I am broadly interested in the interactions between light and animals in the marine environment, in particular what the colouration patterns and displays such as cryptic body patterns, sexual signalling, and threat responses of marine animals can tell us about vision and visual perception. Most of my research has been with cephalopods as they offer a unique opportunity to explore these areas because, in simple terms, they tell us what they can see in the body patterns they produce. Through my work on cephalopod behaviour I have investigated the visual behaviour of shallow benthic species and mesopelagic species alike. I utilise novel imaging techniques to record and analyse my data, and draw inspiration for my research from psychology, physics and machine vision.

409 Westbury Mount

School of Ocean Sciences

Bangor University

Menai Bridge

LL59 5AB

 +44 (0)1248  382393

• PhD: Visual ecology and camouflage design in the shallow marine environment
  University of Sussex, 2009
• MSc: Historical biogeography of anchialine cave faunal suites
  Grand Challenges in Ecosystem and the Environment Initiative, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK alexander.papadopulos@plants.ox.ac.uk., 2005

I teach on a wide range of biological modules in the School of Ocean Sciences.

’Rydwyf yn fodlon goruchwylio cwrs PhD

2021

• CyhoeddwydVisual perception and camouflage response to 3-D backgrounds and cast shadows in the European cuttlefish Sepia officinalis
  Nagar, A. E., Osorio, D., Zylinski, S. & Sait, S. M., 10 Meh 2021, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 224, 11
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

• CyhoeddwydCuttlefish see shape from shading, fine-tuning coloration in response to pictorial depth cues and directional illumination
  Zylinski, S., Osorio, D. & Johnsen, S., 16 Maw 2016, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1826, 20160062.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2015

• CyhoeddwydFun and play in invertebrates
  Zylinski, S., 5 Ion 2015, Yn: Current Biology. 25, 1, t. R10-2
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl

2014

• CyhoeddwydA new genus of speleophriid copepod (Copepoda Misophrioida) from a cenote in the Yucatan, Mexico with a phylogenetic analysis at the species level
  Boxshall, G. A., Zylinski, S., Jaume, D., Iliffe, T. M. & Suárez-Morales, E., 23 Meh 2014, Yn: Zootaxa. 3821, 3, t. 321-36 16 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2013

• CyhoeddwydVisual contrast and color in rapid learning of novel patterns by chicks
  Zylinski, S. & Osorio, D., 15 Tach 2013, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, Part 22, t. 4184-9 6 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2012

• CyhoeddwydVisual interpolation for contour completion by the European cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) and its use in dynamic camouflage
  Zylinski, S., Darmaillacq, A.-S. & Shashar, N., 22 Meh 2012, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1737, t. 2386-90 5 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2011

• CyhoeddwydMesopelagic cephalopods switch between transparency and pigmentation to optimize camouflage in the deep
  Zylinski, S. & Johnsen, S., 22 Tach 2011, Yn: Current Biology. 21, 22, t. 1937-41 5 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTo be seen or to hide: visual characteristics of body patterns for camouflage and communication in the Australian giant cuttlefish Sepia apama
  Zylinski, S., How, M. J., Osorio, D., Hanlon, R. T. & Marshall, N. J., Mai 2011, Yn: American Naturalist. 177, 5, t. 681-90 10 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2009

• CyhoeddwydCuttlefish camouflage: context-dependent body pattern use during motion
  Zylinski, S., Osorio, D. & Shohet, A. J., 19 Awst 2009, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276, 1675, t. 3963-9 7 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEdge detection and texture classification by cuttlefish
  Zylinski, S., Osorio, D. & Shohet, A. J., 14 Rhag 2009, Yn: Journal of Vision. 9, 13, t. 13.1-10
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydPerception of edges and visual texture in the camouflage of the common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis
  Zylinski, S., Osorio, D. & Shohet, A., 2009, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 364, 1516, t. 439-448
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid