Dr Chong Chin Heo obtained his Bachelor in Biomedical Sciences (Hons.) and Master in Medical Science (Parasitology) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He then earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University in 2016. He is currently a faculty member at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Prior to that, he was a research officer at the Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur. His research interests are carrion decomposition ecology, biodiversity of necrophagous and coprophagous dipteran species, and forensic entomology and acarology. He received the Nadchatram Medal 2018 from the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, the John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award from the Entomological Society of America during the annual meeting at Denver, Colorado (2017), Perdana Scholar Award from the Malaysian Embassy at Washington DC (2016); the Vice President Award for Research Excellent from Texas A&M University (2015); and a scholarship from Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology section, Entomological Society of America during the 2015 ESA Conference at Minneapolis. Chong Chin was also a team member in ESA Linnaean Game representing Texas A&M University. Additionally, Chong Chin is a Board-Certified Entomologist (BCE) since 2016. To date, he has published 53 peer-reviewed journal articles, 1 book, 2 book chapter and 35 articles in magazines.