# Yash Sondhi

> Biography site about Yash sondhi


## Posts

- [Moth Flight to Light Media](https://yashsondhi.com/moths-to-light/): Media and news coverage about how insects are entrapped by light. The work was picked up by NYT, BBC, National Geographic and several other global news outlets. It helped highlight the issues created by light pollution. Several YouTubers also covered this topic and it generated discussion on forums like X and reddit. The surprising reason why insects circle lights at night – They lose track of the skyLa sorprendente razón por la que los insectos vuelan alrededor de la luzA surpreendente razão pela qual os insetos são atraídos pela luz à noite: eles perdem a noção do céu
- [Tropical ecology workshop CIEE](https://yashsondhi.com/rokophoto-how-important-is-contrast-in-photography/): We are working with CIEE Monteverde to use the pLAM to monitor animal behavior as part of a Tropical Field Ecology Course. Undergraduate students set up tests to see how different conditions alter activity. One project looked at how the presence of a flower activity altered butterfly activity and surprisingly found no differences with and without the flower.
- [Costa Rica field tests](https://yashsondhi.com/media/): We visited Monteverde to test the pLAM in June 2021 with a team of undergrads Dr. Jamie Thebald and Dr. Akito Kawahara. Using the portable activity dectors, we were able to get activity data for a range of insects.

## Pages

- [About Us / Our Team](https://yashsondhi.com/about-us-our-team/): About Us / Our Team Dr. Yash Sondhi, Principal INvestigator Yash Sondhi is a wildlife researcher studying how moths and butterflies see the world, and specifically how moth eyes and brains adapted to function so well under dim light. He started his journey in India exploring moth biodiversity in Western Ghats and the Himalayas. He completed his Ph.D. in Florida, where he used genetics, animal behavior, and neuroscience to examine how different day and night flying insects’ senses (sight, hearing, smell) have evolved. He now runs the Sense Lab focused on how sensory environments are changing. A key area of… Read More »Research
- [Tools](https://yashsondhi.com/tools/): Log File Plotter 📊 Motion Log File Plotter 📂 Choose Files No files selected Line PlotBar PlotHourly Event Plot 📈 Generate Plot 💾 Save CSV 🔄 Reset Debug Mode Upload log files and click “Generate Plot” to begin.
- [About Me](https://yashsondhi.com/about-me/): My research is about how moths and butterflies sense the world. I want to understand how their eyes and brains have evolved to complicated visual tasks in light-limited environments. I now run the SENSE lab at Case Western Reserve University where we use multiple techniques, including genetics, animal behaviour, and neuroethology, to examine how the senses—sight, hearing, and smell—have evolved in day- and night-flying insects. We are addressing how artificial light disorients insects at night and alters their circadian activity, vision and flight, while also testing strategies to mitigate light pollution. I received my BS-MS in India working at IISER-Trivandrum… Read More »Research
- [Research](https://yashsondhi.com/research-projects/)
- [Outreach](https://yashsondhi.com/outreach/)
- [Teaching](https://yashsondhi.com/teaching/): My teaching philosophy is to use critical thinking and existing pedagogic toolsto create relevant and engaging courses. I think grades hinder learning and frequently say “I don’t know” to my students, and instead focusing on answer finding and critical assessment.   GOING VIRAL! Helped design a course on teaching COVID bioinformatics to undergraduate students with Dr. Jessica Liberles CRISPR Genetics Taught a CURE based lab to teachCRISPR based gene editingto undergraduate students Field ECology Led an ecological research methodslab using R and writing toanalyse data collected Teaching Experience General Biology 1 Lab Genetics Lab: CRISPR Going Viral: COVID Bioinformatics Field Ecology:… Read More »Research
- [Contact](https://yashsondhi.com/98ee9-contact/)
- [Blog](https://yashsondhi.com/blog/)
- [Collaborators](https://yashsondhi.com/98ee9-photo-event/)
- [Research](https://yashsondhi.com/publications/): SELECTED Publications Fabian S. T.* , Sondhi Y*. Allen P., Theobald J. C., Lin H.T. Why flying insects gather at artificial light (2024). Jan 2024 Nature Communications 15, 689 * Co-first and corresponding author Currea, J. P., Sondhi, Y., Kawahara, A. Y., & Theobald, J.  Measuring Compound Eye Optics with Microscope and MicroCT Images. Communications Biology 6, 246 Sondhi, Y., Jo, N. J., Alpizar, B*.,  Markee, A., Dansby, H. E., Currea, J. P., … & Theobald, J. C. (2022) Portable locomotion activity monitor (pLAM): A cost- effective setup for robust activity tracking in small animals. Methods in Ecology and Evolution Sondhi, Y., Ellis, E.A.,… Read More »Research
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