Sonke Johnsen

Distributed sensing in super-organisms: how flocking can obviate the need for multiple cues - University Days · 2021 Invited Talk Air Force Research Laboratories, virtual

Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish · 2021 Invited Talk MacQuarie University, Australia, virtual

How our snesory and cognitive biases affect our study of sensory biology · 2021 Keynote/Named Lecture University of Cincinnati

Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish · 2021 Keynote/Named Lecture Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, virtual

Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish · 2021 Invited Talk Mediterreanean Institute of Oceanography

The influence of hierarchical structure on the properties of melanin, a multi-functional material - University Days · 2021 Invited Talk Air Forceas Research Laboratories, virtual

Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish - OSA Advanced Photonics Congress · 2021 Invited Talk OSA, virtual

Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish · 2021 Invited Talk Air Force Research Laboratories, virtual

Bioluminescence and ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fish · 2021 Invited Talk Exeter University, virtual

How our snesory and cognitive biases affect our study of sensory biology - Neurobiology series · 2021 Invited Talk University of Sussex, virtual

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea - Biology Department Seminar · 2020 Invited Talk University of South Carolina

How our perceptual and cognitive biases may influence our study of animal vision - SICB annual Meeting · 2020 National Scientific Meeting Austin, TX

Vision, bioluminescence, and ultrablack camouflage in deep-sea fish - VisionFest 2020 · 2020 Invited Talk Duke University

Wonders of the Deep · October 25, 2013 Lecture Sea and Learn Foundation, Saba, Netherlands Antilles

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea · October 11, 2013 Lecture Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea · September 29, 2013 Lecture Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Optimal Visual Resolution in Attenuating Media · August 9, 2013 Lecture STINT Symposium on low-light vision, Bäckaskog Castle, Sweden

The Biophysics of Organismal Transparency · April 4, 2013 Lecture Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea · April 1, 2013 Lecture University of California, Santa Barbara

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea · January 31, 2013 Lecture Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Through the Looking Glass: Polarization vision as a breaker of mirrored and transparency camouflage · October 11, 2012 Lecture Plenary talk at Ocean Optics XXI, Glasgow, Scotland

The biophysics of organismal transparency · October 3, 2012 Lecture Lund University, Sweden

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea · October 3, 2012 Lecture Lund University, Sweden

Through the Looking Glass: Polarization vision as a breaker of mirrored and transparency camouflage · August 10, 2012 Lecture Tenth International Congress on Neuroethology, College Park, MD

The biophysics of organismal transparency · February 10, 2012 Lecture Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea · February 8, 2012 Lecture Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA

Dymanic Camouflage in Cephalopods · January 13, 2012 Lecture briefing for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Modes of transparency in pelagic species · October 12, 2011 Lecture Army Research Labs, Adelphi, MD

Camouflage in benthic and pelagic cephalopods · August 25, 2011 Lecture Undersecretary of Defense, Arlington, VA

The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency · April 1, 2011 Lecture Ithaca College, NY

The application of mathematics to biological optics · February 11, 2011 Lecture University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Math Dept.)

The biophysics of organismal transparency · December 8, 2010 Lecture University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Dept of Cell of Mol Biology)

Hidden in Plain Sight: The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency · December 1, 2010 Lecture Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Dynamic Camouflage in Benthic and Pelagic Cephalopods · November 15, 2010 Lecture Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

The biophysics of organismal transparency · July 9, 2010 Lecture Janelia Farm, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA

Vision in Headless animals: insights gained from the study of animals with diffuse sensory systems · June 24, 2010 Lecture Friday Harbor Laboratories, Seattle, WA (Paul Illg Memorial Lecture)

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea · June 22, 2010 Lecture Friday Harbor WA (Paul Illg Memorial Public Lecture)

The biophysics of organismal transparency · April 8, 2010 Lecture University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea · April 2, 2010 Lecture Duke University (Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Memorial Lecture)

Hidden in Plain Sight: The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency · March 11, 2010 Lecture University of Toronto, Canada

Dynamic Camouflage in Benthic and Pelagic Cephalopods · August 27, 2009 Lecture University of Texas at Austin

Hidden in Plain Sight: The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency · May 26, 2009 Lecture University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Hidden in Plain Sight: The physiology and ecology of organismal transparency · April 16, 2009 Lecture Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory, CA

The Red and the Black: Cryptic coloration and bioluminescencein the deep sea · April 15, 2009 Lecture U. of California at Davis

Hide and Seek in the Open Sea · April 7, 2009 Lecture National Intelligence Council, Washington DC

Two one-hour seminars · October 15, 2008 Lecture University of Lund, Sweden

Hidden in plain sight, the ecology and physiology of organismal transparency · September 30, 2008 Lecture Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

The Red and the Black: Bioluminescence and cryptic coloration in the deep sea · September 18, 2008 Lecture University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ecology Dept.)

In vivo imaging of the polarization properties of plankton and nekton · June 10, 2008 Lecture Heron Island, University of Queensland, Australia

The Physical Basis of Magnetoreception · February 5, 2008 Lecture University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Biochemistry)

Service to the Profession

numerous interviews to multiple media outlets, including the BBC, New York Times, and Science News · January 1, 2011 Other Service to the Community

donation of many deep-sea images to various ocean conservation organizations · January 1, 2011 Other Service to the Community

tours of lab for primary and secondary students · January 1, 2011 Other Service to the Community

Talk at Southeast Barrier Island Center · September 11, 2010 Other Service to the Community

Talk at North Carolina State Museum · August 12, 2010 Other Service to the Community

talk at Triangle Dive Club · 2010 Other Service to the Community