Prof. Borgemeister has a Diploma In Agricultural Engineering (University Gottingen) and a PhD in Horticulture (University of Hannover). He is presently Director General of icipe, a pan-African Research Centre headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. His previous positions include Senior Scientist at IITA and Professor at Hannover University. He is the Editor –in-Chief of the International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (published on behalf of icipe by Cambridge University Press). His main research interests are in entomology, biological control and IPM in temperature and tropical environments, biodiversity, and international co-operation. He has published >100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, authored of 10 chapters for scientific books and co-authored of a book. His is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (UK), and member of several international scientific organisations. Prof Borgemeister has active collaborations in Africa, Asia, South and North America and Europe.