Dickinson, Michael H.

Committee Member — 46 thesises

• Branchaud, Edward Allan — A Control System for Positioning Recording Electrodes to Isolate Neurons in Extracellular Recordings (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Melis, Johan Matthijs — A Neural Network Model of an Insect's Wing Hinge Reveals How Steering Muscles Control Flight (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harrison, Reid R. — An analog VLSI motion sensor based on the fly visual system (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hickerson, Anna Iwaniec — An Experimental Analysis of the Characteristic Behaviors of an Impedance Pump (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martin, Nathan Koon-Hung — Analysis of Flapping Propulsion: Comparison, Characterization, and Optimization (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Simon, Jasper Chen — Behavioral Analysis of Exploration and Dispersal in Drosophila (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Humbert, James Sean — Bio-Inspired Visuomotor Convergence in Navigation and Flight Control Systems (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Acevedo Bolton, Gabriel Alejandro — Blood Flow Effects on Heart Development and a Minimally Invasive Technique for in vivo Flow Alterations (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• van Breugel, Floris — Complex Behavior and Perception in Drosophila Emerges from Iterative Feedback-Regulated Reflexes (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yorozu, Suzuko — Distinct Sensory Representations of Wind and Near-Field Sound in the Drosophila Brain (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Forouhar, Arian Soroush — Dynamic Views of Structure and Function during Heart Morphogenesis (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gugel, Zhannetta V. — Effects of Sensory Experience on Early Stages of Olfactory Processing in the Fruit Fly (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bender, John Andrew — Elements of Feed-Forward and Feedback Control in Drosophila Body Saccades (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sauerbrei, Britton Alan — Firing Patterns of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells During Locomotion and Sleep (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Elzinga, Michael John — Flight Dynamics in Drosophila Through a Dynamically-scaled Robotic Approach (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mohebbi, Nina — Flow Induced by Collective Vertical Migration: Impact of Swimmer Distribution, Buoyancy, and Wake Interactions (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dillman, Adler Ray — Host Seeking and the Genomic Architecture of Parasitism among Entomopathogenic Nematodes (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roh, Chris — Hydrodynamics of Insects. Part 1. Jetting of the Dragonfly Larvae. Part 2. Honeybee at the Air-water Interface: Surfing with the Capillary Wave (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kajikawa, Koichiro — Inhibition is the Hallmark of CA3 Intracellular Dynamics Around Awake Ripples (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosenberg, Matthew Hutson — Innate Navigation: Magnetic Sensation and Maze Learning (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Palmer, Emily Hope — Locomotory Control Algorithms and Their Neuronal Implementation in Drosophila melanogaster (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hulse, Bradley Kline — Membrane Potential Dynamics of Hippocampal Neurons During Ripples in Awake Mice (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gehlhar, Rachel — Model-Based Lower-Limb Powered Prosthesis Control: Developing and Realizing Nonlinear Subsystem Control Methods for Generalizable Prosthesis Control (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Robie, Alice Anne Pennoyer — Multimodal Sensory Control of Exploration by Walking Drosophila melanogaster (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rios, Gustavo — Nanofabricated Neural Probe System for Dense 3-D Recordings of Brain Activity (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jayaraman, Vivek — Neural Circuit Dynamics and Ensemble Coding in the Locust and Fruit Fly Olfactory System (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Card, Gwyneth Megan — Neural Control and Biomechanics of Flight Initiation in Drosophila melanogaster (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mazor, Ofer — Neural Dynamics and Population Coding in the Insect Brain (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shen, Kai — Neural Encoding of Mixtures and Stimulus Generation in the Insect Brain (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suver, Marie Patricia — Octopamine Neurons Mediate Flight-Induced Modulation of Visual Processing in Drosophila melanogaster (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weir, Peter Thomas — Polarization-Based Navigation in Drosophila (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Broome, Bede Michael — Population Coding and Reconstruction of Complex Stimuli in the Locust Olfactory System (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zocchi, Dhruv Sergio — Processing at Primary Chemosensory Neurons (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sharma, Tarun — Quantifying Insect Behavior Across Scales Using Computer Vision (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gong, Mengsha — Remodeling Jellyfish (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Budick, Seth Alexander — Resource Localization and Multimodal Flight Control in Drosophila melanogaster (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anuszczyk, Simon R. — Robotically Controlled Jellyfish Swimming Dynamics and Energetics for Ocean Exploration (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shan, Kevin Qing — Sparse Deconvolution with Applications to Spike Sorting (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• de Souza, Alysha Maria — Sparse Neural and Motor Networks Underlying Control in the Drosophila Flight System (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fuller, Sawyer Buckminster — Steady as She Goes: Visual Autocorrelators and Antenna-Mediated Airspeed Feedback in the Control of Flight Dynamics in Fruit Flies and Robotics (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ponce, Francesca V. — The Role of Integral Gain and its Neuromuscular Implementation in the Flight Control System of Drosophila (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hoenselaar, Andreas — The Structure of Hippocampal Activity During REM Sleep (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wagner, Julian Morgan — Uncovering Mechanisms of Host Recognition, Host Finding and Host Specificity (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dabiri, John Oluseun — Unsteady Fluid Mechanics of Starting-Flow Vortex Generators with Time-Dependent Boundary Conditions (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reiser, Michael Bernard — Visually Mediated Control of Flight in Drosophila: Not Lost in Translation (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ringuette, Matthew James — Vortex Formation and Drag on Low Aspect Ratio, Normal Flat Plates (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))