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Zubaidah Ya’cob received her BSc and MSc degrees in Ecology and Biodiversity from the University Malaya in 2006 and 2012, respectively. She then earned her PhD degree with distinction from the same university in 2017 for her studies in systematics (mopho-taxonomy & molecular) and ecology of medically important insect, black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Malaysia. She is the only trained local morphotaxonomist for blackflies in Malaysia and she has published more than 40 research articles in both local and international journals. Her current research interests are mainly on vectors and parasites  includes systematics, vectorial capacity, biting habits, parasitism (Onchocerca, Mermithids) and population bionomic.