Heejae Park

Biography 

I use behavioral assays, quantitative analysis, and computational approaches to study how sensory inputs are represented in neural activity and translated into adaptive decision-making and behavior of fruit flies and mosquitoes.

Research interests 

• Molecular and circuit mechanisms of taste and chemosensory adaptation

• Quantitative neuroethology: high-throughput behavioral analysis and modeling

• Linking sensory encoding to flexible behavioral outputs across contexts

• Translational motivation: principles of chemosensation relevant to insect host-seeking/repellency