![Portrait of Gustavo Madeira Santana](/assets/images/me-bb0d9342691f.jpg)

# [hello.](/2025/03/17/finished-things) i'm gustavo madeira santana.

i'm a phd candidate in the [emonet lab](https://emonet.biology.yale.edu) studying the neural basis of olfactory navigation in fruit flies. i'm broadly interested in how sensory information is integrated in the brain and used in decision-making.

in my free time, i help maintain [openclaw](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw).

feel free to message me on [twitter](https://x.com/gumadeiras) or [email](mailto:fromweb1@gumadeiras.com) me.

## some papers

- [neural circuit for olfactory motion detection](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=L603SPwAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=L603SPwAAAAJ:L8Ckcad2t8MC) jul 20, 2026
- [visual neurons for distance estimation!](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=L603SPwAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=L603SPwAAAAJ:QIV2ME_5wuYC) sep 26, 2025
- [neurons for divergent odor-coding dynamics!](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=L603SPwAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=L603SPwAAAAJ:mVmsd5A6BfQC) jun 19, 2025
- [age-specific social neurons in mice](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=L603SPwAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=L603SPwAAAAJ:dhFuZR0502QC) may 05, 2025
- [fly adaptive navigation strategies](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=L603SPwAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=L603SPwAAAAJ:4DMP91E08xMC) mar 31, 2025
- [neurons for mother–baby bonding!](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=L603SPwAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=L603SPwAAAAJ:4TOpqqG69KYC) jul 25, 2024
- [squeakout, autoencoder for vocal segmentation](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=L603SPwAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=L603SPwAAAAJ:_kc_bZDykSQC) apr 23, 2024
- [...](/archive/)

## links (me)

- [google scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L603SPwAAAAJ)
- [github](https://github.com/gumadeiras)
- [twitter](https://x.com/gumadeiras)
- [last.fm](https://www.last.fm/user/gumadeiras)
- [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/gumadeiras)
- [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gumadeiras/)

## links (involved)

- [openclaw - personal AI assistant](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw)
- [iniciativa proxima mentoring program](https://www.iniciativa-proxima.org)
- [inp outreach](https://medicine.yale.edu/inp/outreach/)
- [wu tsai institute student, postbac & postdoc collective](https://wti.yale.edu/leadership)
- [nsf peb research experience for undergraduates](https://physics-engineering-biology.yale.edu/nsf-reu-site)
- [pathways to science](https://onha.yale.edu/initiatives/public-schools-and-youth/pathways-science)
- [cientifico latino graduate student mentorship initiative](https://www.cientificolatino.com/gsmi)

## etc

- [phd @ emonet lab](https://emonet.biology.yale.edu)
- [yale interdepartmental neuroscience program](https://medicine.yale.edu/inp/)
- [yale program in physics, engineering and biology](https://physics-engineering-biology.yale.edu)