Ashwin Bhandiwad
University of Washington
Department of Psychology
Guthrie Hall
Seattle, WA 98195

bhandiwa@uw.edu
http://ashwinbhandiwad.com/home

Biography
Ashwin received a BA in Biophysics at Johns Hopkins University (2007) and a MA/MS in Biology/Marine Biology at Northeastern University (2009). Before entering the PhD program at the University of Washington he was a Research Associate at Duke University in the lab of Sonke Johnsen (2009-2010). Ashwin joined the Sisneros lab in the Fall 2010.

Research Interests
Ashwin's main research interests are in the mechanisms of sound perception in fishes and their behavioral effects. His work currently focuses on hearing sensitivity during ontogeny in larval zebrafish and sticklebacks. He is also interested in how female midshipman fish can discriminate between multiple male advertisement calls in their shallow water breeding environment. Ashwin also plans to explore the salient acoustic cues of the male advertisement calls that are attractive to females, and how males maximize their calling efficiency.

Publications
Bhandiwad AA, Zeddies DG, Raible DW, Rubel EW and JA Sisneros. In Press. Auditory sensitivity of larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) measured using a behavioral prepulse inhibition assay. Journal of Experimental Biology.

Bhandiwad AA and S Johnsen 2011. The effects of salinity and temperature on the transparency of the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio. Journal of Experimental Biology 214:709-718. (PDF)