Education
Ph.D. Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2006
M.S. Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004
M.A. Boston University Marine Program, Boston University, Woods Hole, MA, 2002
B.S. Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2000 (Biology Major, Spanish Minor)
Semester abroad: James Cook University, Queensland, Australia; 1999 (Marine Biology)
Professional Appointments
2023-Present Affiliate Research Faculty, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Cornell University
2022-Present Faculty Affiliate, Environment and Sustainability Undergraduate Major, College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences, Cornell University
2022-Present Courtesy Faculty, Department of Biology Sciences, University of South Alabama
2021-Present Courtesy Faculty, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Oregon State University
2019-Present Graduate Faculty, Graduate Field in Natural Resources, Cornell University
2019-Present Principal Ecologist and Senior Research Associate, K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics,
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University
2017-Present Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University
2013-2014 Interim Director, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell University
2010-2017 Science Director, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell University
2010-2018 Research Associate, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell University
2009-2010 Postdoctoral Associate, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell University
2007-2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University
Awards & Honors
2023 American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2022 Best Ichthyology Paper
2014 Partners in Conservation Award, U.S. Department of the Interior
2004 Raney Fund Award, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
1994 Eagle Scout
2023 American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2022 Best Ichthyology Paper
2014 Partners in Conservation Award, U.S. Department of the Interior
2004 Raney Fund Award, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
1994 Eagle Scout
Media Coverage & Interviews
ABC Radio (Australia)- The Science Show (2019), BBC-Inside Science (2022), Chesapeake Quarterly (2015), Christian Science Monitor (2010), CNBC (2013), Cornell Chronicle (2011), Cornell Alumni Magazine (2012), CurrentCast Podcast (2017- Part 1, Part 2), Discovery Channel Online (2010), Discovery Channel Canada (2010), Discover Magazine (2011), FOCUS Magazine (Italy) (2011), Huffington Post (2017), Ithaca Journal (2012), Journal of Experimental Biology (2005,, 2011), LiveScience.com (2012), MSNBC (2013), National Geographic Online (2011, 2012), Nature (2011), New Scientist (2011), New York Times (2008, 2014), New York Times Sunday Magazine (2018), NPR- All Things Considered (2013), NPR-Science Friday (2022), NPR- Weekend Edition Saturday (2017), Quo (Spain) (2011), Richmond Times-Dispatch (2013), Science (2014), SYFY (2022), The Guardian (2022), WHCU Radio (2010), WHQR Radio (2015), Atlanta Public Radio- WABE (2019), Wired (2011), Wisconsin Public Radio (2013), WRFI-Locally Sourced Science (2018), Yes Magazine (2012), YNN TV News (2010).
ABC Radio (Australia)- The Science Show (2019), BBC-Inside Science (2022), Chesapeake Quarterly (2015), Christian Science Monitor (2010), CNBC (2013), Cornell Chronicle (2011), Cornell Alumni Magazine (2012), CurrentCast Podcast (2017- Part 1, Part 2), Discovery Channel Online (2010), Discovery Channel Canada (2010), Discover Magazine (2011), FOCUS Magazine (Italy) (2011), Huffington Post (2017), Ithaca Journal (2012), Journal of Experimental Biology (2005,, 2011), LiveScience.com (2012), MSNBC (2013), National Geographic Online (2011, 2012), Nature (2011), New Scientist (2011), New York Times (2008, 2014), New York Times Sunday Magazine (2018), NPR- All Things Considered (2013), NPR-Science Friday (2022), NPR- Weekend Edition Saturday (2017), Quo (Spain) (2011), Richmond Times-Dispatch (2013), Science (2014), SYFY (2022), The Guardian (2022), WHCU Radio (2010), WHQR Radio (2015), Atlanta Public Radio- WABE (2019), Wired (2011), Wisconsin Public Radio (2013), WRFI-Locally Sourced Science (2018), Yes Magazine (2012), YNN TV News (2010).
Funding (total funding received ~$33.5M)
2023 Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Building a Globally Synchronized Passive Acoustic Monitoring Experiment. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: Miles Parsons (Australian Institute of Marine Science), Stephen Simpson (University of Bristol, U.K.).
