{"id":2675,"date":"2024-10-30T01:28:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T01:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/cas\/?page_id=2675"},"modified":"2025-01-07T08:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T08:00:02","slug":"icas-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.usep.edu.ph\/cas\/icas-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAS 2024: International Conference on Arts and Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Aimee Lynn A. Barrion-Dupo (aka \u201cSpiderwoman\u201d), a renowned expert on spiders, is currently President of the National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP).\r\n\r\nAs a researcher, she led in the discovery of over 52 species of spiders, 22 species of rice black bugs, and one moth species, and has published a total of 57 refereed papers and 2 book chapters. As an advocate of science communication her efforts center mainly on arthropod diversity and conservation, using social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram to educate people on various critter\u2019s roles in the ecosystem.\r\n\r\nBarrion-Dupo holds the title of Professor 12 and UP Scientist III at the University of the Philippines Los Ba\u00f1os (UPLB) Institute of Biological Sciences, and concurrently serves as curator for spiders and moths at the UPLB Museum of Natural History. She earned her BS, MS, and PhD in UPLB majoring in entomology and was among the Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) awardees by the National Academy of Sciences and Technology (NAST) in 2015.\r\n<\/div>
DR. AIMEE LYNN A. BARRION-DUPO<\/div>
President, National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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