Barbara C. Weber was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and grew up on a dairy farm as the oldest of eleven children. She earned a B.S. Degree in biology in 1965 from Viterbo College in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, an M.S. degree in 1971 in entomology at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, and a Ph.D. in 1982 in zoology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Barbara was employed with the State of Minnesota in St. Paul as an Entomologist in the Departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture from 1972 until 1974. She started her career with the Forest Service in 1975 as a research entomologist at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Carbondale, Illinois. She became project leader in 1983. She has authored approximately 50 research papers.
In 1986 Barbara was selected as a Congressional Fellow with the American Political Science Association in Washington, D.C. In 1987 she was selected to serve as a Legislative Resources Specialist on the Forest Service Legislative Affairs Staff, Washington, D.C. In 1989 she was named Staff Assistant for Planning to the Office of the Deputy Chief for Research in Washington, D.C. She was appointed to the position of Director of the Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station in Berkeley, California, in 1991. As Director, Barbara managed research programs in California, Hawaii, and the Western Pacific Islands that concentrated on global change, tropical forestry, fundamental sciences, applied forest and range management, water, and aquatic environments. Under her direction, the Pacific Southwest Station received the Chief's Multicultural Award in 1994. In 1994, Barbara was named Associate Deputy Chief for Research in Washington, D.C.
Barbara received the Outstanding Alumnus Award for Professional Development from Viterbo College in 1994 and the Alumni Achievement Award from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1996.
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