Adalberto Ubinas

Adalberto Ubiñas Romero was born in Puerto Rico. At an early age, he developed an interest in STEM, specifically in the biological sciences. When Ubiñas became an open water diver, it sparked his curiosity about invertebrate communities and research.

After Ubiñas completed high school at Colegio La Merced, he attended the University of Puerto Rico, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in coastal marine biology. As an undergraduate, Adalberto worked with Dr. Steven Sloan and Dr. Ariel Diaz, studying the invertebrate and fungal communities associated with Plumeria alba in the Guánica dry forest in Puerto Rico. He also participated in several Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) programs, including the Blandy Experimental Farm at the University of Virginia, the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Oceanography (SURFO) at the University of Rhode Island, and the Organization for Tropical Studies Research in Costa Rica.

Ubiñas's professional career started in Spain, where he obtained a pilot and remotely operated vehicle technician license; later, he worked with the EcoExploratorio Science Museum of Puerto Rico as a tour guide and educator. Currently, Ubiñas is studying climate change-related dynamics in pollinators at the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program in New Mexico.