Research interests

Neurobiology and behavioral control in arthropods:

• Animal navigation, with a focus on desert ants, Cataglyphis
• Motor and locomotor control
• Sensorimotor integration, from cellular neuron properties to network modelling and system and behavioural levels
• Inhibitory motor neurons, their role in motor control and evolution
• Evolution of invertebrate nervous systems
• Mode of action of neuroactive insecticides
• Scorpion neurobiology, focus on chemosensory pectine organs