Byung-Jin Kim (South Korea), born in 1947. Professor Kim completed his BSc, MSc and PhD studies at the Department of Biology at Korea University. He was a full-time lecturer at Wonkwang University, South Korea in 1985, and studied ant ecology at CEH, Great Britain as a postdoctoral fellow in 1987-1988. He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1988, Associate Professor in 1991 at the Department of Molecular Biology, and Full Professor at the Division of Biological Sciences at Wonkwang University, South Korea, in 1996.

Zeyaur R. Khan is a Principal Scientist and Leader of Habitat Management Program at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya and a Visiting Professor of Entomology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Dr. Khan has dedicated his 30 year career as an agricultural scientist to advancing the science and practice of agriculture by studying and applying chemical ecology, behavior, plant-plant and insect-plant interactions to improve farm productivity to combat poverty and food insecurity in Africa.

Le Kang (China), born in 1959, is a Professor of Entomology and Ecology at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and courtesy professor of the University of Nebraska. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in ecology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Graduate School and Institute of Zoology in 1990. Now he serves as Director Institute of Zoology and President of Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Jocelia Grazia (Brazil) born in 1944 is a Full Professor of the Department of Zoology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul since 1980. She obtained her PhD in Zoology at the University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1976 and post-doc at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA in 1995.

Professor Angharad Gatehouse (UK) born in 1954 is the chair of the Invertebrate Molecular Biology Department at the University of Newcastle. She is also head of Molecular Agriculture within the Institute of Sustainability, which coordinates research across Newcastle University around key issues of sustainability, including food security. Her over-arching research interests are in the molecular and biochemical bases of insect-plant interactions for the development of novel approaches to crop protection.

Yu-Chan Chao (Chinese Taipei), born in 1952. A professor at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. He received his PhD from the Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, USA, and completed his postdoctoral training at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Cornell University.

Professor Borgemeister (Germany) born 1959. He obtained his PhD in Horticulture from Leibniz Hannover University (LUH) in 1991. He lectured at LUH before embarking on a research career in Africa in 1992. Until the end of 1997 he worked at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), in Benin, West Africa first as a Postdoctoral Fellow, then as an Associate and finally as a Senior Scientist coordinating a multi-country program on the integrated control of an invasive stored-product pest.

May R. Berenbaum (USA) was born in 1953. Swanlund Professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She graduated with a B.S. and honors in biology from Yale University and received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in ecology and evolutionary biology. Since 1980, she has been on the faculty of the Department of Entomology at UIUC, serving as head of the department since 1992.

Strasbourg University Institute for Advanced Study
France

Dr. Hoffmann is a professor of integrative biology at the Strasbourg University Institute for Advanced Study. He is also emeritus research director of the French National Research Center, and he served as vice-president and president of the French National Academy of Sciences from 2006-2010.

University of California, Davis
USA