Arthropod acoustic communication is a primary focus at the Patek Lab. Here you can find our acoustically oriented research projects along with sounds and video of spiny lobsters (Palinuridae) and mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda).
Elizabeth Murphy
Elizabeth Murphy
Elizabeth has been interested in biology for a long, long time. While an undergraduate at UC Berkeley she worked on a project studying the kinematics of burrowing in muddy sediments. Elizabeth graduated in 2009 with a B.A. in Integrative Biology and continued to stick worms in jell-o, and also worked on a tropical dry forest ecology project and a paleontology project. She is excited to learn about mantis shrimp strikes, lobster sounds and trap jaw ant jumps.
