Michael S. Engel

Michael S. Engel
Born (1971-09-24) September 24, 1971 (age 48)
ResidenceU.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University (Ph.D, 1998)
University of Kansas (B.Sc., 1993)
University of Kansas (B.A., 1993)
Spouse(s)Kellie Kristen Magill (m. 2009)
AwardsGuggenheim Fellow (2006)
Charles Schuchert Award (2008)
Bicentenary Medal (2009)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Kansas (2000–)
American Museum of Natural History (1998–2000)
Doctoral advisorJames K. Liebherr (Cornell University)
Other academic advisorsGeorge C. Eickwort (1940-1994), Thomas D. Seeley, Richard G. Harrison (1945-2016), Charles D. Michener (1918-2015)

Michael S. Engel, FLS, FRES (born September 24, 1971) is an American paleontologist and entomologist, notable for contributions to insect evolutionary biology and classification. In connection with his studies he has undertaken field expeditions in Central Asia, Asia Minor, the Levant, Arabia, eastern Africa, the high Arctic, and South and North America, and has published more than 720 papers in scientific journals and over 800 new living and fossil species.[1] Some of Engel's research images were included in exhibitions on the aesthetic value of scientific imagery.[2] Engel is the author of Innumerable Insects (Sterling, 2018) and co-author of Evolution of the Insects (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Career

Engel received a B.Sc. in physiology and cell biology and a B.A. in chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1993, and a Ph.D. in entomology from Cornell University in 1998.[3] He was employed as a research scientist at the American Museum of Natural History from 1998–2000, and then returned to the University of Kansas as assistant professor in the Department of Entomology, assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and assistant curator in the Natural History Museum’s Division of Entomology.[4] He was promoted to full professor and senior curator in 2008,[5] and University Distinguished Professor in 2018.[6] In 2006–2007 Engel resumed regular activity in the American Museum of Natural History while a Guggenheim Fellow,[7][8] completing work on the geological history of termites and their influence on carbon recycling in paleoenvironments.[9] This period also permitted significant work on the comprehensive work, Treatise on the Termites of the World.[10] In 2008 he received the Charles Schuchert Award[11][12] of the Paleontological Society and subsequently the Bicentenary Medal[13] of the Linnean Society of London (2009) for his contributions to the fields of systematic entomology and paleontology. In Spring 2014 he was awarded the Scholarly Achievement Award of the University of Kansas for his contributions to the evolutionary and developmental origins of insect flight;[14] and in 2015 the International Cooperation Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[15] In 2017, Engel was elected as a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America[16] and received the society's Thomas Say Award.[17]

Personal life

Engel married Kellie K. Magill on April 25, 2009, in a ceremony performed by Engel's father.[18]

Eponymy

[citation needed]

The following species or genera have been proposed in honor of Dr. Engel:

  1. Lasioglossum (Dialictus) engeli Genaro, 2001 (a halictine bee from Cuba)
  2. Braunsapis engeli Jobiraj, 2004 (a small allodapine bee from southern India)
  3. Cretostylops engeli Grimaldi & Kathirithamby, 2005 (the oldest fossil Strepsiptera, from Myanmar)[19]
  4. Sigmophlebia engeli Béthoux & Beckemeyer, 2007 (a protorthopteran from the Early Permian of Oklahoma)
  5. Triepeolus engeli Rightmyer, 2008 (an epeoline bee from Texas)[20]
  6. Archaeoellipes engeli Heads, 2010 (a pygmy mole cricket from the Early Miocene of the Dominican Republic)
  7. Anotylus engeli Makranczy, 2011 (an oxyteline rove beetle from Bolivia)
  8. Engellestes Nel & al., 2012 (a genus of damselfly-like odonates from the Permian of Russia)[21]
  9. Melitta engeli Michez, 2012 (a melittine bee from Kyrgyzstan)[22]
  10. Xenosycorax engeli Azar & Salamé, 2015 (a psychodid fly in Cretaceous amber from New Jersey)[23]
  11. Kronocharon engeli Wunderlich, 2015 (a whipspider in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar)
  12. Dolichoraphidia engeli Liu & al., 2016 (a snakefly in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar)[24]
  13. Eufriesea engeli Gonzalez & Griswold, 2017 (an orchid bee from Mexico)[25]
  14. Cretogramma engeli Liu et al., 2018 (a kalligrammatid lacewing from the Cretaceous of Myanmar)[26]
  15. Archeofoenus engeli Turrisi & Ellenberger, 2019 (an aulacid wasp from the Cretaceous of Myanmar)[27]

