Siddhartha Verma is an Assistant Professor in the Ocean and Mechanical Engineering department at the Florida Atlantic University. He received his bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2009 and a doctorate in Aeronautical Engineering from Caltech in 2014. During his graduate studies, he studied the turbulent transport of low-diffusivity particles using high-fidelity simulations. After completing his PhD, he moved to ETH Zurich as a postdoctoral scholar, where he combined simulations of bioinspired locomotion with optimization and machine learning techniques. These studies led to a better understanding of how fish exert fine-tuned control over flow, in addition to uncovering the complex interplay between fluid mechanics, sensing, and decision-making in coordinated groups.