This document contains profiles of several individuals involved with the March Bruner Club Who's Who. It includes brief biographies of Jelfina Alouw from Indonesia, Gregory Brittain Jr. from California, Carolina Camargo from Colombia, Ken Miwa from Japan, Silvana Moraes from Brazil, Fatima Mustafa from Pakistan, Dori Osantowski from Nebraska, Muhammad Irfan Ullah from Pakistan, and Zixiao Zhao from China. The profiles provide details on their education, work experience, research interests, and hobbies.

1. Jelfina Greg Carolina Ken Silvana
Alouw Brittain Carmargo Miwa Moraes
March Bruner Club Who’s Who
Fatima Dori Irfan Zixiao
Mustafa Osantowski Ullah Zhao

2. 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

3. Indonesian Coconut & other Palmae
Research Institute
Jelfina C. Alouw

4. Gregory D. Brittain Jr.
• 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.

5. Gregory D. Brittain Jr.

6. Carolina Camargo

7. Carolina Camargo
Colombian Institute for Science and Technology -English Training OSU-
Fall 2011 UNL
• Interest in Insect Toxicology and
Sustainable Agriculture
• Dr. Blair Siegfried Soybean Aphid
Neonicotinoids
• Doctor of Plant Health Program

8. 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.

9. Ken Miwa

10. 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

11. Silvana Moraes

12. Silvana Moraes

13.  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.

14. 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

15. 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.

17. Muhammad ‘Irfan’ Ullah
• 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.

18. Irfan Ullah

19. Zixiao Zhao
• Originally from S.E. China, Graduate from
Zhejiang University in 2009
• My interesting:
Photography
Military
Ski
Hobbies
Pets
Railroad
History

20. Zixiao Zhao