Antje Steinbrink

Dr. Antje Steinbrink is Junior Research Group Leader at the Institute of Insect Biotechnology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, and spokesperson for the Genomic Biomonitoring program at the LOEWE Center TBG. Her work focuses on RNAi-based mosquito control strategies and arbovirus transmission dynamics.

Research encompasses: 1) Developing RNA interference techniques against Aedes albopictus; 2) Genomic biomonitoring of disease vectors; 3) Culicidae population genetics in Germany. She teaches entomology and serves as deputy lab director.

Previously, she researched at Goethe University Frankfurt and Senckenberg Society, specializing in mosquito-borne pathogens. Her publications address Borrelia transmission, invasive mosquito species, and bacteriophage ecology.