Simon Kamande Kuria is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, at Walter Sisulu University. He joined Walter Sisulu University in 2006 as a lecturer. As a lecturer, his key performance areas include research, community engagement, and teaching and learning. Before joining Walter Sisulu University, he was a research officer at the Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (KETRI). Currently, he is a member of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. He has carried out agricultural and medical entomology research as an applied entomologist. Some of his research involves human myiasis, the use of botanicals as biopesticides, and the role of agriculture on ground-active arthropods. For his tertiary education, he attended the University of Nairobi, where he graduated with an honours degree and later earned a master's degree in Zoology. He later joined Rhodes University, where he obtained a PhD degree in Entomology. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4825-1063