Canadian-American evolutionary biologist and entomologist.{{Cite news|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/04/22/why-they-march-science-and-scientists-are-now-under-attack/|title=Why They March: "Science and Scientists Are Now Under Attack"|last=Lerner|first=Sharon|date=April 22, 2017|work=The Intercept|access-date=June 6, 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Riddick|first1=EW|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N0VRawEACAAJ&q=memoirs+of+black+entomologists|title=Memoirs of Black Entomologists: Reflections on Childhood, University, and Career Experiences|last2=Samuel-Foo|first2=M|last3=Bryan|first3=WW|last4=Simmons|first4=AM|date=2015|publisher=Entomological Society of America|isbn=9780977620999|pages=120–121|author-link2=Michelle Samuel-Foo}} She is curator and chair of the Division of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.{{cite web|title=Profile: Jessica L. Ware|url=https://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/jessica-l-ware|website=www.ncas.rutgers.edu|publisher=Rutgers–Newark Colleges of Arts & Sciences|access-date=4 June 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501083412/http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/jessica-l-ware|archive-date=2017-05-01|url-status=dead}} In addition, she is a principal investigator at the Institute for Comparative Genomics and a professor for the Richard Gilder Graduate School.

Ware has served as president of the Entomological Society of America, and as President of the Worldwide Dragonfly Association. She is current president of the Society of Systematic Biologists. She studies the evolution of insect physiology and behavior, particularly dragonflies and dictyoptera, as well as their biogeography (geographic distribution).{{cite web|title=Jessica Ware|url=http://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/jessica-ware/|website=AMNH|publisher=American Museum of Natural History|access-date=4 June 2017}} Ware was a contributor to a major study of the phylogenomics of insect evolution,{{cite journal|last1=Misof|first1=B|last2=Liu|first2=S|last3=Meusemann|first3=K|last4=Peters|first4=RS|last5=Donath|first5=A|last6=Mayer|first6=C|last7=Frandsen|first7=PB|last8=Ware|first8=J|last9=Flouri|first9=T|last10=Beutel|first10=RG|last11=Niehuis|first11=O|last12=Petersen|first12=M|last13=Izquierdo-Carrasco|first13=F|last14=Wappler|first14=T|last15=Rust|first15=J|last16=Aberer|first16=AJ|last17=Aspöck|first17=U|last18=Aspöck|first18=H|last19=Bartel|first19=D|last20=Blanke|first20=A|last21=Berger|first21=S|last22=Böhm|first22=A|last23=Buckley|first23=TR|last24=Calcott|first24=B|last25=Chen|first25=J|last26=Friedrich|first26=F|last27=Fukui|first27=M|last28=Fujita|first28=M|last29=Greve|first29=C|last30=Grobe|first30=P|last31=Gu|first31=S|last32=Huang|first32=Y|last33=Jermiin|first33=LS|author-link34=Akito Y. Kawahara|last34=Kawahara|first34=AY|last35=Krogmann|first35=L|last36=Kubiak|first36=M|last37=Lanfear|first37=R|last38=Letsch|first38=H|last39=Li|first39=Y|last40=Li|first40=Z|last41=Li|first41=J|last42=Lu|first42=H|last43=Machida|first43=R|last44=Mashimo|first44=Y|last45=Kapli|first45=P|last46=McKenna|first46=DD|last47=Meng|first47=G|last48=Nakagaki|first48=Y|last49=Navarrete-Heredia|first49=JL|last50=Ott|first50=M|last51=Ou|first51=Y|last52=Pass|first52=G|last53=Podsiadlowski|first53=L|last54=Pohl|first54=H|last55=von Reumont|first55=BM|last56=Schütte|first56=K|last57=Sekiya|first57=K|last58=Shimizu|first58=S|last59=Slipinski|first59=A|last60=Stamatakis|first60=A|last61=Song|first61=W|last62=Su|first62=X|last63=Szucsich|first63=NU|last64=Tan|first64=M|last65=Tan|first65=X|last66=Tang|first66=M|last67=Tang|first67=J|last68=Timelthaler|first68=G|last69=Tomizuka|first69=S|last70=Trautwein|first70=M|last71=Tong|first71=X|last72=Uchifune|first72=T|last73=Walzl|first73=MG|last74=Wiegmann|first74=BM|last75=Wilbrandt|first75=J|last76=Wipfler|first76=B|last77=Wong|first77=TK|last78=Wu|first78=Q|last79=Wu|first79=G|last80=Xie|first80=Y|last81=Yang|first81=S|last82=Yang|first82=Q|last83=Yeates|first83=DK|last84=Yoshizawa|first84=K|last85=Zhang|first85=Q|last86=Zhang|first86=R|last87=Zhang|first87=W|last88=Zhang|first88=Y|last89=Zhao|first89=J|last90=Zhou|first90=C|last91=Zhou|first91=L|last92=Ziesmann|first92=T|last93=Zou|first93=S|last94=Li|first94=Y|last95=Xu|first95=X|last96=Zhang|first96=Y|last97=Yang|first97=H|last98=Wang|first98=J|last99=Wang|first99=J|last100=Kjer|first100=KM|last101=Zhou|first101=X|title=Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution.|journal=Science|date=7 November 2014|volume=346|issue=6210|pages=763–7|pmid=25378627|url=http://www.biodiversitylab.org/sites/default/files/images/website/Class%2001_MisofEtal_InsectPhylogenomics_2014.pdf|doi=10.1126/science.1257570|bibcode=2014Sci...346..763M|s2cid=36008925|display-authors=29}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and developed molecular phylogeny of hexapoda. Ware warns of the dangerous losses occurring in insect taxonomies, which are being reported as high as 80%.

Early life and education

Jessica Lee Ware was born in 1977 in Montreal, Quebec, and has a twin brother, artist and activist Syrus Marcus Ware.

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.{{cite web|title=Jessica Ware – Untamed Science|url=http://www.untamedscience.com/jessica-ware/|access-date=4 June 2017|website=Untamed Science}} Ware attended the University of Toronto Schools (UTS) for grades 7–13.

Ware earned a Bachelor of Science in invertebrate zoology from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 2001. She pursued entomology after a work-study position at the Spencer Entomological Museum at UBC,{{cite web |title=Contributor Highlight: Jessica Ware |url=https://thereader.500queerscientists.com/with-jessica-ware/ |website=The 500 QS Reader |date=8 March 2021 |access-date=29 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029173532/https://thereader.500queerscientists.com/with-jessica-ware/ |url-status=dead }} which helped to support her during her studies.

After graduating, Ware traveled to Costa Rica to work with Diane Srivastava for a semester. She reports that her time in Costa Rica inspired her to pursue research as a career, and it was also her first experience of working with other scientists of color.

Ware went directly from her bachelor's degree to the doctoral program at Rutgers University.She was awarded a PhD in 2008, with a dissertation titled, Molecular and morphological systematics of Libelluloidea (Odonata: Anisoptera) and Dictyoptera,{{cite book|last1=Ware|first1=Jessica Lee|title=Molecular and morphological systematics of Libelluloidea (Odonata: Anisoptera) and Dictyoptera|date=2008|publisher=Rutgers The State University of New Jersey|location=New Brunswick|url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/709a7970a9f645cfa6247479e0abe3c3/|access-date=4 June 2017}} an examination of the evolutionary history of the Libelluloidea superfamily of dragonflies.{{cite news |last1=Prévost-Manuel |first1=Jade |title=Entomologist Jessica Ware Weighs in on Impactful Insects' Frightening Decline |url=https://www.aaas.org/membership/member-spotlight/entomologist-jessica-ware-weighs-impactful-insects-frightening-decline?et_rid=162180701&et_cid=4466269 |access-date=29 October 2022 |work=American Association for the Advancement of Science |date=October 27, 2022 |language=en}}

Career

In 2010, Ware became an assistant professor at Rutgers University, and was granted tenure in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://entsoc.org/jessica-l-ware|title=Jessica L. Ware |website=Entomological Society of America |language=en|access-date=2022-06-21}} In 2020 she was hired as an assistant curator of Odonata & non-holometabolous insect orders at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in Manhattan, New York, 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. Ware is also a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

Ware contributed to a major study of the phylogenomics of insect evolution, and developed molecular phylogeny of hexapoda.{{cite journal|last1=Kjer|first1=Karl|last2=Carle|first2=Frank|last3=Litman|first3=Jesse|last4=Ware|first4=Jessica L|title=A molecular phylogeny of Hexapoda|journal=Arthropod Syst Phylogeny|date=October 2006|volume=64|issue=1|pages=35–44|doi=10.3897/asp.64.e31642 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266376576|access-date=4 June 2017 |doi-access=free }} She has undertaken fieldwork in several continents.

Ware is active in encouraging women and people from under-represented groups to become entomologists. She was a featured speaker at the March for Science in Washington DC in 2017.{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Maggie|title=March for Science Demonstrators Say They're the Real Patriots|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/march-science-demonstrators-say-they-re-real-patriots-n749686|access-date=4 June 2017|publisher=NBC News|date=22 April 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Lerner|first1=Laurence|title=Professor Jessica Ware Gets Featured Speaker Slot at March for Science|url=https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/news/professor-jessica-ware-gets-featured-speaker-slot-march-science|access-date=4 June 2017|work=Rutgers University News|publisher=Rutgers University|date=24 April 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/04/how-the-march-for-science-finally-found-its-voice/524022/|title=How the March for Science Finally Found Its Voice|last=Yong|first=Ed|date=April 23, 2017|work=The Atlantic|access-date=2017-06-05|language=en-US}} She co-founded Entomologists of Color ([https://www.entopoc.org www.entopoc.org]){{cite web |last1=Ware |first1=Jessica |title=Entomologists of Color |url=http://www.entopoc.org |website=Entopoc |access-date=4 March 2021}} and co-organized #BlackInEnto week in February 2021.

{{cite web |last1=Ware |first1=Jessica |title=BlackInEnto |url=https://twitter.com/blackinento |access-date=4 March 2021}}

She is a contributor to Entomology Today,{{cite web|title=Jessica Ware – Entomology Today|url=https://entomologytoday.org/tag/jessica-ware/|website=entomologytoday.org|publisher=Entomological Society of America|access-date=4 June 2017|language=en}} and serves on the board of several entomological journals.

