March Bruner Club Who’s Who Jelfi na Alouw Carolin a Carmarg o Dori Osantows ki Greg Britta in Irfan Ullah Fatima Mustafa Silva na Morae s Zixi ao Zhao Ken Miwa
March Bruner Club Who’s Who
Jelfina Alouw
Carolina Carmargo
Dori Osantowski
Greg Brittain
Irfan Ullah
Fatima Mustafa
Silvana Moraes
Zixiao Zhao
Ken Miwa
Jelfina C. Alouw
I live in Lincoln with my husband, daughter : Elsa Gloria & son : Kevin who are now at Lincoln High School and Culler Middle School
BS : Sam Ratulangi University (UNSRAT), Indonesia MS: Depart of Entomology, University of the Philippines at
Los Banos (UPLB)I work for Indonesian Coconut & other Palmae Research
Institute (ICOPRI) (1992-now)Some activities as a researcher:
Project coordinator for Exploration & Identification of coconut pests & their natural enemies in some provinces of Indonesia,
FAO, DFD, CFC projects on IPM for Rhinoceros beetle (2007-2009)
Jircas project on genetic variation of Brontispa longissima (2010)
Hobbies: tennis table & badminton
Indonesian Coconut & other Palmae Research Institute
Jelfina C. Alouw
• Currently studying to be a Doctor of Plant Health.
• From Covina, California in Los Angeles county
• Studied Zoology at Cal Poly Pomona and did work with native fish of the Southwest in Southern California and Arizona.
• Worked for a plant ecologist in New Mexico studying the physiological effects of drought on Piñon (Pinus edulis) and Juniper trees.
• Went on a mission trip with Campus Crusade to Shymkent Kazakhstan for three months.
Gregory D. Brittain Jr.
Gregory D. Brittain Jr.
Carolina Camargo
Carolina Camargo
Fall 2011 UNL • Interest in Insect Toxicology and
Sustainable Agriculture• Dr. Blair Siegfried Soybean Aphid
Neonicotinoids• Doctor of Plant Health Program
Colombian Institute for Science and Technology -English Training OSU-
Ken Miwa
• I am from Shizuoka, Japan, which is near Mt. Fuji in central Japan. My wife and I have a son and a daughter.
• I received my B.S. in Integrative Biology from Brigham Young University and my M.S. in Entomology from UNL under the supervision of Dr. Gary Brewer.
• I am currently persuing my Ph.D. in Entomology and working with Dr. Lance Meinke on natural history and pest potential of Colaspis species in Nebraska.
• My biggest hobbies are collecting and rearing insects, especially scarab and stag beetles. I have a great interest in nature. I also enjoy gardening. I have tropical fish and box turtles as pets. I like playing and watching sports. Photography is another hobby of mine.
Ken Miwa
Silvana Moraes
I am from Brasilia, Brazil. I am married to Antonio Moraes, a graduate student in Agri-
economics. We have one 12 year old daughter, Mariana. I am an agronomy engineer. I have a Masters in entomology. I
received these degrees from University of Vicosa. In my professional life, I was:
a professor of applied entomology a private consultant in entomology worked in plant protection analysis for the Brazilian National Agency
I am currently a researcher at Embrapa: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation. They are supporting my Ph.D. in Entomology.
I am working with Dr. Tom Hunt and Dr. Bob Wright on western bean cutworm
Silvana Moraes
Silvana Moraes
Fatima Mustafa
from Pakistan Received a Master degree with
research on mites Now doing a PhD with Dr
Hoback and Dr. Foster working with insect plant
interaction. She will be joining her university
back in her country after completing her degree, but she would definitely love a chance to stay longer here in US.
She loves to watch TV laying on the couch. This is more fun if she is eating a finger food.
Fatima Mustafa From Pakistan
EDUCATION B.S (Entomology) in 2007 M.S (Entomology) in 2009 PhD (Entomology) started since
2010
LIKE TO PLAY Badminton bowling
HOBBIES Watching TV Reading Novels
CAREER Teaching and Research
Dori Osantowski
• From Albion, NE
• BS in Insect Science, MS in Entomology - UNL
• Now Doctor of Plant Health student
• Recently married in September 2011
• On the competitive UNL Weed Science Team• Enjoys spending time with my husband and
family, collecting insects, fishing, running (especially with my dogs), baking, hunting, shooting handguns (well any gun), four-wheeling, riding motorcycles, learning to drive huge farm equipment, and dancing.
Dori Osantowski
• Undergrad with Major in Entomology 2001• MS Entomology 2003• 2003-2008 worked both in Public and Private organizations.• 2008 joined University of Sargodha as Lecturer • Fall 2009 started PhD at UNL• Working with Dr Hoback and Dr Foster
– Ecoregion level distribution & correlations of Nebraska grasshoppers– Feeding behavior and preference– Molecular studies of rangeland grasshoppers
• Pictured in the next slide are my wife (Sadia) and my daughter (Eshaal) and me.
• There also is a map of Pakistan with the city (Sargodha), where I live.
Muhammad ‘Irfan’ Ullah
Irfan Ullah
Zixiao Zhao
• Originally from S.E. China, Graduate from Zhejiang University in 2009
• My interesting: Photography Military Ski Hobbies Pets Railroad History
Zixiao Zhao