East Bay Science Cafe: “Adventures in Flight w/ Mini-wings” | Albany
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Closed: Cafe Valparaiso | 1403 Solano Ave, Albany, CA
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The East Bay Science Cafe is an informal forum for discussing interesting and relevant scientific issues and is held on the first Wednesday of every month at Cafe Valparaiso in Albany.
Join a casual evening of conversation with members of the scientific community presenting different topics each time and encouraging audience questions during and after the event.
Dr. Yu Zeng studies biomechanics and evolution of flight and controlled aerial behaviors in stick insects. He will share stories behind the research projects with photographs and videos.
The Flight UC Berkeley Animal Flight Laborator works on the biomechanics, energetics, and evolution of animal flight. They use a combination of field and laboratory methods to study flight performance in a broad diversity of taxa, including insects, hummingbirds, and various gliding vertebrates. Most studies are embedded explicitly within phylogenetic contexts to understand both evolutionary origins and subsequent diversification of flight-related morphology and performance.
Dr. Zeng’s Bio: Yu recently received his PhD at Dept. of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley. Over the past 7 years, he conducted field and laboratory works to answer questions about flight evolution in insects.
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Cost: FREE
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