Ant Course 2026

The 2026 Ant Course was held at the Colorado State University Todos Santos Center in Baja California Sur, Mexico, bringing together students and instructors from around the world for intensive training in ant systematics, taxonomy, ecology, evolution, natural history, and field methods.

Organizers

Marek Borowiec (Colorado State University, USA) • marek.borowiec@colostate.edu

Andrea Lucky (University of Florida, USA) • alucky@ufl.edu

Course at a Glance

• 20 students

• 10 instructors

• 8 countries represented among students: Brazil, Czech Republic, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States

Instructors

Phil Barden (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) • barden@njit.edu
Marek Borowiec (Colorado State University, USA) • marek.borowiec@colostate.edu
William Clark (Professor Emeritus, The College of Idaho, USA) • clarkfam1@mindspring.com
Milan Janda (Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic) • jandamil@gmail.com
Robert Johnson (Arizona State University, USA) • robert.johnson4@asu.edu
Christina Kwapich (University of Central Florida, USA) • Christina.Kwapich@ucf.edu
Andrea Lucky (University of Florida, USA) • alucky@ufl.edu
Matthew Prebus (Arizona State University, USA) • mprebus@gmail.com
Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo (University of Central Florida, USA) • jeffrey.sosacalvo@ucf.edu
Phil Ward (University of California, Davis, USA) • psward@ucdavis.edu

Students

Abirami Menath (Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS & University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic) • abiramimenath@gmail.com

Ahana Bera (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India) • ab25rs018@iiserkol.ac.in

Amy Dennett (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom) • adennett@liverpool.ac.uk

Ana Carolina Alves Neundorf (University of Central Florida, USA) • carolneundorf@gmail.com

César Maximiliano Vázquez Franco (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico) • cesar.vazquezf@comunidad.unam.mx

Eddie Pérochon (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) • eddie.perochon@unil.ch

Ethan Wright (University of Central Florida, USA) • ethan.wright@ucf.edu

Eva Benkhoff (Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic) • benkhoffeva@ymail.com

Jim Zonneveld (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) • jimzonneveld@outlook.com

Jonathan Richard Morris ("Jonno") (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico) • jonno@umich.edu

Laura Laino (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil) • laura.costa231@gmail.com

Lia Romanotto (University of Arizona, USA) • liaromanotto@arizona.edu

Libby Tseng (Rockefeller University, USA) • ltseng@rockefeller.edu

Megan DuVal (Colorado State University, USA) • meganduval246@gmail.com

Meredith Willmott (University of Arizona, USA) • meredithjwillmott@gmail.com

Netra Kadambi (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India) • netra.kadambi@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Pablo Stilwell (University of Maryland, USA) • pabstil@umd.edu

Samantha Al-Bayer (University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, USA) • salbayer@hawaii.edu

Vilas Brown (Colorado State University, USA) • zdbrown@colostate.edu

Wentao Tao (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) • ck22247@bristol.ac.uk