Miriam Ruhinda

Former Graduate Student

last updated: Thu Aug 17, 2023

Miriam Ruhinda joined the lab for the Fall semester 2021. Miriam studied the impact of ivermectin on dung fauna and degradation in a tropical savanna in Tanzania and defended her MS in May 2023. She is now a research assistant at Kansas State University.

Interests

  • molecular biology
  • ecology
  • dung fauna
  • ivermectin

Education

  • Bachelor of Science
    Sokoine University of Agriculture
  • Master in Life Sciences
    Virginia Tech

Contact

Miriam Ruhinda
Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech
324 Price Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
E-mail: miriamr@vt.edu