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Aude's research interests include marine mammal hearing and the impact of sound on marine megafauna. Most of her research has focused on testing the hearing of new species of cetaceans such as pilot whales or beaked whales, understanding hearing processes and control mechanisms associated with echolocation. More recently, she has been interested in the behavioral ecology of mysticetes using non-invasive methods such as archival tags and UAVs.
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Dr. Aude Pacini
Biography
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Aude is a researcher at the Marine Mammal Research Program at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has conducted her research in Portugal, Iceland, Spain, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Mexico and French Polynesia on the sensory abilities and behavioral ecology of cetaceans with an emphasis on hearing and echolocation . Her work includes investigating hearing in new species, hearing control in odontocetes and startle response with an overarching goal of predicting and mitigating the effects of human activities on marine megafauna. She is a reviewer for several scientific journals including the Journal of Acoustical Society of America, the Journal of Experimental Biology, The Journal of Post-Doctoral Research, Biology Letters, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, the Journal of Aquatic Mammals and Marine Mammal Science. Dr. Pacini is also a consultant for various federal agencies and stakeholders and a member of the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team.