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Thierry Emonet

Professor; Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and Physics
Research Interests: We combine theory and experiments to understand the computations organisms perform to navigate chemical environments. Bacteria: we analyze information processing in individual cells, the molecular basis of individuality, and how biological diversity benefits populations. Fruit flies: we examine how insects perform goal oriented olfactory navigation, and how they adapt decision-making strategies in real time as odor signal statistics and environmental conditions change

Research Area(s)

Biological circuits

Computational biology

Neuroscience

Systems biology

Emonet Lab

PEB Students

  • Dr. Viraaj Jayaram

    Physics (Emonet Lab)
    Thesis Title: Normative and Empirical Investigation of the Role of Odor Timing in Drosophila Olfactory Navigation

  • Dr. Junjiajia Long

    Physics (Emonet Lab)
    Thesis title: “From individual to collective behavior: The role of memory and diversity in bacterial navigation”

  • Gustavo Madeira Santana

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

  • CY (Chin Yuan) Ong

    Physics (Emonet Lab)
    Research interest: I am generally interested in how bacteria navigates through chemical gradients and how is sensing and motor regulation shape their behavior.

  • Eric Regis

    Physics (Emonet Lab)
    Research Interests: I am interested in examining how bacteria adapt to random fluctuations during chemotaxis, using the principles of information theory and stochastic processes.

  • Lam Vo

    Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (Emonet Lab)
    Research Interests: Collective migration of bacteria