2022 Schmidt Marine Technology Partners. 360° Spatial Audio/Video ID Technology that Unlocks the Potential of Widespread Acoustic Monitoring. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: M. Dantzker (Fisheye Acoustics).
2022 U.S. Wind. Marine Mammal Passive Acoustic Monitoring Study Pre-, During, and Post-Construction of an Offshore Wind Facility in the Maryland Wind Energy Area. PI: H. Bailey (UMCES), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2022 U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, Science Collaborative. Leveraging Conservation Technology to Improve Protected Species Management Efforts and Enhancing Ecosystem Services within the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: P. Baker (U.S. Military Academy), C. Bowser (NYS Dept. Environ. Conserv.), A. S. Flecker (Cornell), M. Niemistö (NYS Dept. Environ. Conserv.), S. Sethi (Cornell).
2021 U. S. Department of Agriculture. Soundscapes and farmscapes: using freshwater sounds to identify agricultural practices that sustain stream health. PI: A. S. Flecker, Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2021 U.S. Department of Energy. Wildlife and Offshore Wind (WOW): A Systems Approach to Research and Risk Assessment for Offshore Wind Development from Maine to North Carolina. PI. D. Nowacek (Duke University), Co-PI: P. Halpin (Duke), J. Kohut (Rutgers), A. N. Rice, B. Southall (Southall Environmental Associates), L. Thomas (Univ. St. Andrews), K. Williams (Biodiversity Research Institute).
2021 National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium. Right Wind: Resolving Protected Species Space-Use Conflicts in Wind Energy Areas. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: J. Redfern (New England Aquarium), M. Bernitt (Lautec, Inc.). $799,733.
2021 U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. A Database and Acoustic Reference Catalog of Marine Fish Sounds – Atlantic Pilot. PI: A. N. Rice.
2020 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Remote, Near-Real-Time, Autonomous Acoustic Monitoring of Military Lands for At-Risk Species. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: H. Klinck.
2020 Cornell University Water Resources Institute and Hudson River Estuary Program. Freshwater soundscapes as sentinels of river health and biodiversity education tools. PI: A. S. Flecker (Cornell), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2020 Cornell University, Migrations Initiative Global Grand Challenges. Climate change impacts on bowhead whale migratory phenology and related subsistence activities in the Alaskan Arctic. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: M. E. Fournet.
2019 Cornell University, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. Preventing Illegal Fishing Using Passive Acoustic Technology. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: E. Cunningham, R. Fujita (EDF)
2018 Hudson River Foundation. Assessing cetacean presence and exposure to ocean noise in the Lower New York Harbor Estuary. PI: H. Rosenbaum (WCS), Co-PI: A. N. Rice, M. Rekdahl (WCS).
2018 U.S. Forest Service. Avian bioacoustic monitoring in Coronado National Forest. PI: A. N. Rice.
2018 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and HDR, Inc. Long-range sound measurements of the Maryland meteorological tower installation. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: H. Bailey (UMCES).
2018 Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Marine mammal passive acoustic monitoring associated with meteorological tower construction in the Maryland Wind Energy Area. PI: H. Bailey (UMCES), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2018 National Science Foundation, Division of Integrative Organismal Sciences. Tempo and modes of cultural evolution in the complex display of the Superb Lyrebird. PI: J. I. Lovette, Co-PI: A. N. Rice. $642,235.
2017 National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences, Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (OTIC). Collaborative Research: Miniature low-cost vibration tags and computing infrastructure for identifying marine animal sounds. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: H. Klinck.
2017 Cornell University, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. Testing the feasibility of acoustic sensors to estimate sardine biomass to facilitate science-based fishery management in the Philippines. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: S. A. Sethi, R. Fujita (EDF).
2017 Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Temporal and spatial scale responses in fish ecology with restoration efforts across Florida Bay. PI: A. N. Rice.
2017 LimnoTech, Inc. Evaluating underwater biological and environmental sounds in the Lake Erie Wind Energy Area. PI: A. N. Rice.
2017 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Passive acoustic monitoring for marine mammals in the New York Bight. PI: A. N. Rice.
2016 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Demonstration of subsurface passive acoustic monitoring (SPAM) to survey for and estimate populations of imperiled underwater-calling frogs. PI: A. N. Rice.
