Laboratory of Insect Biology at the University of Cincinnati

Recruiting new graduate students for Fall 2026 starting in September. Please contact Joshua Benoit if interested.

Collaborators (in progress)

Collaborators of the Benoit lab

Michal Polak, PhD

Fly-mite interactions

Example paper

Benoit et al. 2025

Sinead English, PhD

Insect viviparity

Example paper

Benoit et al. 2025

Noelia Lander, PhD

Kissing bug and trypanosome interactions

Example paper

Carlson et al. 2025

Matthew DeGennaro, PhD

Mosquito-dehydration dynamics

Example paper

Holmes et al. 2025

Pia Olafson, PhD

Example paper

Uhran et al. 2025

Patrick Limbach, PhD

tRNA biology and insect

Example paper

Kelley et al. 2025

Clément Vinauger, PhD

Mosquito circadian and sleep biology

Example paper

Ajayi et al. 2022

Elke Buschbeck, PhD

Vision of insect systems

Example paper

Rathore et al. 2024

Jason Rasgon, PhD

Mosquito-virus interactions

Example paper

Manzano-Alvarez et al. 2023

Dorith Rotenberg , PhD

Example paper

Bailey et al. 2024

Yanyu Xiao, PhD

Stress tolerance in blood feeding insects

Example paper

Hagan et al. 2018

Brian Weiss, PhD

Tsetse fly biology

Example paper

Benoit et al. 2017