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Yash Sondhi, Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University & Mark Unger, presents "Dim light and sensory processing in moth eyes".
Yash Sondhi is new assistant professor in biology at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio. He recently finished a postdoc at Georgia Tech with Dr. Simon Sponberg. He earned his PhD at Florida International University in Miami with Dr. Jamie Theobald, studying how moths and butterflies see the world—specifically, how moth eyes and brains are adapted to function exceptionally well under dim light. He uses multiple techniques, including genetics, animal behaviour, and neuroethology, to examine how the senses—sight, hearing, and smell—have evolved in day- and night-flying insects. The lab will focus on how artificial light disorients insects at night and alters their circadian activity, vision and flight, while also testing strategies to mitigate light pollution.
Host: Dr. Stacey Combes (sacombes@ucdavis.edu)