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       <h3>About us</h3>
       <p width="100%" style="text-align:justify;">In the <a class="research" href="{{ site.url }}">Info-mechanics &amp;
              Neuroethology Lab</a> we are a group of engineers and neuroscientists with an interest in 
              understanding novel sensory systems, naturalstic behaviors, and predator-prey dynamics. Our research
              involves both theoretical work (mathematical and computational modeling of systems and their interactions) as well
              as experimentation. We largely investigate how animals interact (both amongst themselves and with their environment)
              and how their biomechanics and sensory systems affect their decsion-making and movement. Some of this work is then
              translated into advanced biorobotic systems. While most of our research can broadly be categorized as such, 
              it is much more diverse and prone to change than most labs. Right now we are most interested in decision-making
              in complex and highly dynamic environments under aversive conditions.</p>      
       <h3>Research</h3>
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                     <td><a class="research-box" href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link _projects/planning.md %}">Algorithmic and Neural Basis of Planning</a></td>
                     <td><a class="research-box" href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link _projects/neuromechanics.md %}">Neuromechanics of Prey Capture</a></td>
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                     <td><a class="research-box" href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link _projects/robotics.md %}">Bio-Inspired Active Electrosense and Underwater Robotics</a></td>
                     <td><a class="research-box" href="{{ site.baseurl }}{% link _projects/electrosense.md %}">Active Electrosense</a></td>
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       <h3>Lab Members</h3>
       <h3>Collaborators</h3> 
       <p width="100%" style="text-align:justify;"> Below is a list of collaborators that we have worked with
              or are currently working with both at Northwestern and externally.</p>
       <h4>Northwestern Universtiy</h4>
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           <li><a class="research" href="#">Daniel Dombeck, Dept. of Neurobiology</a></li>
           <li><a class="research" href="#">Todd Murphey, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering</a></li>
           <li><a class="research" href="#">Michael Peshkin, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering</a></li>    
           <li><a class="research" href="#">Kevin Lynch, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering</a></li></ul>
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