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).
Maya deVries
Maya deVries
deVries is fascinated by the evolution of prey capture in mantis shrimp. The main goals of her research are to figure out what mantis shrimp actually eat with their raptorial appendages and to understand how raptorial appendage morphology relates to mantis shrimp diet. deVries received her B.S. with high honors in Evolution and Ecology from UC Davis and is now working to complete her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley.
