Matan Shelomi

Prof. Matan Shelomi is an entomologist at National Taiwan University, originally from New York City. He completed his B.A. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University in 2009 and earned his Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of California, Davis in 2014. Following a postdoctoral position at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, he joined the Department of Entomology at National Taiwan University as an assistant professor in 2017 and was promoted to associate professor in 2021. His research focuses on insect digestive physiology, microbiology, and ecogeography, along with cultural entomology projects that explore the use of insects as food and feed. Prof. Shelomi has received multiple Excellent Teacher Awards from National Taiwan University for his popular "Edible Insects" course, which is taught in English. He is multilingual, has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, traveled to over 75 countries, and has sampled many species of insects.