Hi, I'm Armando Rosario-Lebron, an entomologist. Over the past decade I have worked in federal agencies, at a national museum, in professional associations, and on film sets, and I am now a doctoral researcher.
From 2017 to 2025 I worked in the federal plant protection and quarantine program in Washington DC, which screens US ports and farms for invasive pests. During that time I was also part of the staff at the Smithsonian national insect collection, where I remain a research affiliate, helping to catalogue and care for specimens that number in the millions. I served as National Vice President of the National Association of Agriculture Employees, which represents thousands of federal agriculture employees.
Today I am a doctoral researcher in the Department of Biosciences at Swansea University. My work covers soil invertebrate ecology and the environmental fate of veterinary medicines. I am also Director of Outreach at Círculo de Puerto Rico, and I founded the Ommatidium Project, a volunteer network that connects people who have entomological questions with entomologists who can answer them.
I bring live insects into classrooms for schoolchildren. I worked with farmers on sustainable agriculture practices. I mentor newcomers to entomology.
I consult for film and television, I write for general audiences, and I post natural history on Bluesky with image descriptions on every post. I work in English and Spanish, and I get by in French and Hindi.
Outside the field and the lab, I build tools for research.
Yours, Armando