Postdoctoral Fellow
Research group | Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES)
Main supervisor | Mark Ravinet
Co-supervisor | -
Affiliation | Department of Biosciences, UiO
Contact | e.a.sathe@ibv.uio.no
Short bio
Prior to starting in CEES, I worked on morphology and biomechanics in a variety of animals. As a bachelor’s student at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, I studied lizard running and climbing performance. Eager to learn more about the mechanistic underpinnings connecting morphology and performance, I dove into the field of comparative biomechanics during my Ph.D. program at the University of California at Berkeley. As a PhD student, I began studying gliding and flight using geckos, salamanders, and a bioinspired robot as model systems. As a Carl Trygger Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Lund University in Sweden, I was excited to study true masters of flight: birds and bats! Currently, I continue my research on birds and bats as a DSTrain postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oslo, focusing primarily on wing skeleton morphology and the ways in which different bat species move their wings in flight.
Research interests and hobbies
My research is grounded in the fields of functional morphology and comparative biomechanics. I am interested in the diversity of animal shapes and how animals with differently shaped structures interact with the environment to perform a given function. In my research, I use principles from physics, such as mechanics and aerodynamics, to learn about the mechanisms that connect anatomical structure to flight. I am also interested in applying concepts learned from fundamental research on nature to human innovation through bioinspired design.
Outside of work, I enjoy hiking and skiing. I also like birding and herping (looking for reptiles and amphibians). At home, I listen to and play music, including the violin, and I love reading books, especially science fiction and fantasy.
DSTrain project
Vertebrate wing shape for flight versatility.
Publications
DSTrain publications
Previous publications