Komivi Senyo Akutse is a Senior Scientist in icipe’s Plant Health Theme and is based in Duduville. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Entomology (Environmental Sciences) from
North-West University in South Africa, an M.Sc. degree in Entomology, and a B.Sc.
degree in Agricultural Sciences, and is an IPM Specialist. He joined icipe in
2017 as a Biopesticide Development Scientist in the Arthropod Pathology Unit,
where he contributed tremendously to the development and registration of several
biopesticides against major agricultural and livestock pests in Africa. Before
joining icipe, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of
Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China, where he
worked on pathogens and endophytes associated with the diamondback moth and its
host plants under the umbrella of ecological-based pest management strategies
in different agroecosystems. Before this, between 2013 and 2015, he worked as a
Postdoctoral Consultant at icipe, where he carried out research on IPM
technology development and application, farming system comparisons, and insects
for food and feed. He is an expert in biological control, with strong skills in
pathogen-insect-plant interactions. He has authored and co-authored over 90
peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters, policy documents, and more
than 50 conference contributions in the form of proceedings and oral
presentations.
Juxiu Liu received her B.Sc. degree in biology education
from Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China in 1997. She received her M.Sc.
degree in ecology from the South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Guangzhou, China in 2000 and her Ph.D. degree in botany from the South
China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China in
2003. She was a Research Associate at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou from 2003 to 2006; a Post-doctoral Research Fellow
at Biogeochemical Cycles in Forest Ecosystems, INRA (National Institute of
Agronomic Research), Nancy, France from 2005 to 2007; a Visiting Research
Fellow at Centre for Forestry and Horticultural Research and School of
Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane,
Australia from January to April 2008; and an Associate Professor at South China
Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou from 2007 to 2009. She
has been a Professor at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Guangzhou since September 2009.
