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Affiliation: University of Colorado Boulder

Position, academic degree, rank: director of the Natural History Museum, Prof. in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, D. Sc.

Address: 15th and Broadway, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

E-mail: patrick.kociolek@colorado.edu

 

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.

 

References:

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

 

Ni H.-P., Guo J.-S., Tang Z.-B., Huang Y.-Y., Kociolek J. P., Li Y.-L. Sellaphora tanghongquii sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta, Sellaphoraceae), a new diatom species from the Southern China. Phytotaxa, 2022, vol. 573, no. 1, pp. 103–114. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.573.1.6

 

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

 

Kulikovskiy M. S., Glushchenko A. M., Kuznetsova I. V., Kociolek J. P. Planoplatessa gen. nov. — A new, neglected monoraphid diatom genus with a cavum. Plants, 2022, vol. 11, iss. 17, art. no. 2314 (9 p.). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11172314

 

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

 

Danz A., Kociolek J. P. Four new Orthoseira Thwaites species from Maui, Hawaii, and the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, with comments on frustular morphology in the genus. Diatom Research, 2022, vol. 37, iss. 1, pp. 17–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2022.2044911

 

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

 

Liu B., Kociolek J. P., Ector L. Surirella dongtingensis sp. nov. and ultrastructure of S. undulata (Bacillariophyta) from China. Botany Letters, 2020, vol. 168, iss. 1, pp. 32–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2020.1756908

 

Riaux-Gobin C., Witkowski A., Kociolek J. P., Chevallier D. Navicula dermochelycola sp. nov., presumably an exclusively epizoic diatom on sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea and Lepidochelys olivacea from French Guiana. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 2020, vol. 49, iss. 2, pp. 132–139. https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2020-0012

 

Das S. K., Radhakrishnan C., Kulikovskiy M., Glushchenko A., Kociolek J. P., Karthick B. Pinnularia sikkimensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), from Eastern Himalayas and its distribution in Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa, 2020, vol. 447, iss. 3, pp. 163–175. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.447.3.2

 

Wu H., Zhang T.-Z., Li Y.-L., Metzeltin D., Lange-Bertalot H., Kociolek J. P. Sichuaniella deqinensis sp. nov., a new diatom species (Bacillariophyceae) from a high-altitude lake in the Hengduan Mountains, SW China. Phytotaxa, 2020, vol. 449, iss. 1, pp. 81–89. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.449.1.8

 

Wang T., Wang J.-L., Zhou Qi-C., Chudaev D. A., Kociolek J. P., Zhang W. Navicula daochengensis sp. nov., a new freshwater diatom species (Bacillariopilyceae) from a small mountain lake, Siciwan Province, China. Phytotaxa, 2020, vol. 439, iss. 2, pp. 150–158. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.439.2.6

 

Liu Y., Kociolek J. P., Lu X., Fan Y. A new Sellaphora Mereschkowsky species (Bacillariophyceae) from Hainan Island, China, with comments on the current state of the taxonomy and morphology of the genus. Diatom Research, 2020, vol. 35, iss. 1, pp. 85–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2020.1726470

 

Stone J. R., Kociolek J. P., Westover K. S. Two multi-stigmate Gomphonetna species of Africa: Gomphonema kalahariense (nom. nov., stat. nov.) and Gomphonema chemeron (sp. nov.). Phytotaxa, 2020, vol. 436, iss. 3, pp. 270–282. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.436.3.5

 

Radhakrishnan C., Pardhi S., Kulikovskiy M., Kociolek J. P., Karthick B. Navicula watveae sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) a new diatom species from the Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa, 2020, vol. 433, iss. 1, pp. 20–26. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.433.1.3

 

Kulikovskiy M., Chudaev D., Glushchenko A., Kuznetsova I., Krivova Z., Kociolek J. P. Navicula gogorevii – a new, large-celled diatom species from Vietnam (Southeast Asia). Phytotaxa, 2020, vol. 428, iss. 1, pp. 60–66. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.428.1.6

 

Roy S., Liu Y., Kociolek J. P., Lowe R. L., Karthick B. Kulikovskiyia gen. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from the lateritic rock pools of the Western Ghats, India and from Hainan Province, China. Phycological Research, 2020, vol. 68, iss. 1, pp. 80–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12400

 

Liu Y., Kociolek J. P., Lu X., Fan Y. Valve ultrastructure of two species of the diatom genus Gomphonema Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta) from Yunnan Province, China. Fottea, 2020, vol. 20, iss. 1, pp. 25–35. https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2019.012

 

Kulikovskiy M., Glushchenko A. M., Genkal S., Kuznetsova I., Kociolek J. P. Platebaikalia – a new monoraphid diatom genus from ancient Lake Baikal with comments on the genus Platessa. Fottea, 2020, vol. 20, iss. 1, pp. 58–67. https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2019.014

