Hoy, Ronald Raymond
Professor
I have an active research career in the area of comparative bioacoustics, auditory neuroscience, and model systems for the study of seizure disorders in the nervous system. I have an active teaching career in the field of neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and animal communication.
research
research and scholarship focus
I work on micro- and nanoscale auditory systems of insects to explore the physical and biological limits of the auditory senses. This work is of relevance to my engineering collaborator, Ron Miles of Binghamton University, who biomimicks the "design features" of microscale insect ears into silicon based hearing aid microphones. I am involved in research aimed at developing Drosophila melanogaster and its mutants into models for the study of seizure/epilepsy. I also collaborate with Laura Harrington to study the auditory behavior of malaria mosquitoes.
primary investigator of
- ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOR--NEURAL AND COMPARATIVE BASES | Research Grant
co investigator of
- TEACHING MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN THE BEHAVORIAL SCIENCES | Research Grant
research areas
- bioacoustics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biomedical sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biophysics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- cell biology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- cognitive studies | collaborative research area (CALS)
- communication | collaborative research area (CALS)
- computational biology | research concentration area (Engineering)
- education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- entomology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- evolution | collaborative research area (CALS)
- genetics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- genomics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- insects | collaborative research area (CALS)
- mathematics | collaborative research area (CALS)
- nanobiotechnology | research concentration area (Engineering)
- neuroscience | collaborative research area (CALS)
- psychology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- science and technology studies | collaborative research area (CALS)
- science education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- teacher education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- zoology | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Bioacoustic research for basic life science understanding and for teaching K-12 through college. | 2007 Impact statement
- Transforming undergraduate science education: curriculum and multimedia teaching tools | 2006 Impact statement
- Transforming undergraduate science: Curriculum and teaching tools | 2005 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Neurobiology and Behavior (BIO NB) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Cognitive Science | minor graduate field
- Computational Biology | graduate field
- Entomology | graduate field
- Neurobiology and Behavior | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) | research center
teaching
teaches
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 4990 - Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- BIONB 4200 - Topics in Neurobiology & Behavior (T 09:05:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2008 class
service
outreach focus
I am heavily involved at the local/Cornell and national levels in the use of multimedia resources for teaching of undergraduate science, particularly biology and neuroscience. I participate in national workshops on the use of multimedia technologies in teaching. I serve on several national advisory boards for organizations related to science education (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Grass Foundation). I participated in "Light in Winter," a weekend festival celebrating the union of performing arts and sciences, held in Ithaca, January 2007.
event host
background
featured in
- Instructors pair up with librarians to ramp up student research skills | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Mosquitoes create harmonic love song before mating, a Cornell study finds | Cornell Chronicle feature
- New art in Corson-Mudd combines realism, abstraction -- and biology | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Society for the Humanities announces recipients of 2008-09 Mellon grants | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
linked articles
Keywords: animal communication, behavior genetics, communication biology of insects, drosophila, insect nervous systems, mosquitoes, regeneration, reproductive biology of flies, same as last year, sensory biology of flies, sexual signals in aedes egyptii