Emily Baird

Emily Baird is a Professor at the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, leading interdisciplinary research at the intersection of sensory ecology, neuroethology, and comparative morphology. Her work focuses on how insects like dung beetles and bumblebees process visual information to guide behavior in diverse environments.

• Key Collaborations:
  • Dlife Project with University of Southern Denmark and University of Kiel (Human Frontiers Science Project)
  • INVISMO Project with Lund University (Swedish Research Council)

Research Themes:

• 3D micro-CT analysis of insect eyes
• Neural mechanisms for straight-line orientation
• Flight control in cluttered environments
• Mechanical principles of dung beetle ball rolling

Techniques: Behavioral experiments, X-ray microtomography, computational modeling, ray-tracing simulations.