Jorge E. Peña

Professor of Entomology and Nematology at the Tropical Research & Education Center of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida in Homestead, Florida, specializing in Tropical Fruit Entomology.

His areas of expertise include: basic biology of insects, mites and spiders, development of sampling techniques, elucidation of population ecology, and development of biological controls and pest management systems. Arthropod-plant interaction in natural habitats of southern Florida.