Karen Cheng

Entering Year: 
2014
Graduating Year: 
2021
Thesis Lab: 
Frye
Publication: 

Quantitative assessments reveal improved neuroscience engagement and learning through outreach.
Saravanapandian V, Sparck EM, Cheng KY, Yu F, Yaeger C, Hu T, Suthana N, Romero-Calderón R, Ghiani CA, Evans CJ, Carpenter EM, Ge W.
J Neurosci Res. 2019 Sep;97(9):1153-1162. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24429. Epub 2019 Apr 15.
PMID: 30985023

 

Visuomotor strategies for object approach and aversion in Drosophila melanogaster.
Mongeau JM, Cheng KY, Aptekar J, Frye MA.
J Exp Biol. 2019 Feb 1;222(Pt 3). pii: jeb193730. doi: 10.1242/jeb.193730.
PMID: 30559298

Cheng, K.Y., Frye, M.A. Neuromodulation of insect motion vision. J Comp Physiol A 206, 125–137 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01383-9

Award: 

NIH NRSA (F31) Fellowship

Faculty Mentor: 
Frye
Thesis: 

Olfactory modulation of visual object behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster