Faculty Members

Amanda Franklin - website

Faculty in Department of Ecological, Plant & Animal Sciences at La Trobe University

keywords: sensory biology, visual ecology, target detection, light manipulation

Karin Nordstrom - website

Faculty in FHMRI at Flinders University

keywords: motion vision, insect vision, target detection, hoverfly

Devi Stuart-Fox - website

Faculty in School of BioSciences at The University of Melbourne

keywords: Animal coloration, biophotonics, camouflage, visual ecology

Simon Watkins - website

Faculty in Aerospace at RMIT

keywords: avian, insect, flight, gusts, turbulence

Doug Altshuler - website

Professor of Zoology at University of British Columbia

keywords: cerebellum, flight, midbrain, optic flow, vision

Eduardo Libby - website

Faculty in Chemistry at University of Costa Rica

keywords: structural color, camouflage, bioinorganic chemistry

Mathias Wernet - website

Faculty in Department of Biology at Freie Universität Berlin

keywords: Circuits, Behavior, Navigation, Vision, Drosophila

Anand Krishnan

Faculty in Evolutionary and Organismal Biology at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

keywords: Biomechanics Bioacoustics Animal communcation

Subha Ray - website

Faculty in Centre for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Applications at TCG CREST

keywords: insect, navigation, behavior, circuits, electrophysiology

Sanjay Sane - website

Faculty in Neurobiology / Ecology and Evolution at National Centre for Biological Sciences

keywords: Insect flight, neuroethology, biomechanics, insect architecture, ecophysiology

Sander Gussekloo - website

Faculty in Experimental Biology at Wageningen University and Research

keywords: Biomimetics, Functional Morphology, Biomechanics, Avian biology, Ecomorphology

Florian Muijres - website

Faculty in Experimental Biology at Wageningen University and Research

keywords: biomechanics, aerodynamics, insect flight, animal locomotion

Casper Van der Kooi - website

Faculty at University of Groningen

keywords: color vision, evolution, pollination, flowers, optics

Coen de Visser - website

Faculty in Control & Operations at Delft University of Technology

keywords: Control Theory, Autonomous robots, bio-inspired sensing and control

Christophe De Wagter - website

Faculty at Delft University of Technology

keywords: Flying robots

Abel-John Buchner - website

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Delft University of Technology

keywords: Fluid dynamics, Biopropulsion, Flow measurements, Flow control, Reduced Order Modelling

Eric Warrant - website

Faculty in Biology at University of Lund

keywords: visual ecology, nocturnal vision, navigation, magnetoreception 

Ismail Uyanik - website

Faculty in Bioengineering at Hacettepe University 

keywords: Multisensory integration, active sensing

Sophie Armanini - website

Faculty in Aeronautics at Imperial College London

keywords: bioinspired robots, aerial robots, flapping-wing flight, flight dynamics

Peter Biggins

Faculty in ISST at Imperial College London

keywords: nature inspired, autonomy, sensing systems, guidance navigation & control

Richard Bomphrey - website & website

Faculty in Comparative Biomedical Sciences at Royal Veterinary College

keywords:  Flight, sensing, birds, insects

Isaac Chenchiah - website

Faculty in School of Mathematics at University of Bristol

keywords: Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, Continuum Mechanics, Sensory Biology

Jorn Cheney - website

Faculty in Biological Sciences at University of Southampton

keywords: Animal flight; Aeroelasticity; Membrane Wings; Wing morphing 

Dre Gaede - website

Faculty in Comparative Biomedical Sciences at Royal Veterinary College

keywords: Sensory neurobiology, neuroethology, flight control (birds, frogs, etc), vision, somatosensory 

Rico Chandra

Programme Director of Perpetual Flight at Advance Research & Invention Agency

keywords: HAPS, atmospheric, long endurance

Ryan Palmer - website

Facuty in School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology at University of Bristol

keywords: electrosensing; mechanosensing; olfaction; fluid dynamics; arthropods.

Tom Richardson - website

Faculty in Aerospace Engineering at Univeristy of Bristol

keywords: Drones Control Sensors Field Robotics

Fritz Vollrath - website

Faculty in Biology at University of Oxford

keywords: spiders elephants behaviour conservation drones

Simon Walker - website

Faculty of Biology at University of Leeds

keywords: insect, flight, biomechanics, aeroelastic, kinematics

Shane Windsor - website

Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at University of Bristol

keywords: bird flight, aerodynamics, uncrewed air vehicles, bioinspired sensing

Leo Beuken

Faculty in Robotics at University of Colorado, Boulder

keywords: Bio-inspired sensory processing, distributed sensing

Anastasia Bizyaeva - website

Faculty at Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University

keywords: control theory, collective behavior, nonlinear dynamical systems, neuromorphic control and computation

Kenny Breuer - website

Faculty in School of Engineering at Brown University

keywords: Fluid Mechanics, Flapping flight

Bing Brunton - website

Faculty in Biology at University of Washington

keywords: computational neuroscience, sensorimotor control, natural behavior, reinforcement learning, neuromechanical models

Bo Cheng - website

Faculty in Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University

keywords: Bioinspired robotics, Bioinspired fluid mechanics, Insect Flight, Hummingbird Flight, Robotic fish

Stacey Combes - website

Faculty in Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior at University of California, Davis

keywords: insects, flight, biomechanics, behavior

Noah Cowan - website

Faculty in Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

keywords: Control theory,  navigation, active sensing, robotics

Brad Dickerson - website

Faculty of Neuroscience at Princeton University

keywords: flight control, haltere, gyroscopic sensing

Brett Aiello - website

Faculty in Biology at Seton Hill University

keywords: neuoromechanics, evolution, moth, flight, movement

Jon Dyhr - website

Faculty in Biology at Metropolitan State University of Denver

keywords: Sensorimotor Processing, Insect Vision, Flight Control, Biomechanics, Neurobiology

Kate Feller - website

Faculty of Biological Sciences at Union College

keywords: stomatopod, vision, neuroethology, neuromechanics, LAMSA strikes

Jessica Fox

Faculty in Biology at Case Western Reserve University

keywords: mechanosensors, neuroscience, behavior, halteres, insects

Mark Frye - website

Faculty in Integrative Biology and Physiology at University of California, Los Angeles

keywords: Neural circuit and behavior, insect flight, vision, olfaction, multisensory 

Sawyer Fuller - website

Faculty in Mechanical Engineering at University of Washington

keywords: insect robotics, microfabrication, insect flight control

Venkatesh Gopal

Faculty in Physics at Elmhurst University

keywords: biological fluid dynamics, optics, animal sensory systems, flow visualization

Dhruv Grover - website

Faculty at Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at University of California, San Diego

keywords: drosophila neurobiology, cognition, attention, working memory, stress

Daniel Hanley

Faculty in Biology Department at George Mason Univeristy

keywords: color vision, perception, decision-making, behavior

Christina Harvey - website

Faculty in Mechnical and Aerospace Engineering at University of California, Davis

keywords: bird flight, flight dynamics, control, aerodynamics, maneuverability

Steve Heim - website

Faculty of Mechnical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University

keywords: learning, morphology, legs, gaits, emergence 

Michelle Hickner - website

Faculty in Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Washington

keywords: Insect-scale flight, Control, Machine Learning, Education

Timmer Horiuchi - website

Faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Maryland

keywords: neuromorphic aerial sonar olfaction computational

Kaushik Jayaram - website

Faculty in Mechanical Engineering / Robotics at University of Colorado, Boulder

keywords: Biomechanics, Bioinspired Robotics

Emily Jensen - website

Faculty in Electrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering at University of Colorado, Boulder

keywords: optimal control, distributed control, robust control, distributed parameter systems

Sung Soo Kim - website

Faculty in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at University of California, Santa Barbara

keywords: Drosophila, vision, compass neurons, two-photon imaging, modeling

David Kisailus - website

Faculty in Materials Science and Engineering at University of California, Irvine

keywords: Biomimicry, Bio-inspired materials, Multifunctional materials, Biomineralization, Crystal Growth

Wu-Jung Lee - website

Faculty in Applied Physics at University of Washington

keywords: echolocation, ocean sonar

Chengyu Li - website

Faculty in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Flapping Flight, Odor-Guided Navigation, Mechanosensation

Chen Li - website

Faculty in Mechnical Engineering at Johns Hopkins Univeristy

keywords: Terradynamics, Robophysics, Locomotion, Biomechanics, Biorobotics

Jean-Michel Mongeau - website

Faculty in Mechnical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University

keywords: neuromechanics, control of locomotion, active sensing, experimental robotics

Talia Moore - website

Faculty of Robotics at University of Michigan

keywords: bio-inspired robotics, terrestrial biomechanics, legged locomotion, soft robotics, ethology

Nathan Morehouse - website

Faculty in Biological Sciences/Institute for Research in Sensing at Univeristy of Cincinnati

keywords: visual ecology, behavioral ecology, sensory biology, color vision, invertebrate biology

Kristi Morgansen - website

Faculty in Aeronautics & Astronautics at Univeristy of Washington

keywords: control, bioinspired, sensing, aerospace, underwater

Cindy Moss - website

Faculty in Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University

keywords: Active sensing, hearing, sensorimotor integration, echolocation, flight control

Kathy Nagel - website

Faculty in Neuroscience at New York University

keywords: Drosophila, olfaction, navigation, central complex

Zach Patterson - website

Faculty in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University 

keywords: Robotics, biomimicry, control, learning

Orit Peleg - website

Faculty in Computer Science Department at University of Colorado, Boulder

keywords: Collective behavior, Insect communication, Biological Physics, Information theory

David Perkel - website

Faculty in Biology at University of Washington

keywords: bird flight balance feather-sensation

Hoang-Vu Phan - website

Faculty in Mechanical Engineering at Univeristy of Nevada, Reno

keywords: flapping and morphing wing; bio-inspired robotics; insect and bird flight biomechanics; bio-inspired multimodal locomotion

