Michael Dickinson (biologist)
{{short description|American biologist (born 1963)}}
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|name=Michael Dickinson
|birth_name=Michael H. Dickinson
|birth_date={{birth year and age|1963}}
|birth_place=Seaford, Delaware, U.S.
|education=Brown University (BS)
University of Washington (PhD)
|occupation=Biologist
|awards=Larry Sandler Memorial Award (1990)
|fields=
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Michael H. Dickinson (born 1963) is an American fly bioengineer and neuroscientist, and Zarem Professor of Biology and Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbe.caltech.edu/content/michael-h-dickinson|title=Michael H. Dickinson - www.bbe.caltech.edu|website=www.bbe.caltech.edu|access-date=2015-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902010306/http://www.bbe.caltech.edu/content/michael-h-dickinson|archive-date=2018-09-02|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://dickinsonlab.caltech.edu/|title=Dickinson Lab|website=dickinsonlab.caltech.edu}} He studies Drosophila flight control systems and sensory processing and was dubbed the Fly Guy by The Scientist.{{cite news |title=Fly Guy |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/profile/fly-guy-40668 |work=The Scientist Magazine® |language=en}}
Early life and education
Dickinson was born in Seaford, Delaware, in 1963 but grew up in Baltimore before moving to Philadelphia.{{cite news |title=627: Dr. Michael Dickinson: Sorting Out the Science of Fruit Fly Flight and Behavior |url=https://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-michael-dickinson-2/ |work=People Behind the Science Podcast |date=18 October 2021}} He graduated from Brown University with a B.S. in 1984, and from University of Washington with a Ph.D. in 1989.{{Cite web |url=http://www.icb.ucsb.edu/people/researchers_profile.php?ResearcherID=32 |title=ICB | People |access-date=2010-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625183723/http://www.icb.ucsb.edu/people/researchers_profile.php?ResearcherID=32 |archive-date=2010-06-25 |url-status=dead }} He did his postdoctoral work with Karl Georg Götz at the University of Tübingen.{{cite news |last1=Gorman |first1=James |title=Focusing on Fruit Flies, Curiosity Takes Flight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/science/focusing-on-fruit-flies-curiosity-takes-flight.html |work=The New York Times |date=7 October 2013}}
Career and Research
He was an assistant professor at the University of Chicago in 1991,{{cite web|url=http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/1995/19950000-how-flies-fly.html|title=How flies fly - UChicago Medicine|website=www.uchospitals.edu}} before moving to the University of California, Berkeley, in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/archives/G/ucb773.html|title=Science Blog -- Michael Dickinson Named MacArthur Fellow|website=www.scienceblog.com}} He was at California Institute of Technology from 2002 to 2011 before moving to the University of Washington for 2010 to 2014.{{cite web |title=Michael Dickinson {{!}} tedxcaltech.com |url=http://www.tedxcaltech.com/content/michael-dickinson.html |website=www.tedxcaltech.com}} He is now back at Caltech.
He is a Monitoring Editor at the Journal of Experimental Biology.{{Cite web |url=http://jeb.biologists.org/site/about/editor_bios.xhtml |title=Editor biographies |access-date=2015-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815234114/http://jeb.biologists.org/site/about/editor_bios.xhtml |archive-date=2015-08-15 |url-status=dead }} He was a course director of the Neural Systems and Behavior course at the Marine Biological Laboratory.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/nsbmbl/ns-b-history|title=NS&B History - Neural Systems and Behavior @ MBL|website=sites.google.com}}
Awards
- 1990 Larry Sandler Memorial Award
- 2001 MacArthur Fellows Program{{cite web|url=http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2001/10/24_macarthur.html|title=Michael Dickinson Named MacArthur Fellow|website=berkeley.edu}}
- 2008 American Academy of Arts and Sciences{{cite web|url=https://www.caltech.edu/news/two-faculty-members-join-american-academy-arts-and-sciences-1420|title=Two Faculty Members Join American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Caltech|date=30 April 2008 |publisher=}}
Sources
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=R9MDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62 "Micro Warfare"], Popular Mechanics, Feb 2001
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=0BvVSP2ugU4C&pg=PA28 "Flyorama"], Popular Science, Dec 2002
References
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External links
- [http://nyti.ms/1BdXFAO "Focusing on Fruit Flies, Curiosity Takes Flight"], New York Times
- [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94070264 "Flies In Danger Escape With Safety Dance"], NPR, Joe Palca
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100117113237/http://sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218393116 "Fly Flight Simulators"], ScienCentral
- [http://en.scientificcommons.org/michael_h_dickinson "Michael H. Dickson"], Scientific Commons
- [https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_dickinson_how_a_fly_flies#t-21915 "How a fly flies"] (TED conference)
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Category:American bioengineers
Category:Brown University alumni
Category:University of Washington alumni
Category:University of California, Berkeley faculty