Diego Alejandro Giraldo Sánchez

EDUCATION

College / University

Universidad de los Andes, Bogotà

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biology

Country

Colombia

Lab Experience

Behavioral biology, arthropod neurophysiology, insect neuroethology, VSM magnetometry in insect tissues.

Projects / Research

2012: Behavioral effects of low power radio frequencies on Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus
2011: Magnetoreception in Rhodnius prolixus: Behavioral experiments and VSM magnetometry

Scholarships / Awards

2012 – 2013:

Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My main interest is sensory ecology and understanding how animals sense their environment, using electrophysiological techniques. My long term goal is to use these techniques to study sensory mechanisms in disease vectors and understand how they sense their environment to find strategies of control.