Megan Porter - website

Faculty in School of Life Sciencse at University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

keywords: evolution, opsin, vision

Barani Raman - website

Faculty in BME at Washington University in St. Louis

keywords: Olfaction, bio-hybrid systems, neurobiology, machine learning

Francis Reininger - website

Faculty in Bio-Inspired Imaging Systems at Spectral Imaging Laboratory

keywords: bio-inspired, imaging, spectroscopy, multi-modal, defense

Jeff Riffel - website

Faculty in Biology at University of Washington

keywords: neuroscience, behavior, sensory integration, olfaction

Ruud Schilder - website

Faculty in Entomology & Biology at Pennsylvania State University

keywords: insect, flight, energetics, locomotion, mechanics

Lori Schweikert - website

Faculty in Department of Biology and Marine Biology at University of North Carolina, Wilmington

keywords: vision, optics, sensors, physiology, behavior

Jane Shin - website

Faculty in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Florida

keywords: robotics, marine robotics, active perception, robot planning, sensor-based planning

Yash Sondhi - website

Faculty in Biology at Case Western Reserve University

keywords: vision, sensing, flight, color, moths

Dan Speiser - website

Faculty in Department of Biological Sciences at University of South Carolina

keywords: physiology, neuroethology, vision, armor, behavior

Simon Sponberg - website

Faculty in Physics and Biological Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology

keywords: Neuromechanics, flight, muscle, decision-making, control

Cassie Stoddard - website

Faculty in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University

keywords: animal coloration, iridescence, eggshells, biomechanics, evolution

Yunxing Su - website

Faculty in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at University of Minnesota, Duluth

keywords: animal locomotion, bioinspired robotics, sustainable energy, vortex dynamics, fluid-structure interaction

Daniel Swale

Faculty in Entomology, Emerging Pathogens Intitute at University of Florida

keywords: neurophysiology, ion channels 

Sharon Swartz - website

Faculty in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Brown University 

keywords: Bats, sensorimotor integration, evolution, compliant wings

Brian Taylor - website

Faculty in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

keywords: Magnetoreception, Navigation, Neuromorphic Processing

Jamie Theobald - website

Faculty in Biology at Florida International University

keywords: insect vision flight

Floris van Breugel - website

Faculty in Mechanical Engineering at University of Nevada, Reno

keywords: navigation, nonlinear estimation, insect behavior, olfactory navigation, flight

Z. Jane Wang - website

Faculty in Physics at Cornell University

keywords: Physics and Neural Control of Insect flight, Flight stability,  Control Algorithms, Computational Modeling

Trevor Wardill - website

Faculty in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at University of Minnesota

keywords: Vision, Neuroscience, Behavior, Prey Capture, Camouflage

Bryan Watson - website

Faculty in EECS at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

keywords: Resilient Systems, Distributed Autonomy, Bio-Inspired Design, Fault-Tolerant Systems

Ali Weber - website

Faculty in Biology at Bryn Mawr College

keywords: sensory neuroscience, computational neuroscience, insect flight

Mark Willis

Faculty in Biology at Case Western Reserve University

keywords: Orientation, behavior, Manduca sexta, insect, olfaction

Aimy Wissa - website

Faculty in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University

keywords: locomotion, aerodynamics, flow control, multimodal locomotion

Michelle Yuen - website

Faculty in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department at Montana State University

keywords: soft robotics, functional materials, shape-change

Phil Buskohl - AFRL

Materials & Manufacturing

keywords: adaptive materials, morphing structures, mechanical computing

Alex Hollenbeck - AFRL

High Speed Systems Directorate

keywords: Sensors, optimization, fixed-wing aircraft design

Abby von Hagel - AFRL

Algorithms & Bioinspired Research 

keywords: Bioinspired, Neurophysiology, biomechanics, sensors

Laura Bagge - AFRL

keywords: visual ecology, biophotonics

Elisabeth Steel - AFRL

Novel Sensors/711HPW

keywords: olfaction, volatile organic compounds, biohybrid sensors

Johnny Evers - AFRL

AFRL/RW

keywords: behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, control & information theory, guidance navigation and control

Nathan Lord - AFRL

Munitions Directorate

keywords: Vision, sensing, navigation, control, flight

Ric Wehling - AFRL

RWTSX - Nature Inspired Team in the Seeker Technology Branch

keywords: visual ecology, polarization vision, autonomous vehicles, biosensors, guidance and control

Teresa de la Puente - AFOSR

Southern Office of Aerospace R&D

keywords: Bio-inspired basic science 

Willard Larkin - AFOSR

keywords: Sensory Information Systems

Felix Knutson - AFOSR

European Office of Aerospace R&D

keywords: AI, autonomous systems, swarm robotics 

Nandini Iyer - AFOSR

Department of Air Force

keywords: Bio-inspired sensing and perception