Headshot of Gustavo Santana

Gustavo Madeira Santana

he/him
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (Emonet Lab)
Research Interests: Insect olfactory navigation as a framework for understanding neural computations and decision making.

Motion detection in olfaction: how the fly brain encodes odor motion

Gustavo Madeira Santana ‘26

he/him

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (Emonet Lab)

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Left: Gustavo at the microscope; Right: Fly in the virtual reality arena

Publications:

Shomar et al. (2025) “Visual circuitry for distance estimation in Drosophila”

Kim et al. (2025) “Divergent synaptic dynamics originate parallel pathways for computation and behavior in an olfactory circuit”

Fonseca et al. (2021) “Analysis of ultrasonic vocalizations from mice using computer vision and machine learning”

Ortiz, Santana, and Dietrich (2021) “Deficiency of the paternally inherited gene Magel2 alters the development of separation-induced vocalization and maternal behavior in mice”

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