Chloe Lahondere

Assistant Professor | Biochemistry

lahonder@vt.edu

Lab Website: Lahondère Lab
Publications: Google Scholar

The Lahondère lab at Virginia Tech works on disease vector insects (mosquitoes, tsetse flies, kissing bugs) and, in particular, the study of their physiology, behavior and ecology. The lab relies on an integrative and multidisciplinary approach bridging field work, molecular biology, physiology and neuroethology, to examine 1) the effect of climate change at the scale of insects that are of medical and epidemiological importance and 2) the mosquito-plant interactions, with a focus on invasive species, including Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, both able to spread several diseases including Zika.