Dr Paul De Barro is a Senior Principal Research Scientist and is the Research Director of the CSIRO Biosecurity, Risk Evaluation and Preparedness Program. Dr De Barro joined CSIRO in 1994 after completing a PhD on insect ecology at the University of Adelaide in 1992 and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southampton and established an internationally recognised research program focused on managing the silverleaf whitefly and his research has contributed considerably to its control in Australia and our global understanding of invasive whitefly pests. In 2014 Paul and his whitefly research team was awarded CSIRO’s highest honour, the Chairman’s Medal, for its delivery of a long-term, sustainable pest control solution for Australia’s horticultural, nursery, cotton and grain legume industries against the damaging invasive pest, silverleaf whitefly.