Yannick Günzel
PhD student
Neuroethologist with a research focus on the mechanisms underlying insect decision-making and swarming behavior.
Yannick examines how different cues are processed in the desert locust's brain and how these processes are modulated by crowding. His research employs a combination of behavioral experiments, Bayesian modeling, and in-vivo calcium imaging to uncover the neural mechanisms underlying social interactions and sensory processing in the context of locust-swarming behavior.
Awards:
- Best Paper Award' 2024 - the Department of Biology at the University of Konstanz.
Awarded for the work on locust olfactory processing (doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49719-7).
- Breaking News Best Paper Award' 2023, 3rd place, the German Neuroscience Society. Awarded for the work on locust escape behavior.
Engagement in the research community:
- Student representative, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS), 2021.
- Co-organizer of the Neurobiology Doctoral Student Workshop (NeuroDoWo), 2023.
Science communication and outreach:
- Blog entry on The Science of Collective Behaviour in Konstanz
- Featured in the SWR documentary "Heuschrecken im Holodeck" (Locusts in the Holodeck).
- Featured in Xenius, Arte: “Nützliche Heuschrecken - Und warum einige zur Plage werden”
ORCID: 0000-0001-7553-4742
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=IjG5jLsAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao
Twitter: @YGuenzel