2016 National Park Service. Passive acoustic monitoring of fish populations in Florida Bay: population restoration and climate mitigation. PI: A. N. Rice.
2015 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Characterizing ocean soundscapes and fish spawning activity from passive acoustics in the South Atlantic Bight. PI: J. Quinlan (NOAA), Co-PIs: L. Garrison (NOAA), A. N. Rice, M. Soldevilla (NOAA).
2015 U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Understanding whale presence in Virginia Offshore Energy Planning Areas. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. Marine mammal acoustic activity in Disko Bay and Baffin Bay, Greenland. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Acoustic propagation and marine mammal exposure modeling of geological and geophysical sources in the Gulf of Mexico. PI: S. Carr (JASCO Applied Sciences), Co-PIs: H. Cheyne (Cornell), A. N. Rice, D. Zeddies (JASCO Applied Sciences).
2014 Maryland Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in the Maryland wind planning area. PI: Helen Bailey (Univ. Maryland), Co-PI: A. N. Rice. $2,198,347.
2014 U.S. Marine Mammal Commission. Understanding western North Atlantic coast-wide distribution patterns of North Atlantic right whales. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 Maine Department of Marine Resources. Acoustic monitoring for large whales in Maine state waters – Phase II. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Passive acoustic monitoring of lake sturgeon in the St. Lawrence River Basin. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Yellow perch and walleye sound production in the west and central basin of Lake Erie. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy & Timmons Group. Acoustic monitoring for offshore wildlife in the Virginia wind energy area. PI: A. N. Rice.
2013 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A passive acoustic ocean observing system for monitoring and mapping marine mammals and noise in the Chukchi Sea ecosystem. PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2013 Oceana. Acoustic ecology of North Atlantic right whales off of the Virginia coast. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell).
2013 Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic and HDR, Inc. Passive acoustic monitoring for marine mammals in Navy Operations Areas: Evaluating changes in marine mammal occurrence and responses following ASW training exercises. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell).
2012 Maine Department of Marine Resources. Acoustic monitoring for large whales in Maine state waters. PI: A. N. Rice.
2012 United States Air Force & Coherent Technical Solutions, Inc. Acoustic detection of desert fauna. PI: A. N. Rice.
2011 Massachusetts Clean Energy Commission and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Field surveys and marine resource characterization for offshore wind energy planning. Contract Number M12AC00024. PI: S. D. Kraus (New England Aquarium), Co-PIs: C. W. Clark (Cornell), R. D. Kenney (Univ. Rhode Island), C. Mayo (Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies), A. N. Rice.
2010 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and BP Exploration, Inc. Passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2010 National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Characterization and potential impacts of noise producing construction and operation activities on the outer continental shelf on marine mammals and fishes (funded by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management). PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell).
2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health and Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University. Monoamine modulation of behavioral and neural mechanisms of vocal communication.
2006 Committee on Evolutionary Biology Hinds Fund, University of Chicago. Ecological contexts to the behavior, diversification, and evolution of coordination of feeding in wrasses: Field research in Palau.
2005 University of Chicago Women’s Board Travel Award.
2005 Grants in Aid of Research, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Multi- modal sensory integration during feeding behaviors in coral reef fishes.
2004 Lerner Gray Memorial Fund for Marine Research, American Museum of Natural History. Evolution of motor control in the coordination of feeding, visual, and locomotor behaviors in wrasses and parrotfishes.
2004 PADI Foundation. Isotopic variation in the vertebral bands of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: J. A. Estrada (University of New England), G. B. Skomal (Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries), L. J. Natanson (National Marine Fisheries Service).
2004 Raney Fund Award, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Evolution of reef fish feeding: coordination of feeding, visual, and locomotor behaviors in wrasses and parrotfishes.
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2003 Committee on Evolutionary Biology Hinds Fund, University of Chicago. Sensorimotor integration of feeding and locomotor systems in labrid fishes (Teleostei: Labridae).
2000 Department of Biology Research Grant, Davidson College. 2000. An historical and current comparison of the herpetofauna of the central Piedmont region of North Carolina.
2023 Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Building a Globally Synchronized Passive Acoustic Monitoring Experiment. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: Miles Parsons (Australian Institute of Marine Science), Stephen Simpson (University of Bristol, U.K.).
2022 Schmidt Marine Technology Partners. 360° Spatial Audio/Video ID Technology that Unlocks the Potential of Widespread Acoustic Monitoring. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: M. Dantzker (Fisheye Acoustics).
2022 U.S. Wind. Marine Mammal Passive Acoustic Monitoring Study Pre-, During, and Post-Construction of an Offshore Wind Facility in the Maryland Wind Energy Area. PI: H. Bailey (UMCES), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2022 U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, Science Collaborative. Leveraging Conservation Technology to Improve Protected Species Management Efforts and Enhancing Ecosystem Services within the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: P. Baker (U.S. Military Academy), C. Bowser (NYS Dept. Environ. Conserv.), A. S. Flecker (Cornell), M. Niemistö (NYS Dept. Environ. Conserv.), S. Sethi (Cornell).
2021 U. S. Department of Agriculture. Soundscapes and farmscapes: using freshwater sounds to identify agricultural practices that sustain stream health. PI: A. S. Flecker, Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2021 U.S. Department of Energy. Wildlife and Offshore Wind (WOW): A Systems Approach to Research and Risk Assessment for Offshore Wind Development from Maine to North Carolina. PI. D. Nowacek (Duke University), Co-PI: P. Halpin (Duke), J. Kohut (Rutgers), A. N. Rice, B. Southall (Southall Environmental Associates), L. Thomas (Univ. St. Andrews), K. Williams (Biodiversity Research Institute).
2021 National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium. Right Wind: Resolving Protected Species Space-Use Conflicts in Wind Energy Areas. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: J. Redfern (New England Aquarium), M. Bernitt (Lautec, Inc.). $799,733.
2021 U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. A Database and Acoustic Reference Catalog of Marine Fish Sounds – Atlantic Pilot. PI: A. N. Rice.
2020 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Remote, Near-Real-Time, Autonomous Acoustic Monitoring of Military Lands for At-Risk Species. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: H. Klinck.
2020 Cornell University Water Resources Institute and Hudson River Estuary Program. Freshwater soundscapes as sentinels of river health and biodiversity education tools. PI: A. S. Flecker (Cornell), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2020 Cornell University, Migrations Initiative Global Grand Challenges. Climate change impacts on bowhead whale migratory phenology and related subsistence activities in the Alaskan Arctic. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: M. E. Fournet.
2019 Cornell University, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. Preventing Illegal Fishing Using Passive Acoustic Technology. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: E. Cunningham, R. Fujita (EDF)
2018 Hudson River Foundation. Assessing cetacean presence and exposure to ocean noise in the Lower New York Harbor Estuary. PI: H. Rosenbaum (WCS), Co-PI: A. N. Rice, M. Rekdahl (WCS).
2018 U.S. Forest Service. Avian bioacoustic monitoring in Coronado National Forest. PI: A. N. Rice.
2018 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and HDR, Inc. Long-range sound measurements of the Maryland meteorological tower installation. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: H. Bailey (UMCES).
2018 Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Marine mammal passive acoustic monitoring associated with meteorological tower construction in the Maryland Wind Energy Area. PI: H. Bailey (UMCES), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2018 National Science Foundation, Division of Integrative Organismal Sciences. Tempo and modes of cultural evolution in the complex display of the Superb Lyrebird. PI: J. I. Lovette, Co-PI: A. N. Rice. $642,235.
2017 National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences, Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination (OTIC). Collaborative Research: Miniature low-cost vibration tags and computing infrastructure for identifying marine animal sounds. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: H. Klinck.
2017 Cornell University, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. Testing the feasibility of acoustic sensors to estimate sardine biomass to facilitate science-based fishery management in the Philippines. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: S. A. Sethi, R. Fujita (EDF).
2017 Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Temporal and spatial scale responses in fish ecology with restoration efforts across Florida Bay. PI: A. N. Rice.
2017 LimnoTech, Inc. Evaluating underwater biological and environmental sounds in the Lake Erie Wind Energy Area. PI: A. N. Rice.
2017 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Passive acoustic monitoring for marine mammals in the New York Bight. PI: A. N. Rice.
2016 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Demonstration of subsurface passive acoustic monitoring (SPAM) to survey for and estimate populations of imperiled underwater-calling frogs. PI: A. N. Rice.
