Hello, my name is Merybeth Fernandez Triana and I am joining the Animal Physiology Group as a postdoctoral researcher, I will work in the Neuroecology Laboratory hosted by Marcus Stensmyr and I belong to the next Generation Insect Chemical Ecology (nGICE) a cooperation between the Lund University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the Max Planck Society.
I am from Bogotá, Colombia, I obtained my master’s in Organic chemistry – Chemical ecology at the Federal University of Alagoas in Brazil and my PhD in Natural resources Biotechnology at the Northeast Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO), Brazil.
The postdoctoral project will be co-supervised by Rickard Ignell (SLU) and Silke Sachse (MPI). We aim to decipher the mechanism by which commonly used plant-based repellents work against Aedes aegypti. Specifically, we will identify aversive volatiles from a set of traditionally used plants with insect repellent properties and we will identify receptors and neuronal circuits involved in the repulsion.
I am excited to be part of this network of researchers in this excellent environment offered by the Department of Biology at Lund University and nGICE.
