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Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland. Much of Art’s
committee work stems from his commitment to teaching and mentoring, such as
co-chairing the University of Maryland’s Campus Task Force on Mentoring of
Junior Faculty.
Despite an exhausting schedule, Art maintains a long and very happy marriage
with Helen, and they manage to talk every day when he’s on the road. Helen has also
edited many of Art’s papers through the years, so we have her to thank for the precise prose and proper grammar! Art is extremely proud of daughters Michelle and
Melissa, son-in-laws Roman and Jeff, and grandchildren Ethan, Emma, and Sophie.
In his retirement Art plans to spend time with his family, continue traveling,
consult on underwater construction projects, continue to develop and edit books in
the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research series that he and Dick Fay founded
over 20 years ago, edit Acoustics Today, the magazine of the Acoustical Society of
America, and pursue the scientifi c questions that have fascinated him throughout his
long and storied career. But he might not return to the issue of sound source localization in fi shes any time soon. Art and Bill Tavolga were right. Almost 50 years
after Art started his career, we still don’t fully understand how fi sh determine the
location of an acoustic signal. However, thanks to Art and Dick’s work, and the
cadre of fi sh bioacoustics researchers descended from their labs or infl uenced by
their collaborations, we’re closer than ever to solving the sound localization riddle.
I invite you to read the chapter by Sisneros et al. in this volume to judge for yourself
whether the past decades have yielded answers to this burning question in fi sh
bioacoustics.
Author Note : For the phylogeny in Fig. 2 and throughout the text I cite many of
Art’s primary research papers. I based my citation selections on both taxonomic
considerations and to demonstrate the multitude of talented researchers that Art has
worked with over the years. Given that Art has published almost 200 primary
research studies, I couldn’t include most of his publication record, which means that
many excellent studies are not included here, and I apologize if your favorite paper
(or dissertation work) is not cited.
References
Buran BN, Deng X, Popper AN (2005) Structural variation in the inner ears of four deep-sea elopomorph fi shes. J Morphol 265:215–225
Casper BM, Popper AN, Matthews F, Carlson TJ, Halvorsen MB (2012) Recovery of barotrauma
injuries in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha from exposure to pile driving sound.
PLoS One 7(6), e39593. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039593
Casper BM, Smith ME, Halvorsen MB, Sun H, Carlson TJ, Popper AN (2013) Effects of exposure
to pile driving sounds on fi sh inner ear tissues. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol
166:352–360
Coffi n AB, Dabdoub A, Kelley MW, Popper AN (2007) Myosin VI and VIIa distribution among
inner ear epithelia in diverse fi shes. Hear Res 224:15–26
Coombs S, Popper AN (1982) Structure and function of the auditory system in the clown knife
fi sh, Notopterus chitala . J Exp Biol 97:225–239
A.B. Coffi n
Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland. Much of Art’s
committee work stems from his commitment to teaching and mentoring, such as
co-chairing the University of Maryland’s Campus Task Force on Mentoring of
Junior Faculty.
Despite an exhausting schedule, Art maintains a long and very happy marriage
with Helen, and they manage to talk every day when he’s on the road. Helen has also
edited many of Art’s papers through the years, so we have her to thank for the precise prose and proper grammar! Art is extremely proud of daughters Michelle and
Melissa, son-in-laws Roman and Jeff, and grandchildren Ethan, Emma, and Sophie.
In his retirement Art plans to spend time with his family, continue traveling,
consult on underwater construction projects, continue to develop and edit books in
the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research series that he and Dick Fay founded
over 20 years ago, edit Acoustics Today, the magazine of the Acoustical Society of
America, and pursue the scientifi c questions that have fascinated him throughout his
long and storied career. But he might not return to the issue of sound source localization in fi shes any time soon. Art and Bill Tavolga were right. Almost 50 years
after Art started his career, we still don’t fully understand how fi sh determine the
location of an acoustic signal. However, thanks to Art and Dick’s work, and the
cadre of fi sh bioacoustics researchers descended from their labs or infl uenced by
their collaborations, we’re closer than ever to solving the sound localization riddle.
I invite you to read the chapter by Sisneros et al. in this volume to judge for yourself
whether the past decades have yielded answers to this burning question in fi sh
bioacoustics.
Author Note : For the phylogeny in Fig. 2 and throughout the text I cite many of
Art’s primary research papers. I based my citation selections on both taxonomic
considerations and to demonstrate the multitude of talented researchers that Art has
worked with over the years. Given that Art has published almost 200 primary
research studies, I couldn’t include most of his publication record, which means that
many excellent studies are not included here, and I apologize if your favorite paper
(or dissertation work) is not cited.
References
Buran BN, Deng X, Popper AN (2005) Structural variation in the inner ears of four deep-sea elopomorph fi shes. J Morphol 265:215–225
Casper BM, Popper AN, Matthews F, Carlson TJ, Halvorsen MB (2012) Recovery of barotrauma
injuries in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha from exposure to pile driving sound.
PLoS One 7(6), e39593. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039593
Casper BM, Smith ME, Halvorsen MB, Sun H, Carlson TJ, Popper AN (2013) Effects of exposure
to pile driving sounds on fi sh inner ear tissues. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol
166:352–360
Coffi n AB, Dabdoub A, Kelley MW, Popper AN (2007) Myosin VI and VIIa distribution among
inner ear epithelia in diverse fi shes. Hear Res 224:15–26
Coombs S, Popper AN (1982) Structure and function of the auditory system in the clown knife
fi sh, Notopterus chitala . J Exp Biol 97:225–239
A.B. Coffi n