Rice, Aaron N.

Postdoctoral Fellow

research

research areas

affiliations

academic staff in

other Cornell affiliations

teaching

teaching focus

comparative physiology, functional morphology, ichthyology

service

current professional activities

Reviewer For

Scientific Journals:
Animal Biology
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Environmental Biology of Fishes
Journal of Experimental Biology
Marine and Freshwater Research
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Proceedings of the Royal Society, B: Biological Sciences
Revista Científica Udo Agrícola
Zoology


Funding Agencies:

National Science Foundation (Programs: Office of International Science
    & Engineering– Global Scientists & Engineers; Division of Ocean Sciences– Biological Oceanography Program)
California Sea Grant College Program

background

educational background

Ph.D.    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2006 (Organismal Biology & Anatomy)

S.M.    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004 (Organismal Biology & Anatomy)

M.A.     Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, MA, 2002 (Marine Biology)

B.S.     Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2000 (Biology Major, Spanish Minor);
Semester abroad: James Cook University, Queensland, Australia; 1999 (Marine     Biology)

professional background

2009-Present    Postdoctoral associate, Cornell University, Bioacoustics Research Program.  Investigating associated behaviors, diversity, and ecology of sound production in marine fishes of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.  Supervisor: Christopher W. Clark.

2007- 2009    Postdoctoral fellow and postdoctoral associate, Cornell University, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. Investigated vocal behaviors, functional morphology, neurophysiological mechanisms, and the evolution communication in toadfishes. Supervisor: Andrew H. Bass.

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

Rice, A. N., A. H. Bass. 2009. Novel vocal repertoire and paired swimbladders of the three-spined toadfish, Batrachomoeus trispinosus: insights into the diversity of the Batrachoididae. Journal of Experimental Biology 212(9): 1377-1391.

Rice, A. N. 2008. Coordinated mechanics of feeding, swimming, and eye movements in Tautoga onitis, and the implications for the evolution of trophic strategies in fishes. Marine Biology 154(2): 255-267.

Grubich, J. R., A. N. Rice, M. W. Westneat. 2008. Functional morphology of bite mechanics in the great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda). Zoology 111(1): 16-29.

Rice, A. N., W. J. Cooper, M. W. Westneat. 2008. Diversification of coordination patterns during feeding behaviour in cheiline wrasses. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93(2): 289-308.

Rice, A. N., T. L. Roberts, M. E. Dorcas. 2006. Heating and cooling rates of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, Crotalus adamanteus. Journal of Thermal Biology 31(6):     501-505.

Estrada, J. A., A. N. Rice, L. J. Natanson, G. B. Skomal. 2006. Use of isotopic analysis of vertebrae in reconstructing ontogenetic feeding ecology in white sharks. Ecology 87(4): 829-834.

Rice, A. N., M. W. Westneat. 2005. Coordination of feeding, locomotor, and visual systems     in parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae). Journal of Experimental Biology 208(18): 3503-3518.

Rice, A. N., P. S. Lobel. 2003. The pharyngeal jaw apparatus of the Cichlidae and Pomacentridae (Teleostei: Labroidei): function in feeding and sound production. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 13(4): 433-444.

Estrada, J. A., A. N. Rice, M. E. Lutcavage, G. B. Skomal. 2003. Predicting trophic position     in sharks of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean using stable isotope analysis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 83(6): 1347-1350.

Rice, A. N., P. S. Lobel. 2002. Enzyme activities of pharyngeal jaw musculature in the cichlid Tramitichromis intermedius: implications for sound production in cichlid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology 205(15): 3519-3523.

contact

email address

arice@cornell.edu
Keywords:

bioacoustics

, biomechanics, communication, comparative anatomy, evolution, fish, functional morphology, organismal physiology, sound production, vocalization