Dr
Eric
Garraway

Job title: 
Senior Lecturer/Research Fellow
Telephone: 
(876) 927-1202/2753
(876) 977-7470
Email: 
eric.garraway@uwimona.edu.jm

Staff

Overview
Dr. Garraway is an entomologist and conservation biologist. His interests include Forensic Entomology, with emphasis on the biology and ecology of arthropods of forensic importance. He has worked extensively on the conservation of Jamaica’s Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, <em>Papilio homerus<em>, as well as the Caribbean Manatee <em>Trichechus manatus<em>. He has conducted studies on the taxonomy and biodiversity of some of Jamaica’s terrestrial invertebrates including the carabid beetles, aphids, noctuid and arctiid moths, millipedes and land snails. Pest ecology projects include the control of the yam weevil <em>Palaeopus costicollis<em>, the banana scarring moth <em>Pyroderces releyi<em>, the brown citrus aphid <em>Toxoptera citricidus<em>, vectors of citrus greening disease, and the impact of birds on insect pests of coffee.
Research Interests: 
Forensic Entomology
Conservation Biology
Ecological Entomology
Insect Biodiversity and Taxonomy
Courses Taught: 
BIOL2401 - Research Skills and Practices in Biology
BIOL3400 - Conservation Biology
ZOOL2403 - Maintenance Systems in Animals
ZOOL3403 - Entomology
Research Interest Group Term: 
Honours and Awards: 
• 2022 Silver Musgrave Medal for Science from the Institute of Jamaica
• Patent: Yee, T.H., C.T. Watson, and E. Garraway. 2015. Methods of controlling the breeding behavior of butterflies. US Patent No. 9,113,635.
Professional Memberships: 
• Natural History Society of Jamaica (Past President)
• BirdLife Jamaica
• Lepidopterists' Society
• Association of Tropical Lepidoptera
Graduate Students: 
Damion Whyte, PhD Candidate
Latoya Foote-Gordon, PhD Candidate
Rochelle Daley, PhD Candidate