Ware has served on the Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America, representing the SysEB section.{{Cite web|url=http://entsoc.org/jessica-l-ware|title=Jessica L. Ware {{!}} Entomological Society of America|website=entsoc.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-17}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Jessica Ware Elected as Vice President-Elect of Entomological Society of America |url=https://www.entsoc.org/jessica-ware-elected-vice-president-elect-entomological-society-america|access-date=2020-06-04|website=Entomological Society of America}}

From 2019 to 2021, she served as President of the Worldwide Dragonfly Association.{{Cite web|title=Worldwide Dragonfly Association: Board of Trustees|url=https://worlddragonfly.org/about/board-of-trustees/|access-date=2020-06-04|website=worlddragonfly.org|archive-date=2020-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814135927/https://worlddragonfly.org/about/board-of-trustees/|url-status=dead}}

She has been on NOVA PBS shows about insect entomophagy, and butterflies. She has also been featured on Jonathan Van Ness's podcast Getting Curious.{{cite web |last1=Van Ness |first1=Jonathan |title=Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CCG1nUfg3Jr/?hl=en |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CCG1nUfg3Jr |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|website=Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness |access-date=4 March 2021}}{{cbignore}} She was the narrator on the PBS Terra show Insectarium.

Honors

2022, Fellow, California Academy of Sciences{{cite news |last1=Ely |first1=Megan |title=California Academy of Sciences welcomes 11 new Fellows, bestows three prestigious awards |url=https://www.calacademy.org/press/releases/california-academy-of-sciences-welcomes-new-11-fellows-bestows-three-prestigious |access-date=29 October 2022 |work=California Academy of Sciences |date=October 11, 2021 |language=en}}
2019, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award, U.S. Government{{cite web |last1=Ware |first1=Jessica |title=PECASE |date=2 July 2019 |url=https://sasn.rutgers.edu/news-events/news/biologist-jessica-ware-among-2019-recipients-presidential-early-career-award-scientists-and-engineers |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928184507/https://sasn.rutgers.edu/news-events/news/biologist-jessica-ware-among-2019-recipients-presidential-early-career-award-scientists-and-engineers |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Lally |first1=Robin |title=White House Recognizes Rutgers Researchers for Leadership in Science and Technology |url=https://www.rutgers.edu/news/white-house-recognizes-rutgers-researchers-leadership-science-and-technology |access-date=29 October 2022 |work=Rutgers Today |date=July 23, 2019 |language=en}}
2019, Leader in Faculty Diversity Award, Rutgers University,{{cite news |title=Rutgers Presents 2019 Awards Celebrating Diversity and Social Justice |url=https://www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-presents-2019-awards-celebrating-diversity-and-social-justice |access-date=29 October 2022 |work=Rutgers Today |date=April 19, 2019 |language=en}} 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".{{cite web |title=Leaders in Faculty Diversity Awards {{!}} Diversity Equity and Inclusion |url=https://diversity.rutgers.edu/node/617 |website=diversity.rutgers.edu |access-date=29 October 2022}}
2017, SysEB Snodgrass Memorial Research Award, Entomological Society of America{{cite web|title=Winners of the SysEB Section Snodgrass Memorial Research Award|url=http://www.entsoc.org/syseb/student/snodgrass_list|website=www.entsoc.org|publisher=Entomological Society of America|access-date=4 June 2017|language=en|archive-date=25 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625175008/http://entsoc.org/syseb/student/snodgrass_list|url-status=dead}} which recognizes "outstanding research by a graduate student".{{cite web|title=Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (SysEB) Snodgrass Memorial Research Award|url=http://www.entsoc.org/syseb/snodgrass-memorial-research-award|website=www.entsoc.org|publisher=Entomological Society of America|access-date=4 June 2017|language=en}}
2015, NSF Early CAREER Award, National Science Foundation{{cite web|title=Prof. Jessica Ware (SEBS '08) Wins Prestigious NSF Early CAREER Award|url=https://sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2015/07/prof-jessica-ware-sebs-08-wins-prestigious-nsf-early-career-award/|publisher=Rutgers University|access-date=4 June 2017|date=22 July 2015}}{{cite web|title=NSF Award Search|url=https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1453157&HistoricalAwards=false|website=nsf.gov|publisher=National Science Foundation|access-date=4 June 2017}}
2008, John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award, Entomological Society of America{{cite web|title=Winners of the John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award|url=http://www.entsoc.org/awards/student/comstock_list|website=www.entsoc.org|publisher=Entomological Society of America|access-date=4 June 2017|language=en}}

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. Ware identifies as bisexual.{{Cite web|url=https://500queerscientists.com/jessica-ware/|title = Jessica Ware}}

References

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[http://runewarkbiology.rutgers.edu/Ware%20Lab/BIOGRAPHY.html Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410083550/http://runewarkbiology.rutgers.edu/Ware%20Lab/BIOGRAPHY.html |date=2016-04-10 }} at Rutgers University

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