Michael H. Dickinson (born 1963) is an American fly bioengineer and neuroscientist, and Zarem Professor of Biology and Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology.[1][2] He studies Drosophila flight control systems and sensory processing and was dubbed the Fly Guy by The Scientist.[3]
Michael Dickinson | |
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| Born | Michael H. Dickinson 1963 (age 60–61) Seaford, Delaware, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University (BS) University of Washington (PhD) |
| Occupation | Biologist |
| Awards | Larry Sandler Memorial Award (1990) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
Early life and education
editDickinson was born in Seaford, Delaware, in 1963 but grew up in Baltimore before moving to Philadelphia.[4] He graduated from Brown University with a B.S. in 1984, and from University of Washington with a Ph.D. in 1989.[5] He did his postdoctoral work with Karl Georg Götz at the University of Tübingen.[6]
Career and Research
editHe was an assistant professor at the University of Chicago in 1991,[7] before moving to the University of California, Berkeley, in 1996.[8] He was at California Institute of Technology from 2002 to 2011 before moving to the University of Washington for 2010 to 2014.[9][6] He is now back at Caltech.
He is a Monitoring Editor at the Journal of Experimental Biology.[10] He was a course director of the Neural Systems and Behavior course at the Marine Biological Laboratory.[11]
Awards
editSources
edit- "Micro Warfare", Popular Mechanics, Feb 2001
- "Flyorama", Popular Science, Dec 2002
References
edit- ^ "Michael H. Dickinson - www.bbe.caltech.edu". www.bbe.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ "Dickinson Lab". dickinsonlab.caltech.edu.
- ^ "Fly Guy". The Scientist Magazine®.
- ^ "627: Dr. Michael Dickinson: Sorting Out the Science of Fruit Fly Flight and Behavior". People Behind the Science Podcast. 18 October 2021.
- ^ "ICB | People". Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ a b Gorman, James (7 October 2013). "Focusing on Fruit Flies, Curiosity Takes Flight". The New York Times.
- ^ "How flies fly - UChicago Medicine". www.uchospitals.edu.
- ^ "Science Blog -- Michael Dickinson Named MacArthur Fellow". www.scienceblog.com.
- ^ "Michael Dickinson | tedxcaltech.com". www.tedxcaltech.com.
- ^ "Editor biographies". Archived from the original on 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
- ^ "NS&B History - Neural Systems and Behavior @ MBL". sites.google.com.
- ^ "Michael Dickinson Named MacArthur Fellow". berkeley.edu.
- ^ "Two Faculty Members Join American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Caltech". 30 April 2008.
External links
edit- "Focusing on Fruit Flies, Curiosity Takes Flight", New York Times
- "Flies In Danger Escape With Safety Dance", NPR, Joe Palca
- "Fly Flight Simulators", ScienCentral
- "Michael H. Dickson", Scientific Commons
- "How a fly flies" (TED conference)