Giulia Scarparo
Contributing Principal Investigator
- Address: iomE, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15 (room 01.452, Biozentrum I), 55128 Mainz
Work experience:
- Since 2024: Assistant professor/Group Leader, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz
- 2020 – 2024: Postdoctoral researcher, University of California Riverside.
Project: Investigation of supergenes structure and function in ants.
Education:
- 2016 - 2020: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Roma Tre, Italy
- 2015 - 2016: Master of Science in Biodiversity and ecosystem management, University of Roma Tre, Italy
- 2011 - 2014: Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, University of Roma Tre, Italy
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Scarparo G, West M, Brelsford A, Purcell J. (2024)
Broad host use and frequent polyandry in the facultative dulotic species Formica aserva (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 117(5), 257-269 -
Scarparo G, Palanchon M, Brelsford A, Purcell J. (2023)
Social antagonism facilitates supergene expansion in ants Current Biology, 33, 1–11 -
Moore W, Scarparo G, Di Giulio A. (2022)
Foe to frenemy: predacious ant nest beetles use multiple strategies to fully integrate into ant nests. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 52, 100920. -
Scarparo G, Rugman-Jones P, Gebiola M, Di Giulio A, McFrederick Q. (2021)
First screening of bacterial communities of Microdon myrmicae and its ant host: do microbes facilitate the invasion of ant colonies by social parasites? Basic and Applied Ecology, 50, 43–56. -
Scarparo G, Sankovitz M, Loope KJ, Wilson Rankin E, Purcell J. (2021)
Longitudinal genetic analysis of an invasive wasp reveals early joining and persistent queens in polygyne colonies Evolutionary Applications, 00, 1–14. -
Scarparo G, Wolton R, Molfini M, Cao Pinna L, Di Giulio A. (2020)
Comparative morphology of myrmecophilous immature stages of European Microdon species (Diptera: Syrphidae): updated identification key and new diagnostic characters Zootaxa, 4789 (2): 348 – 370. -
Scarparo G, Rugman-Jones P, Gebiola M, Di Giulio A, Purcell J. (2020)
Social parasite distancing: RADseq reveals high inbreeding in the social parasite Microdon myrmicae but low philopatry for host ant nest Ecological Entomology, 1 – 11. -
Scarparo G, d’Ettorre P, Di Giulio A. (2019)
Chemical deception and structural adaptation in Microdon (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae), a genus of hoverflies parasitic on social insects Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45(11-12), 959 – 971.