diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 943b9d6d..09473eb3 100755
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ Authors@R: c(person(given = "Marcelo",
                     role = "aut",
                     email = "chtaniguti@tamu.edu",
                     comment = c(ORCID="0000-0002-2021-6883")),
+            person(given = "Jeekin",
+                    family = "Lau",
+                    role = "aut",
+                    email = "jzl0026@tamu.edu",
+                    comment = c(ORCID="0000-0003-1114-6892")),
             person(given = "Guilhereme",
                     family = "Pereira",
                     role = "ctb",