kyle thieringer (he/him)

i am a grad student at the university of washington in the labs of sama ahmed and john tuthill.

im currently working on a project to understand how flies regulate power output during flight. During take off and landing, the flight motor transitions very quickly. During flight, flies perform various acrobatic maneuvers which require precise modulation of power to meet the distinct aerodynamic demands on the wings. To figure this out, I am using a combination of connectomics, tethered flight experiments, and in vivo patch clamp electrophysiology.