Francisco J. H. Heras

This paper introduces a new cost measure to model competition between optics and photoreceptors in eye design, showing photoreceptors often dominate costs and influence efficiency.

The paper shows hoverflies use passive inertial damping in their head anatomy to stabilize gaze during high-speed flight, unlike blowflies and horseflies which rely on sensory feedback.

The paper uses computational models to show how neuromodulators in Drosophila photoreceptors trade off contrast gain against membrane bandwidth by modulating voltage-dependent K+ conductances.