Science Field: Entomology

Rebecca Jean “RJ” Millena is currently taking up her PhD in Comparative Biology from the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History, United States. She is studying twisted-wing insect parasites (Strepsiptera) where she is making thorough use of the collections at the American Museum of Natural History to investigate their host-parasite relationships, evolution, and genomics.

Dianne Aguilon, an entomologist and Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Her research interests include insect life history, insect diversity, ant ecology and taxonomy, pollination ecology, forest insect pests, among others.

Justine Millado is a soon-to-be Doctor of Agricultural Science from Nagoya University. Her doctoral thesis focuses on analyzing apoptosis regulation in the domestic silk moth.

Angelita Acebes is an entomologist and applied ecologist whose research focuses on insect biology, behavior and ecology with the goal of developing sustainable and effective management strategies against insects that are detrimental to agricultural production.

Aimee Dupo is the UP Los Baños Museum of Natural History’s curator for moths and spiders, as well as a Professor and Graduate School Secretary at UPLB. She has described more than 49 species of spiders and 22 species of rice black bugs.