Education
- PhD, Entomology, Texas A&M University. 2015. Dissertation title: A Functional Genetic Study of the Behavioral Ecology of Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Advisors: Dr. Jeffery K. Tomberlin and Dr. Aaron M. Tarone.
- B.S., Entomology, Cornell University. 2007. Magna Cum Laude, Honors Distinction in Research. Thesis title: A Survey of the Dung Beetles in Cattle Manure on Pastures of an Organic and a Conventional Dairy Farm in New York State. Advisor: Dr. Donald Rutz.
Publications
- Sze, S.-H., M. L. Pimsler, J. K. Tomberlin, C. D. Jones, and A. M. Tarone. 2017. A scalable and memory-efficient algorithm for de novo transcriptome assembly of non-model organisms. BMC Bioinformatics. 18(Suppl 4):387. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-3735-1
- Pimsler, M. L., J. M. Jackson, and J. D. Lozier. 2017. Population genomics reveals a candidate gene involved in bumble bee pigmentation. Ecology and Evolution. 7(10): 3406–3413. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2935
- Pimsler, M. L., C. G. Owings, M. R. Sanford, B. M. O’Connor, R. Mohr, P. Teel, and J. K. Tomberlin. 2016. Association of Myianoetus muscarum (Acari: Histiostomatidae) With Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp) (Diptera: Muscidae) on Human Remains. J. Med. Ent.: tjv203. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv203
- J. K. Tomberlin, M. R. Sanford, M. L. Pimsler, and S. VanLaerhoven. 2015. Behavioral Ecology of Organisms Associated with Decomposing Vertebrate Carrion. In Carrion Ecology, Evolution, and their Application. [Eds.] M. E. Benbow, J. K. Tomberlin, and A. M. Tarone. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL.
- J. Cammack, M. L. Pimsler, T. C. Crippen, and J. K. Tomberlin. 2015. Chemical Ecology of Organisms Associated with Decomposing Vertebrate Carrion. In Carrion Ecology, Evolution, and their Application. [Eds.] M. E. Benbow, J. K. Tomberlin, and A. M. Tarone. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL.
- OConnor, B. M., M. L. Pimsler, C. G. Owings, and J. K. Tomberlin. 2015. Redescription of Myianoetus muscarum (Acari: Histiostomatidae) associated with human remains in Texas, USA, with designation of a neotype from Western Europe. J. Med. Ent.: tjv045. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjv045
- Pimsler, M. L., T. Pape, J. S. Johnston, R. A. Wharton, J. J. Parrott, M. S. Sanford, J. K. Tomberlin, and A. M. Tarone. 2014. Ultramorphology of eggs and first instar larvae in an egg laying population of Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). J. Med. Ent. 51(6): 1283-1295. https://doi.org/10.1603/ME14029
- Scott, M. J., M. L. Pimsler, and A. M. Tarone. 2014. Sex determination mechanisms in calliphorids (blow flies). Sex. Dev. 8(1-3): 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1159/000357132
- Zheng, L., T.L. Crippen, L. Holmes, B. Singh, M. L. Pimsler, M.E. Benbow, A.M. Tarone, S. Dowd, Z. Yu, S. VanLaerhoven, T.K. Wood, and J.K. Tomberlin. 2013. Bacteria mediate oviposition by the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.), (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Sci. Rep. 3: 2563. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep02563
- Ma, Q., W. Liu, A. T. Fields, M. L. Pimsler, A. M. Tarone, T. L. Crippen, J. K. Tomberlin, and T. K. Wood. 2012. Proteus mirabilis interkingdom swarming signals attract blow flies. Int. Soc. Micro. Ecol. J. 6: 1356-1366. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.210
- Pimsler, M. L. 2007. A Survey of the Dung Beetles in Cattle Manure on Pastures of an Organic and a Conventional Dairy Farm in New York State. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/7746
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