 

Glushchenko A., Kociolek J. P., Kuznetsova I., Kulikovskiy M. Neidium vietnamensis – a new diatom species (Bacillariophyceae: Neidiaceae) from Vietnam and a checklist of the genus from Southeast Asia. Diatom Research, 2019, vol. 34, iss. 4, pp. 259–269. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2020.1712263

 

Li Y.-L., Bao M.-Y., Liu W., Kociolek J. P., Zhang W. Cymbella hechiensis sp. nov., a new cymbelloid diatom species (Bacillariophyceae) from the upper tributary of Liujiang River, Guangxi Province, China. Phytotaxa, 2019, vol. 425, iss. 1, pp. 49–56. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.425.1.4

 

Yang L., You Q.-M., Kociolek J. P. Gomphosinica selincuoensis sp. nov., a new diatom (Bacillariophyceae) from North Tibet, China. Phytotaxa, 2019, vol. 423, iss. 3, pp. 195–205. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.423.3.8

 

Glushchenko A., Kociolek J. P., Kuznetsova I., Kezlya E., Kulikovskiy M. Neidiamorpha gusevii – a new diatom species (Bacillariophyceae: Neidiaceae) from Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa, 2019, vol. 415, iss. 5, pp. 279–285. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.415.5.4

 

Glushchenko A., Kociolek J. P., Kuznetsova I., Kezlya E., Kulikovskiy M. Prestauroneis genkalii – a new diatom species (Bacillariophyceae: Stauroneidaceae) from Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa, 2019, vol. 414, iss. 4, pp. 156–164. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.414.4.1

 

You Q., Yu P., Kociolek J. P., Wang Y., Luo F., Lowe R., Wang Q. A new species of Achnanthes (Bacillariophyceae) from a freshwater habitat in a karst landform from south-central China. Phycological Research, 2019, vol. 67, iss. 4, pp. 303–310. https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12381

 

Maltsev Y., Maltseva I., Maltseva S., Kociolek J. P., Kulikovskiy M. Fatty acid content and profile of the novel strain of Coccomyxa elongata (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) cultivated at reduced nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations. Journal of Phycology, 2019, vol. 55, iss. 5, pp. 1154–1165. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12903

 

Liu Q., Glushchenko A., Kulikovskiy M., Maltsev Y., Kociolek J. P. New Hannaea Patrick (Fragilariaceae, Bacillariophyta) species from Asia, with comments on the biogeography of the genus. Cryptogamie Algologie, 2019, vol. 40, iss. 5, pp. 41–61. https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2019v40a5

 

Hamsher S. E., Keepers K. G., Pogoda C. S., Stepanek J. G., Kane N. C., Kociolek J. P. Extensive chloroplast genome rearrangement amongst three closely related Halamphora spp. (Bacillariophyceae), and evidence for rapid evolution as compared to land plants. PLoS One, 2019, vol. 14, iss. 7, art. no. e0217824 (14 p.). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217824

 

Thacker M., Roy S., Kociolek J. P., Lowe R. L., Karthick B. A new species of Germainiella (Bacillariophyta) from the Myristica swamps of the Western Ghats, India. Diatom Research, 2019, vol. 34, iss. 3, pp. 181–191. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2019.1671236

 

Kociolek J. P., Williams D. M., Stepanek J., Liu Q., Liu Y., You Q., Karthick B, Kulikovskiy M. Rampant homoplasy and adaptive radiation in pennate diatoms. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2019, vol. 152, iss. 2, pp. 131–141. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2019.1612

 

Wadmare N., Roy S., Kociolek J. P., Karthick B. Two new aerophilic species of Stauroneis Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta) from the Eastern Himalayas. Botany Letters, 2019, vol. 166, iss. 2, pp. 234–245. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2019.1602786

 

Stepanek J. G., Kociolek J. P. Molecular phylogeny of the diatom genera Amphora and Halamphora (Bacillariophyta) with a focus on morphological and ecological evolution. Journal of Phycology, 2019, vol. 55, iss. 2, pp. 442–456. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12836

 

Kociolek J. P., Possanzini M., Morales J., Viera S., Cardoso M. J., Cardoso F., Brito M. J., Greco C. Cosmetic result and safety in synchronous bilateral breast cancer (SBBC) patients treated with hypofractionated simultaneous integrated boost intensity modulated radiotherapy (HF-SIB-IMRT). Breast, 2019, vol. 44, pp. S86–S86. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9776(19)30306-6

 

Bak M., Kryk A., Peszek L., Kociolek J. P., Bemiasa J., Bemanaja E. New and interesting Luticola species (Bacillariophyta) from the mangroves of Nosy Be Island, NW Madagascar. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 2019, vol. 48, iss. 1, pp. 13–22. https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2019-0002

