Pedro M P Raposo

Pedro M. P. Raposo, DPhil, is the Martha Hamilton and I. Wistar Morris III Executive Director of the Library and Archives at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. In this capacity, Raposo oversees the extensive holdings of the reference library, rare book collection, and archives of one the oldest natural history museums in the Americas and their use in teaching, research, outreach, and museum programs. Raposo holds a doctorate in history of science by the University of Oxford, England, where he was awarded the Magellan Prize for his doctoral project on the history of astronomical observatories in 19th-century Europe. He was previously Curator and Director of Collections at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, where he was responsible for the Adler's renowned collections of rare books, scientific instruments, and archives. The exhibition 'What is a Planet?', in which he served as curatorial lead, was awarded the 2016 Great Exhibitions Prize of the British Society for the History of Science. After years researching, curating, and presenting the history and material culture of astronomy and related sciences, Raposo’s current research interests are centered on the interrelations between biological specimens and printed and archival sources, and their combined use in history of science and environmental history.