Einat Couzin-Fuchs

I am a group leader at CASCB since 2018, studying neuroethology, sensorimotor integration and insect behaviour.  

 

My training started in Tel Aviv, where I studied Computer Science (BSc), Zoology (MSc) and Neuroscience (PhD) in Tel Aviv University. After that I moved to the US for a postdoc in Mechanical Engineering at Princeton University studying adaptive motor control in insects. 

 

These introduced me to diverse concepts and techniques in insect neuroethology, which I now utilize, and further develop with a group of very talented early career researchers to study the neural mechanisms of adaptive behavior. 

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I am fascinated by how the brain integrates noisy, probabilistic and multimodal information for appropriate decisions, especially in social contexts when decisions have a reciprocal influence.

By combining behavioral assays with 'real' and virtual social environments, as well as establishing tools and protocols for electrophysiology and functional imaging, my group delves into the sensory coding and interpretation of social stimuli.  Our goal is to unravel neural mechanisms that allow animals (mostly cockroaches and locusts) to flexibly adapt in changing social circumstances.​

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