Dr. Asifa Hameed earned her PhD in Entomology and International Agriculture & Development from Pennsylvania State University, USA, during 2015-2021 as a Fulbright Scholar from Pakistan. She worked on several projects during her PhD with her adviser, Dr Ed Rajotte. She was the outreach person of the Pennsylvania State University during 2016-2017. Before being a graduate student at Pennsylvania State University, USA, she was a senior scientist of the Entomological Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan. During her career, she worked on multiple projects, international and national. She has experience on insecticide resistance, biological control, integrated pest management, and field entomology. She took various courses on entomology, insect genomics, and DNA barcoding at Pennsylvania State University, USA, during her PhD program. Asifa Hameed is a well-known agricultural entomological scientist of Pakistan.