Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
I am a neuroethologist interested in understanding the neural basis of behaviour in arthropods. Most of my research focusses on insects, especially ants, bees, wasps and spiders. The miniature brain of arthropods processes and intergrates a range of information, some generated by the animal itself and some available in the environment. Their brain is small enough to map the neural ciruitry and identify the visual pathways involved in learning and memory, which are essential abilities for survivial.
A second aspect of my research aims to promote pollination using native insect pollinators and to develop methods and techniques to control pests and diseases in native insects.
Academic Positions:
- 2015-2018: ARC Future Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie Univeristy, Sydney
- 2012-2014: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National Univeristy, Canberra
- 2009-2011: ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (APD), Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National Univeristy, Canberra
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics where Ajay Narendra is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
-
Before the brink: sublethal effects of climate warming on native bee ecology
1/07/24 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
-
The visual ecology of strobe ants (Formicidae, Opisthopsis)
Ramon-Cabrera, G. & Narendra, A.
3/10/23 → 1/04/25
Project: Research
-
DP22: Overcoming limits of miniaturisation to enhance spatial memory capacities
30/12/22 → 29/12/25
Project: Research
-
Probiotics in honey bees to fight bacterial and fungal diseases
Ponton, F., Narendra, A., Tetu, S. & Colin, T.
19/04/22 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
-
Before the brink: sublethal impacts of climate change on stingless bee flight performance
Silva, C. R. B. D., Macnaughtan, L. D., Griffith, O. W. & Narendra, A., 22 Jun 2024, (Submitted) (bioRxiv).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
-
Polarised moonlight guides nocturnal bull ants home
Freas, C. A., Narenda, A., Murray, T. & Cheng, K., 9 Dec 2024, In: eLife. 13, p. 1-16 16 p., RP97615.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Downloads (Pure) -
Ecological strategies of (pl)ants: towards a world-wide worker economic spectrum for ants
Gibb, H., Bishop, T. R., Leahy, L., Parr, C. L., Lessard, J. P., Sanders, N. J., Shik, J. Z., Ibarra-Isassi, J., Narendra, A., Dunn, R. R. & Wright, I. J., Jan 2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 1, p. 13-25 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile19 Citations (Scopus)82 Downloads (Pure) -
Parallel and divergent morphological adaptations underlying the evolution of jumping in ants
Aibekova, L., Keller, R. A., Katzke, J., Allman, D. M., Hita-Garcia, F., Labonte, D., Narendra, A. & Economo, E. P., 2023, In: Integrative Organismal Biology. 5, 1, p. 1-19 19 p., obad026.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)67 Downloads (Pure) -
Physiological properties of the visual system in the Green Weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina
Ogawa, Y., Jones, L., Ryan, L. S., Robson, S. K. A., Hart, N. S. & Narendra, A., Jul 2023, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 209, 4, p. 489-498 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)77 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
-
Executive Dean Award for Research Collaboration
Narendra, Ajay (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Other distinction
-