Dr. Orawan Duangphakdee is an Associate Professor at the King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thon Buri (KMUTT), Ratchaburi campus, Thailand. She received her PhD in Biological Sciences at the Chulalongkorn University. She has more than 30 international papers and book chapters regrading bees and stingless bees in several journals. Her teaching disciplines include honeybee behavior and ecology, apiculture, and meliponicultre, and her interests mainly focus on biodiversity and conservation of honey bees and stingless bees.

Dr. Pisit Poolprasert holds a Ph.D. in Bioscience with a specialization in Entomology. He currently serves as a lecturer in the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Thailand. His academic and research interests focus on comprehensive and integrative approaches to insect science. Dr. Poolprasert is presently conducting an in-depth study titled “Integrated Study of the Population Dynamics, Morphology, Molecular Identification, and Pheromone Chemistry of an Insect Pest, the Durian Seed Borer, in Mountainous Orchards of Laplae, Uttaradit Province.” This multidisciplinary research aims to provide a holistic understanding of the durian seed borer, a significant pest in durian cultivation, combining field ecology, molecular biology, and chemical ecology to support sustainable pest management strategies.

Dr. Atsalek Rattanawannee is an Associate Professor at the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Thailand. He completed his PhD studies in Biological Sciences at the Chulalongkorn University. He has published 23 papers and book chapters in various journals. His teaching disciplines include insect molecular ecology, insect population genetics, phylogeny and systematics of insects, apiculture, and meliponicultre, and his interests mainly focus on molecular genetics, systematics, biodiversity, and conservation of honey bees and stingless bees.