Incomplete bibliography

  • Engel, M.S. (2001). "A monograph of the Baltic amber bees and evolution of the Apoidea (Hymenoptera)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 259: 1–192. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2001)259<0001:amotba>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/1437.
  • Engel, M.S. (2015). "Insect evolution". Current Biology. 26 (19): R868–R872. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.059. PMID 26439349.
  • Engel, M.S. (2018). Innumerable Insects. Sterling Publishing. ISBN 978-1454923237.
  • Engel, M.S. (2002). "The first Mesozoic Zoraptera (Insecta)". American Museum Novitates. 3362: 1–20. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.571.3443. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2002)362<0001:tfmzi>2.0.co;2.
  • Engel, M.S. (2004). "New light shed on the oldest insect". Nature. 427 (6975): 627–630. Bibcode:2004Natur.427..627E. doi:10.1038/nature02291. PMID 14961119.
  • Engel, M.S., Davis, S.R. & Prokop, J. (2013) Insect wings: The evolutionary developmental origins of Nature’s first flyers. In: Minelli, A., Boxshall, G. & Fusco, G. (eds.), Arthropod Biology and Evolution: Molecules, Development, Morphology: 269–298. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
  • Garrouste R., Clément G., Nel P., Engel M.S., Grandcolas P., D'Haese C., Lagebro L., Denayer J., Gueriau P., Lafaite P., Olive S., Prestianni C., Nel A. (2012). "A complete insect from the Late Devonian period". Nature. 488 (7409): 82–85. Bibcode:2012Natur.488...82G. doi:10.1038/nature11281. PMID 22859205.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M.S. (2005). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Gu J., Montealegre-Z F., Robert D., Engel M.S., Qiao G., Ren D. (2012). "Wing stridulation in a Jurassic katydid (Insecta, Orthoptera) produced low-pitched musical calls to attract females". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 109 (10): 3868–3873. doi:10.1073/pnas.1118372109. PMC 3309752. PMID 22315416.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Huang D., Engel M.S., Cai C., Wu H., Nel A. (2012). "Diverse transitional giant fleas from the Mesozoic era of China". Nature. 483 (7388): 201–204. Bibcode:2012Natur.483..201H. doi:10.1038/nature10839. PMID 22388812.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Huang D., Nel A., Cai C., Lin Q., Engel M.S. (2013). "Amphibious flies and paedomorphism in the Jurassic period". Nature. 495 (7439): 94–97. Bibcode:2013Natur.495...94H. doi:10.1038/nature11898. PMID 23426262.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Krishna K. (2013). "Treatise on the Termites of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 377 (7): 1–2470. doi:10.1206/377.1.
  • Michez, D., Vanderplanck, M. & Engel, M.S. (2012) Fossil bees and their plant associates. In: Patiny, S. (ed.), Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships: 103–164. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Nel A., Roques P., Nel P., Prokin A.A., Bourgoin T., Prokop J., Szwedo J., Azar D., Desutter-Grandcolas L., Wappler T., Garrouste R., Coty D., Huang D., Engel M.S., Kirejtshuk A.G. (2013). "The earliest known holometabolous insects". Nature. 503 (7475): 257–261. Bibcode:2013Natur.503..257N. doi:10.1038/nature12629. PMID 24132233.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Pérez- , de la Fuente R., Delclòs X., Peñalver E., Speranza M., Wierzchos J., Ascaso C., Engel M.S. (2012). "Early evolution and ecology of camouflage in insects". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 109 (52): 21414–21419. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10921414P. doi:10.1073/pnas.1213775110. PMC 3535654. PMID 23236135.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

