• Marine conservation
• Bioacoustics 
• Renewable energy
• Animal communication
• Conservation bioacoustics
• Coral reef ecology
• Sustainable fisheries
• Ecosystem health
• Comparative anatomy and physiology
• Population ecology

• Ph.D – Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2006 
• M.S. – Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004 
• M.A. – Boston University Marine Program, Boston University and Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 2002 
• B.S – Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2000 (Biology Major, Spanish Minor) 
  • Semester abroad: James Cook University, Queensland, Australia; 1999 (Marine Biology)

• 2023 – present: Senior Research Associate, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
• 2022 – present: Faculty Affiliate, Environment and Sustainability Undergraduate Major, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
• 2019 – present: Graduate Faculty, Graduate Field in Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University 
• 2019 – present: Principal Ecologist and Senior Research Associate, Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell University
• 2017 – present: Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainability, Cornell University
• 2010 – 2018: Research Associate, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell University
• 2010 – 2017: Science Director, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell University 
• 2013 – 2014: Practicing Veterinarian.
• 2009 – 2010: Postdoctoral Associate, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell University
• 2007 – 2009: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University
• 1996 – 2000: Summer Research Fellow, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago

Publications from the last 10 years:

• Cox, K. D., A. Looby, H. L. Davies, K. A. Murchy, B. Spriel, A. N. Rice, F. Juanes, I. M. Côté. 2024. Military training in the Canadian Pacific: Taking aim at critical habitat or sufficient mitigation of noise pollution impacts? Marine Policy 160:105945.
• Looby, A., C. Erbe, S. Bravo, K. Cox, H. Davies, L. Di Iorio, Y. Jézéquel, F. Juanes, C. