Carmenza E. Góngora completed her PhD in Entomology from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US and BSc in Microbiology from Los Andes University, Bogota, Colombia. She currently works at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café as a Senior Research Scientist. She has 68 publications, with 634 citations (ResearchGate, 26 October). Her skills and expertise include coffee, coffee tissue culture, biotechnology, insects, agricultural entomology, integrated pest management, insect ecology, and insect pathology.