Marcos Gridi-Papp

RESEARCH FOCUS

Acoustic communication systems are the main subject of research in my lab. My students and I study hearing, voice and behavior. We relate performance to anatomical structure and reveal novel design principles. We also manipulate the environment to determine how it affects communication behavior. 

We study communication systems. In order to understand the design of communication, we look under the roof of its behavioral layer and examine the underlying auditory systems, vocal apparatuses and neural control. Most of our projects involve voice, hearing or communication strategies. We use crickets and frogs as research subjects in experiments that involve manipulation of acoustics, physiology, morphology or environmental variables. We also conduct physiological, ecological and behavioral studies applied to improving the husbandry of our animals.