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.

Lab Members

Summary of graduate students and research scientists in the Benoit lab

Lab director

Joshua Benoit, PhD

Insect biological processes

Current lab members

Oluwaseun Ajayi, PhD

Sleep processes in mosquitoes

Bruna Ciuffa

Tsetse fly daily rhythms

Syeda Farjana Hoque

Kissing bug biology

Previous lab members

Kennan Oyen, PhD

Tick thermal biology

Andrew Rosendale, PhD

Tick stress biology

Gabriela Nine, MS

Mosquito biology