References

  1. ^ "Michael S. Engel – Publications List". PublicationsList.org.
  2. ^ "Images From Science". RIT.edu. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Engel, Michael S. (2011). "Response by Michael S. Engel". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (4): 810–811. doi:10.1666/0022-3360-85.4.810.
  4. ^ Engel, Michael S. (2011). "Response by Michael S. Engel". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (4): 810–811. doi:10.1666/0022-3360-85.4.810.
  5. ^ "Promotions, awards of tenure announced". oread.ku.edu.
  6. ^ "Three KU faculty receive status of University Distinguished Professor". today.ku.edu. July 16, 2018.
  7. ^ "Michael S. Engel". GF.org. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011.
  8. ^ "Whats the buzz". GF.org.
  9. ^ Krishna, Kumar; Grimaldi, David A.; Engel, Michael S. (2009). "Termites (Isoptera): their phylogeny, classification, and rise to ecological dominance". American Museum Novitates (3650). hdl:2246/5969.
  10. ^ Engel, Michael S.; Krishna, Valerie; Grimaldi, David A.; Krishna, Kumar (April 25, 2013). "Treatise on the Isoptera of the world". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (377). hdl:2246/6430.
  11. ^ Grimaldi, David (2011). "Presentation of the 2008 Charles Schuchert Award". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (4): 809. doi:10.1666/0022-3360-85.4.809.
  12. ^ Engel, Michael S. (2011). "Response by Michael S. Engel". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (4): 810–811. doi:10.1666/0022-3360-85.4.810.
  13. ^ "The Bicentenary Medal". www.linnean.org.
  14. ^ "Chancellor to present University Scholarly Achievement Awards on April 15". KU.edu. April 8, 2014.
  15. ^ "Chinese Academy of Sciences announces International Cooperation Award for Young Scientists".
  16. ^ "Entomological Society of America elects new Fellows of the ESA".
  17. ^ "ESA names recipients of 2017 professional and student awards".
  18. ^ "On the record". Lawrence Journal-World. May 4, 2009.
  19. ^ Grimaldi, David; Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney; Schawaroch, Valerie (2005). "Strepsiptera and triungula in Cretaceous amber". Insect Systematics and Evolution. 36: 1–20. doi:10.1163/187631205788912787.
  20. ^ "A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Triepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)-Part I". Zootaxa. February 22, 2008.
  21. ^ Nel, André; Bechly, Günter; Prokop, Jakub; Béthoux, Olivier; Fleck, Gunther (January 2012). "Systematics of Paleozoic and Mesozoic damselflies". Journal of Paleontology. 86: 81–104. doi:10.1666/11-020.1.
  22. ^ Radchenko, Vladimir G.; Ivanov, Sergey P.; Kuhlmann, Michael; Michez, Denis (June 7, 2012). "Description of four new species of Melitta". Zootaxa. 3337 (1): 57–67.
  23. ^ Azar Dany (January 1, 2015). "New Upper Cretaceous Sycoracinae". Cretaceous Research. 52: 539–547. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.002.
  24. ^ Liu, Xingyue; Lu, Xiumei; Zhang, Weiwei (April 14, 2016). "New genera and species of minute snakeflies". Zootaxa. 4103 (4): 301–24. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4103.4.1. PMID 27394738.
  25. ^ Gonzalez, Victor H.; Griswold, Terry; Simões, Marianna (April 28, 2017). "Identity of Eufriesea coerulescens species group". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 55: 55–105. doi:10.3897/jhr.55.12209.
  26. ^ Liu, Qing; Lu, Xiumei; Zhang, Qingqing; Chen, Jun; Zheng, Xiaoting; Zhang, Weiwei; Liu, Xingyue; Wang, Bo (September 17, 2018). "High niche diversity in Mesozoic pollinating lacewings". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 3793. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9.3793L. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06120-5. PMC 6141599. PMID 30224679.
  27. ^ Turrisi, Giuseppe; Ellenberger, Sieghard (2019). "New aulacid wasps from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea)". Cretaceous Research. 99: 334–346. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.022.

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