From the minute, I saw plasmodium protozoans ooze from a female anopheles mosquito’s salivary gland under a microscope and realized how a tiny insect such as a mosquito can hold us humans hostage; I was fascinated and developed an adventurous desire to know more about insects. Consequently, for more than 20 years, I have been involved in numerous activities professionally with urban/structural entomology.
Insects are small but mighty, they directly or indirectly for good or bad influence everything in our human universe. On the bad side, they vector pathogens that cause diseases; annoying, damage food, property, even natural resources such as forests, they do not respect international borders! They can cause psychological and emotional stress, therefore, we have to counterbalance that influence by applying entomological analysis and solutions outside of academia in every aspect of structural pest management.
Be it in food processing industry, health system, school system, office, warehouse, place of worship, or residential, we ensure that food is safe to eat, free of pests and pathogens, our human ecosystems are free of pests, property and resources protected. As result, my duties have spanned from performing analytical entomology (investigates product adulteration using biochemical and comparative tissue methods), structural and field assessments, to providing training and technical support in pest/insect identification nationwide. From reports to research to regulatory, I get to be an entomologist outside of academia.
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