“Do what you love; do it as well as you possibly can. Do more than you think you can; you may be surprised at the results.”
– Born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, but grew up in Spanish Harlem and considers NYC as his hometown
– Earned his B.S. in Biology from the City College of New York in 1966, his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Entomology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1969 and 1971, respectively.
– Currently, Emeritus Professor at the University of Maryland
“In his long career as an entomologist, Dr. Barbosa published 138 peer-reviewed articles in the most recognized science journals worldwide and 19 entomology book chapters. He authored or co-authored 13 textbooks on entomology, insect population explosions, biological control of insects, and the ecology of predator-prey relationships using plants and insects as models. In the field of science education, he contributed four publications and one book chapter.”
Dr. Barbosa is best known for his work on plant-insect interactions with a focus on tri-trophic level interactions and is regarded as an expert in conservation biological control.
1. Ford Foundation Fellow (1984)
2. Bussart Memorial Award for Excellence in Research (1986, 1987)
3. President of the Eastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America (1987)
4. President of the Association for Puerto Ricans in Science and Engineering (1987–1989)
5. Science Award from the Institute of Puerto Rico of New York (1989)
6. University of Maryland Distinguished Research Faculty (awarded in 1991)
7. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1991)
BIO150 Insects and Human Society
BIO435 Entomology
1. https://www.entsoc.org/sites/default/files/files/Memoirs%20of%20Black%20Entomologists-Final-Web.pdf
2. https://entomology.umd.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-professor-emeritus-dr-pedro-barbosa
3. https://www.entsoc.org/pedro-barbosa-esa-fellow-1997
4. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/barbosa-iii-pedro-1966/
5. https://www.cienciapr.org/en/monthly-story/pedro-barbosa-entomology-witch-doctor
Photo 1: Pedro Barbosa. Image from “Memoirs of Black Entomologists”
Photo 2: https://entomology.umd.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-professor-emeritus-dr-pedro-barbosa