Sensory Neurobiology and Ecology

Sensory signals and how they are processed by the nervous system to control behavior underlies nearly every critical ecological and evolutionary interaction. My research interests are in sensory neurobiology and ecology, which pertains to understanding the influence of chemical signals on ecological interactions, and the neural basis of behavior. From the spatial scale of a sperm cell, to that of a macroorganism, the ability to locate the source of a chemical cue mediates many fundamental biological processes.