Dinesh Natesan

Bio

After a weird (read: fun) 5-year dual degree in Electronics (bachelors) and Biology (masters), Dinesh meandered into insect neuroscience via an internship in the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore. Fascinated by what insects can do with such tiny brains, Dinesh enrolled for a joint Ph.D. with Prof. Sanjay P. Sane and Prof. Örjan Ekeberg through the Erasmus Mundus backed EuroSPIN graduate program. During his Ph.D., he investigated how hawkmoths dynamically position their antennae based on the environment around them. As he was wrapping up his doctorate, he experimented with entrepreneurship for a year, starting a company in the process. Realizing that his passion lies in the scientific exploration of the brain, Dinesh has now joined Sung Soo's lab in the hopes of using genetic tools and neuroimaging techniques to better understand the neural circuits controlling complex behavior in fruit flies.