Dr. Robinson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences and served as Head of the Department from August 2016 to July 2023. His research interests are in the field of Pest and Pesticide Management and he has conducted studies on pesticide contamination in the Jamaican environment, with emphasis on pesticide residue transport and levels in ground and surface water systems. In addition, he has investigated the integrated management of pests affecting coffee, cotton and citrus in Jamaica. Of note is his work developing an integrated pest management system for the coffee berry borer which if properly implemented could save the coffee industry millions of dollars. He has also done work on organic production systems.