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).