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Jennifer Miksis-Olds

RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Director
Phone: (603) 862-5147
Office: Center for Acoustics Research & Education, Morse Hall Room 213, 8 College Road, Durham, NH 03824
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My research employs acoustic methodologies to answer biological questions in both the marine and terrestrial environments. My primary interests include patterns and trends in ocean sound, animal behavior and communication, the effect of anthropogenic activities on animals and their environment, and the development of technology to observe animals in their natural environment. Aspects of acoustics, biology, oceanography, ecology, and engineering are combined to create the interdisciplinary approach necessary to extend the remote study of the ocean and of animals in their natural environment beyond where it is today.

Courses Taught

  • BIOL 828: Marine Bioacoustics
  • BIOL/MEFB 828/795: Marine Bioacoustics
  • MARI 405: Intro Marine Mammal Sci Policy

Education

  • Ph.D., Oceanography(Chem.&Physical), University of Rhode Island
  • M.S., UMass- Dartmouth
  • B.A., Harvard University

Research Interests

  • Acoustics
  • Acoustics Technology
  • Animal behavior
  • Animal Behavior/Ethology
  • Biological Oceanography
  • Ocean Acoustics
  • Oceanography

Selected Publications

  • Miksis-Olds, J., Ainslie, M., Blair, H., Butkiewicz, T., Hazen, E., Heaney, K., . . . Warren, J. (2025). Overview of the Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network. Oceanography. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2025.301

  • Heaney, K. D., Ainslie, M., Murray, J. J., Heaney, A. J., Miksis-Olds, J., & Martin, B. (2024). Regional soundscape modeling of the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelfa).. J Acoust Soc Am, 156(1), 378-390. doi:10.1121/10.0026476

  • Miksis-Olds, J. L., Seger, K. D., & Johnson, J. J. (2024). Understanding the relationship between the Bering Sea Cold Pool and vocal presence of odontocetes in the context of climate changea).. J Acoust Soc Am, 155(4), 2392-2406. doi:10.1121/10.0025466

  • Wilford, D. C., Miksis-Olds, J. L., & Martin, S. B. (2023). Multidimensional comparison of underwater soundscapes using the soundscape codea).. J Acoust Soc Am, 154(5), 3438-3453. doi:10.1121/10.0022514

  • Miksis-Olds, J. L., Martin, B. S., Lowell, K., Verlinden, C., & Heaney, K. D. (2022). Minimal COVID-19 quieting measured in the deep offshore waters of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.. JASA Express Lett, 2(9), 090801. doi:10.1121/10.0013999

  • Duarte, C. M., Chapuis, L., Collin, S. P., Costa, D. P., Devassy, R. P., Eguiluz, V. M., . . . Juanes, F. (2021). The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean. SCIENCE, 371(6529), 583-+. doi:10.1126/science.aba4658

  • Parks, S. E., Miksis-Olds, J. L., & Denes, S. L. (2014). Assessing marine ecosystem acoustic diversity across ocean basins. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS, 21, 81-88. doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.11.003

  • Holliday, D. V., Donaghay, P. L., Greenlaw, C. F., McGehee, D. E., McManus, M. M., Sullivan, J. M., & Miksis, J. L. (2003). Advances in defining fine- and micro-scale pattern in marine plankton. AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES, 16(3), 131-136. doi:10.1016/S0990-7440(03)00023-8

  • Miksis, J. L., Tyack, P. L., & Buck, J. R. (2002). Captive dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, develop signature whistles that match acoustic features of human-made model sounds. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 112(2), 728-739. doi:10.1121/1.1496079

  • Connor, R. C., Heithaus, M. R., Berggren, P., & Miksis, J. L. (2000). "Kerplunking": Surface fluke-splashes during shallow-water bottom foraging by bottlenose dolphins. MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE, 16(3), 646-653. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00959.x

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