 

Kulikovskiy M., Maltsev Y., Andreeva S., Glushchenko A., Gusev E., Podunay Yu., Ludwig T., Tusset E., Kociolek J. P. Description of a new diatom genus Dorofeyukea gen. nov. with remarks on phylogeny of the family Stauroneidaceae. Journal of Phycology, 2019, vol. 55, iss. 1, pp. 173–185. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12810

 

Roy S., Kociolek J. P., Lowe R. L., Karthick B. Ninastrelnikovia lateritica sp. nov., a new and rare freshwater diatom species from the rocky pools of the Western Ghats, India with a note on the genus Ninastrelnikovia Lange-Bertalot & A. Fuhrmann (Bacillariophyta). Phytotaxa, 2019, vol. 394, iss. 1, pp. 59–70. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.394.1.3

 

Vigneshwaran A., Kulikovskiy M. S., Glushchenko A., Kociolek J. P., Karthick B. A new species of Cymbella (Bacillariophyceae, Cymbellaceae) from the Pavana River, Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa, 2019, vol. 395, iss. 3, pp. 209–218. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.395.3.5

 

Jiang X.-D., Nan F.-R., Lv J.-P., Liu Q., Xie S.-L., Kociolek J. P., Feng J. Dinobryon taiyuanensis (Chrysophyta, Dinobryaceae), a new freshwater species described from Shanxi province, China. Phytotaxa, 2019, vol. 404, iss. 1, pp. 41–50. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.404.1.4

 

Kociolek J. P., Kapustin D., Kulikovskiy M. A new, large species of Gomphonema Ehrenberg from ancient Lake Matano, Indonesia. Diatom Research, 2018, vol. 33, iss. 2, pp. 241–250. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2018.1513868

 

Bak M., Witkowski A., Dobosz S., Kociolek J. P. Diatoms and drowning: Can diatoms enter the lungs after the initial drowning event? Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine, 2018, vol. 26, iss. 1, pp. 29–36. http://www.rjlm.ro/index.php/arhiv/618

 

Cheng Y., Liu Y., Kociolek J. P., You Q., Fan Y. A new species of Gomphosinica (Bacillariophyta) from Lugu Lake, Yunnan Province, SW China. Phytotaxa, 2018, vol. 348, iss. 2, pp. 118–124. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.348.2.6

 

Jiang Z., Liu Y., Kociolek J. P., Fan Y. One new Gomphonema (Bacillariophyta) species from Yunnan Province, China. Phytotaxa, 2018, vol. 349, iss. 3, pp. 257–264. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.349.3.6

 

Liu Q., Yang L., Nan F., Feng J., Lv J., Kociolek J. P., Xie S. A new diatomspecies of Aneumastus D. G. Mann & Stickle (Bacillariophyta, Bacillariophyceae, Mastogloiales, Mastogloiaceae) from Tibet, China. Phytotaxa, 2018, vol. 373, iss. 3, pp. 231–235. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.373.3.6

 

Jiang X.-D., Nan F.-R., Lv J.-P., Liu Q., Xie S.-L., Kociolek J. P., Feng J. Dinobryon ningwuensis (Chrysophyta, Dinobryaceae), a new freshwater species described from Shanxi province, China. Phytotaxa, 2018, vol. 374, iss. 3, pp. 221–230. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.374.3.3

 

Solak C. N., Kulikovskiy M., Kiss T. K., Kaleli M. A., Kociolek J. P., Acs E. The distribution of centric diatoms in different river catchments in the Anatolian Peninsula, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany, 2018, vol. 42, iss. 1, pp. 100–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/bot-1703-23

 

Kulikovskiy M. S., Glushchenko A. M, Kuznetsova I. V., Kociolek J. P. Description of the new freshwater diatom genus Okhapkinia gen. nov. from Laos (Southeast Asia), with notes on family Sellaphoraceae Mereschkowsky 1902. Fottea, 2018, vol. 18, iss. 1, pp. 120–129. https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2017.021

 

Liu Y., Kociolek J. P., Glushchenko A., Kulikovskiy M., Fan Y. A new genus of Eunotiales (Bacillariophyta, Bacillariophyceae: Peroniaceae), Sinoperonia, from Southeast Asia, exhibiting remarkable phenotypic plasticity with regard to the raphe system. Phycologia, 2018, vol. 58, iss. 2, pp. 147–158. https://doi.org/10.2216/17-21.1

 

Niederwieser T., Kociolek P., Klaus D. Spacecraft cabin environment effects on the growth and behavior of Chlorella vulgaris for life support applications. Life Sciences in Space Research, 2018, vol. 16, pp. 8–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lssr.2017.10.002