Henry Fadamiro

Henry Yemisi Fadamiro is a Nigerian-American entomologist and academic administrator with research into chemical and physiological mechanisms of plant-insect and tritrophic interactions. He is the co-founder of the International Association of Black Entomologists, IABE. He is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, the African Academy of Sciences, the Nigerian Academy of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Inventors.

Early life and education

Fadamiro was born in Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria. He completed his secondary school education at St. Joseph's College, Ondo, Nigeria. He received a bachelor's degree in Biology in 1989 at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. He completed a Master of Science degree in the same department and later earned a Ph.D. in Entomology and Pest Management from the University of Oxford in England in 1995, where he was a Rhodes Scholar

Fadamiro currently serves as Associate Vice President for Research for Texas A&M University, College Station. Previously, he served as a researcher at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria, Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, and Minnesota Department of Agriculture. In 2003, he started as an assistant professor at Auburn University and became a professor in 2012. At Auburn, he was Assistant Dean Director of Global Programs for Agriculture and later an Associate Dean for Research for the College of Agriculture/Associate Director of Alabama Agricultural Experiment Stations. In 2021, he was appointed Chief Scientific Officer & Associate Director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and as Associate Dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. Fadamiro co-founded and served as pioneer president of the International Association of Black Entomologists.
His most cited papers are:

Olson, D. A. W. N. M., Fadamiro, H., Lundgren, J. N. G., & Heimpel, G. E.. Effects of sugar feeding on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in a parasitoid wasp. Physiological Entomology, 25, 17-26.. Micron. 2008 Jul 1;39:526-35 . Moth uses fine tuning for odour resolution. Nature, 393, 530-53 on citrus red mite, Panonychus citri. Biological Control. 2010 Jun 1;53:345-52. Cited 123 times according to Google Scholar
Fadamiro HY, Baker TC. Reproductive performance and longevity of female European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis: effects of multiple mating, delay in mating, and adult feeding. Journal of Insect Physiology. 1999 Apr 1;45:385-92.. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2001 Nov 1;94:909-16 (Cited 118 times, according to Google Scholar

He is married to Helen Fadamiro, with three children.

He was named a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society in 2010, and fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2020 and a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science in 2023. In 2011, he received the Award for Excellence in IPM from the Entomological Society of America– Southeastern Branch and was named Alumni Professor at Auburn University. He served as Editor for Physiological Entomology from 2010 to 2019.