Joanna S. Brebner
Email: j.s.brebner@qmul.ac.ukResearch interests
Where am I? Where is home? A good
place to eat, or a place to avoid? In the animal kingdom a huge
range of species are confronted with these questions during
their lifetime. Whether for long migration routes or short
exploration bouts from home, how effective navigation is
achieved remains a fascinating field of study. As species who
have a relatively small brain and display impressive
navigational abilities, bees are perfect study species from
which to understand how navigation can be achieved. My interests
lie in vision, arthropod cognition and behaviour. This PhD
focuses on understanding the mechanisms and behaviour behind bee
navigation with the long-term goal to aid the creation of
flexibly-behaving autonomous UAVs as part of the Brains On Board
project.
Educational background
MRes at Newcastle University, UKBSc at Aberystwyth University, UK