Research

My current work incorporates approaches from the fields of animal learning and behavior, comparative morphology, physiology, and engineering to approach questions in sensory biology.

Current Projects

  1. Comparing sea star eye growth and visual ecology across species
  2. Echinoder-Bot-a: A sea urchin-inspired camera

Past Projects

  1. Trends in spine density & visual acuity across sea urchin species
  2. Light sensitivity across the urchin body
  3. Learning in brittle stars
  4. Comparing the vision of three Southern California Sea Urchin species