Dr Komivi Senyo Akutse is a Senior Scientist and Head of Arthropod Pathology Unit at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), where he tremendously contributed to the development and registration of several biopesticides against major agricultural and livestock pests in Africa. He is an Agricultural Entomologist/Arthropod Pathologist and IPM Specialist. He joined icipe in 2017 as a Biopesticide Development Scientist. Before joining icipe, Dr Akutse 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 diamondback moth and its host plants under the umbrella of ecological-based pest management strategies in different agroecosystems. Prior to this, between 2013 and 2015, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at icipe, where he carried out research on IPM technology development and application, farming system comparison, and insects for food and feed. He is an expert in biological control, with strong skills in pathogen-insect-plant interactions. He obtained his PhD in Agricultural Entomology at North-West University, South Africa and where he is currently an Extraordinary Professor in the Research Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management. He also holds a MPhil. in Entomology at University of Ghana and a BSc in Agricultural Sciences at INFA-Togo. He has authored and co-authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters, policy documents, and more than 100 conference contributions, with H-index of 32. He has mentored several Postdocs, PhD, MSc, BSc and internship students.