Jorge F. Genise is a Principal Researcher for the National Research Council of Argentina and founder of the National Ichnological Collection and Division Icnología of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, where with his team he works on insect traces, extant and fossil, particularly in soils and paleosols, a field in which he is a recognized international expert. He is member of the editorial board of Ichnos (The International Journal of Animal and Plant Traces), invited lecturer in international ichnological and paleoentomological congresses, and president of the First International Congress on Ichnology. He has published several book chapters, more than 130 scientific articles and directed several doctoral theses on insect ichnology.