Affiliate Professor
My research agenda has surrounded questions about how simple nervous systems integrate a diverse set of sensory modalities to inform perception and make decisions about behavior. In particular, most of my work has utilized the medicinal leech to take a neuroethological approach in investigating how animals use visual systems to extract specific features of a visual scene. A principal challenge of neuroethology is to understand the neural substrates that drive adaptive behavior within certain contexts. This approach involves the identification of cellular properties and describing synaptic interactions between sensory neurons, interneurons, and motoneurons involved in producing a specific behavior.
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About Thomas Groves
My research agenda has surrounded questions about how simple nervous systems integrate a diverse set of sensory modalities to inform perception and make decisions about behavior. In particular, most of my work has utilized the medicinal leech to take a neuroethological approach in investigating how animals use visual systems to extract specific features of a visual scene. A principal challenge of neuroethology is to understand the neural substrates that drive adaptive behavior within certain contexts. This approach involves the identification of cellular properties and describing synaptic interactions between sensory neurons, interneurons, and motoneurons involved in producing a specific behavior.
| Present | Affiliate Professor, Grand Valley State University ‐ Biomedical Sciences | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Courses
- BMS 250 - Anatomy and Physiology II Lecture & Lab
- BMS 251 Anatomy and Physiology I Lecture & Lab
- BMS 208 - Human Anatomy
| 2023 | Ph.D., Western Michigan University ‐ Biological Sciences | |
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| 2021 | M.S., Western Michigan University ‐ Biological Sciences | |
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| 2010 | B.S., Centre College ‐ Psychology | |
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Contact Information
Office: 227 Henry Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8822
Email: grovest@gvsu.edu
