David Zeddies, PhD
Staff Scientist/Engineer
JASCO Applied Sciences

davidzeddies@gmail.com
phone: 301-787-9329

CV

Biography
David received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1990) and a PhD in Neuroscience from Northwestern University (2001). He was a Post-doctoral Associate in the lab of Dr Richard Fay at the Parmly Hearing Institute at Loyola University of Chicago from 2001 to 2003 and a Research Associate in the lab of Arthur Popper at the University of Maryland from 2004 to 2008. David was a staff scientist and engineer at Marine Acoustics Inc from 2008 to 2011 before becoming a senior scientist at JASCO Applied Sciences in 2011. He has been a NSFco-investigator (2006-present) and collaborator with Sisneros and his lab since 2003.

Research Interests
David's research interests are diverse ranging from sensory neurobiology to physical acoustics and from computional modeling and signal processing to instrumentation. He is active in a number of research projects including a NSF funded project directed at exploring how fish use sound to understand and navigate their environment. As a staff scientist/engineer he provides environmental risk assessment for marine operations, including sonar, seismic exploration, and construction and operation of alternative energy devices.

Publications

Bhandiwad AA, Whitchurch EA, Colleye O, Zeddies DG, and JA Sisneros. 2017. Seasonal plasticity of auditory saccular sensitivity in "sneaker" type II male plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 203:211-222.

Coffin AB*, Zeddies DG*, Fay RR, Brown AD, Alderks PW, Bhandiwad AA, Mohr RA, Gray MD, Rogers PH and JA Sisneros. 2014. Use of the swim bladder and lateral line in near-field sound source localization by fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology 217:2078-2088.

Bhandiwad AA, Zeddies DG, Raible DW, Rubel EW and JA Sisneros. 2013. Auditory sensitivity of larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) measured using a behavioral prepulse inhibition assay. Journal of Experimental Biology 216:3504-3513.

Zeddies DG, Fay RR, Gray MD, Alderks PW, Acob A, and JA Sisneros, J.A. 2012. Local acoustic particle motion guides sound source localization behavior in the plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus). Journal of Experimental Biology 215:152-160.

Zeddies DG, Fay RR, and JA Sisneros 2011. Sound Source Localization and Directional Hearing in Fishes. In Farrell, AP (ed.), Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment, volume 1, pp. 298-303. San Diego: Academic Press.

Zeddies DG, Fay RR, Alderks PW, Shaub KS, and JA Sisneros. 2010. Sound source localization by the plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 127:3104-3113.

* Denotes equal contribution as co-first authors