2016 National Park Service. Passive acoustic monitoring of fish populations in Florida Bay: population restoration and climate mitigation. PI: A. N. Rice.
2015 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Characterizing ocean soundscapes and fish spawning activity from passive acoustics in the South Atlantic Bight. PI: J. Quinlan (NOAA), Co-PIs: L. Garrison (NOAA), A. N. Rice, M. Soldevilla (NOAA).
2015 U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Understanding whale presence in Virginia Offshore Energy Planning Areas. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. Marine mammal acoustic activity in Disko Bay and Baffin Bay, Greenland. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Acoustic propagation and marine mammal exposure modeling of geological and geophysical sources in the Gulf of Mexico. PI: S. Carr (JASCO Applied Sciences), Co-PIs: H. Cheyne (Cornell), A. N. Rice, D. Zeddies (JASCO Applied Sciences).
2014 Maryland Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in the Maryland wind planning area. PI: Helen Bailey (Univ. Maryland), Co-PI: A. N. Rice. $2,198,347.
2014 U.S. Marine Mammal Commission. Understanding western North Atlantic coast-wide distribution patterns of North Atlantic right whales. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 Maine Department of Marine Resources. Acoustic monitoring for large whales in Maine state waters – Phase II. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Passive acoustic monitoring of lake sturgeon in the St. Lawrence River Basin. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Yellow perch and walleye sound production in the west and central basin of Lake Erie. PI: A. N. Rice.
2014 Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy & Timmons Group. Acoustic monitoring for offshore wildlife in the Virginia wind energy area. PI: A. N. Rice.
2013 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A passive acoustic ocean observing system for monitoring and mapping marine mammals and noise in the Chukchi Sea ecosystem. PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2013 Oceana. Acoustic ecology of North Atlantic right whales off of the Virginia coast. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell).
2013 Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic and HDR, Inc. Passive acoustic monitoring for marine mammals in Navy Operations Areas: Evaluating changes in marine mammal occurrence and responses following ASW training exercises. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell).
2012 Maine Department of Marine Resources. Acoustic monitoring for large whales in Maine state waters. PI: A. N. Rice.
2012 United States Air Force & Coherent Technical Solutions, Inc. Acoustic detection of desert fauna. PI: A. N. Rice.
2011 Massachusetts Clean Energy Commission and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Field surveys and marine resource characterization for offshore wind energy planning. Contract Number M12AC00024. PI: S. D. Kraus (New England Aquarium), Co-PIs: C. W. Clark (Cornell), R. D. Kenney (Univ. Rhode Island), C. Mayo (Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies), A. N. Rice.
2010 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and BP Exploration, Inc. Passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell), Co-PI: A. N. Rice.
2010 National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Characterization and potential impacts of noise producing construction and operation activities on the outer continental shelf on marine mammals and fishes (funded by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management). PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PI: C. W. Clark (Cornell).
2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health and Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University. Monoamine modulation of behavioral and neural mechanisms of vocal communication.
2006 Committee on Evolutionary Biology Hinds Fund, University of Chicago. Ecological contexts to the behavior, diversification, and evolution of coordination of feeding in wrasses: Field research in Palau.
2005 University of Chicago Women’s Board Travel Award.
2005 Grants in Aid of Research, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Multi- modal sensory integration during feeding behaviors in coral reef fishes.
2004 Lerner Gray Memorial Fund for Marine Research, American Museum of Natural History. Evolution of motor control in the coordination of feeding, visual, and locomotor behaviors in wrasses and parrotfishes.
2004 PADI Foundation. Isotopic variation in the vertebral bands of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. PI: A. N. Rice, Co-PIs: J. A. Estrada (University of New England), G. B. Skomal (Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries), L. J. Natanson (National Marine Fisheries Service).
2004 Raney Fund Award, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Evolution of reef fish feeding: coordination of feeding, visual, and locomotor behaviors in wrasses and parrotfishes.
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2003 Committee on Evolutionary Biology Hinds Fund, University of Chicago. Sensorimotor integration of feeding and locomotor systems in labrid fishes (Teleostei: Labridae).
2000 Department of Biology Research Grant, Davidson College. 2000. An historical and current comparison of the herpetofauna of the central Piedmont region of North Carolina.