Prof. John E. Lewis
John E. Lewis
Full Professor


Room
GNN 258
Phone
(613) 562-5800 ext. 6846

Department of Biology

Biography

Dr. Lewis specializes in systems and computational neurobiology. His research focuses on understanding how the dynamics of neurons and neuronal networks are involved in sensory processing, sensory-motor transformations, and the production of behaviour.

Selected publications

  • Lucas KM, Warrington J, Lewis TJ, Lewis JE (2019) Neuronal dynamics underlying communication signals in a weakly electric fish: implications for connectivity in a pacemaker network. Neuroscience 401:21-34
  • Shifman AR, Lewis JE (2018) The complexity of high-frequency electric fields degrades electrosensory inputs: implications for the jamming avoidance response. J R Soc Interface 15: 20170633
  • Pedraja F, Hofmann V, Lucas KM, Young C, Engelmann J, Lewis JE (2018) Motion parallax in electric sensing. PNAS 115(3):573-577

Research interests

  • Comparative physiology
  • Computational neuroscience
  • Electrophysiology
  • Electric sensing
  • Neuroethology
  • Neural dynamics
  • Physics of behaviour