Research area:

taxonomy, systematics, evolution, biogeography, and ecology of diatoms. These organisms play important roles in aquatic ecosystems and provide us with oxygen through photosynthesis. Research focuses on freshwater diatoms, and currently there are projects on them in Colorado, China, Southeast Asia, India, Europe, South America, and Lake Baikal in Russia.

 

Major papers over the past five years:

Zheng K., Xiao Q., Guo J., Huang J., Zhang Y., Kociolek J. P., Li Y. Cymbella erhaiensis sp. nov., a new cymbelloid diatom species (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyta) from Yunnan Province, China. Phytotaxa, 2025, vol. 683, no. 2, pp. 145–155. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.683.2.5

 

Mironov A., Glushchenko A., Maltsev Ye., Genkal S., Kuznetsova I., Kociolek J. P., Liu Ya., Kulikovskiy M. Reassessment of pore occlusion in some diatom taxa with re-evaluation of Placoneis Mereschkowsky (Bacillariophyceae: Cymbellales) and description of two new genera. PeerJ, 2024, vol. 12, art. no. e17278 (62 p.). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17278

 

Tang Z.-B., Guo J.-S., Ni H.-P., Xiao Q.-Z., Kociolek J. P., Li Y.-L. Cymbella liangyanlingii sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Cymbellaceae), a new diatom species from the upper tributary of Liujiang River, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Phytotaxa, 2024, vol. 637, no. 2, pp. 190–198. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.637.2.6

 

Xie S., Huang J., Zheng K., Kociolek J. P., Li Y. Two new diatoms of the genus Gomphosinica from Chumba Yumco, Xizang, China. Phytotaxa, 2025, vol. 684, no. 1, pp. 105–116. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.684.1.6

 

Hu J., Yi Y., Yang Z., Kociolek J. P., Yu P., Wang Q., You Q. Morphological comparison and molecular marker screening of three Skeletonema species found in Changjiang (Yangtze) River Basin. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2024, 20 p. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-023-3069-6

 

Na X., Liu J., Zhang Y., Kociolek J. P., Kulikovskiy M., Lu X., Sui F., Zhu H., Liu G., Fan Y., Liu Y. A new species of genus Crenotia (Bacillariophyta) from Tibet, China. PhytoKeys, 2024, vol. 237, pp. 23–35. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.237.112939

 

Rybak M., Peszek Ł., Luthfi O. M., Arsad S., Kociolek J. P., Witkowski A. Description of five new Luticola D. G. Mann (Bacillariophyta, Diadesmidaceae) species from Indonesia with comments on the morphological boundaries of the genus. PhytoKeys, 2024, vol. 237, pp. 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.237.113773

 

Kulikovskiy M. S., Glushchenko A. M., Genkal S. I., Kuznetsova I. V., Maltsev Ye. I., Kociolek J. P. Is Sellaphora the new Navicula? Cymbosellaphora (Cymbellales), a new genus based on taxa previously assigned to Sellaphora. Plants, 2023, vol. 12, iss. 22, art. no. 3890 (18 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12223890

 

Thirouin K., Kociolek J. P. Valve morphology and ultrastructure of the enigmatic diatom Cymbopleura semirecta (Manguin ex Kociolek & Reviers) Bahls. Phytotaxa, 2023, vol. 591, no. 3, pp. 227–233. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.591.3.5

 

Cui N., Liu Q., Liu X., Nan F., Kociolek J. P., Xie Sh. Chamaepinnularia taihangensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), a new diatom species from Taihang Valley, Shanxi province, China. Phytotaxa, 2023, vol. 587, no. 2, pp. 184–192. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.587.2.7

 

Liu Q., Luo X., Xie S., Kociolek J. P. New and interesting diatoms from the Shimen Wetwalls, Yunnan Province, China. II. The diatom genus Nupela Vyverman & Compère (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023, vol. 41, iss. 1, pp. 327–341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-021-1281-9

 

Kulikovskiy M. S., Glushchenko A. M., Genkal S. I., Kuznetsova I. V., Kociolek J. P. Revision of monoraphid diatom genus Platessa with description of Platesiberia gen. nov. from ancient Lake Baikal. Water, 2022, vol. 14, iss. 19, art. no. 2957 (14 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/w14192957

 

Glushchenko A., Kezlya E., Maltsev Ye., Genkal S., Kociolek J. P., Kulikovskiy M. Description of the soil diatom Sellaphora terrestris sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae, Sellaphoraceae) from Vietnam, with remarks on the phylogeny and taxonomy of Sellaphora and systematic position of microcostatus. Plants, 2022, vol. 11, iss. 16, art. no. 2148 (22 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11162148

 

Vouilloud A. A., Guerrero J. M., Sala S. E., Simonato J., Kociolek J. P. Taxonomy and valve morphology of Humidophila species (Bacillariophyceae) from aerophilous habitats in northeastern Argentina, with the description of four new species. Fottea, 2022, vol. 22, iss. 1, pp. 56–77. https://doi.org/10.5507/FOT.2021.016

 

Tseplik N., Glushchenko A., Maltsev Ye., Kuznetsova I., Genkal S., Kociolek J. P., Kulikovskiy M. A new monoraphid diatom species from the genus Karayevia sensu lato (Bacillariophyceae: Stauroneidaceae) with remarks on taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus. Diatom Research, 2022, vol. 37, iss. 1, pp. 39–50. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2022.2039780

 

Kezlya E., Glushchenko A., Maltsev Ye., Gusev E., Genkal S., Kociolek J. P., Kulikovskiy M. Three new species of Placoneis Mereschkowsky (Bacillariophyceae: Cymbellales) with comments on cryptic diversity in the P. elginensis—group. Water, 2021, vol. 13, iss. 22, art. no. 3276 (21 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223276

 

Maltsev Y., Maltseva S., Kociolek J. P., Jahn R., Kulikovskiy M. Biogeography of the cosmopolitan terrestrial diatom Hantzschia amphioxys sensu lato based on molecular and morphological data. Scientific Reports, 2021, vol. 11, iss. 1, art. no. 4266 (19 p.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82092-9