Giovanni Marcelo Ramón Cabrera

Giovanni is the Entomology Collection Manager at the Australian Museum, responsible for the care, development, and accessibility of one of the most significant insect collections in the Southern Hemisphere. Originally from Ecuador, he has over fifteen years of experience working with insect biodiversity across South America and Australia, spanning field research, taxonomy, and collection curation.

Before joining the Australian Museum, Giovanni curated the invertebrate collection at the Terrestrial Zoology Museum of Universidad San Francisco de Quito, where he also lectured in biology, ecology, and entomology, and led biodiversity surveys. Prior to that, he managed the National Reference Collection of Vector Arthropods at INSPI, Ecuador's public health research institute. He completed his PhD at Macquarie University, where he investigated the visual systems and sensory ecology of strobe ants (Opisthopsis), a group notable for their unusually large, posteriorly positioned compound eyes and distinctive stroboscopic movement. His broader research interests span insect natural history, biodiversity, and the use of scientific collections for research and conservation.

In his role , Giovanni is committed to the long-term preservation of Australia's insect biodiversity records and to making the collection more accessible to researchers, educators, and the broader community. He values collaboration with First Nations communities and is committed to practices that respect and acknowledge Indigenous knowledge in the context of natural history collections.

• PhD (Biology), Macquarie University
• MSc (Tropical Ecology and Conservation), James Cook University
• BSc (Biology), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador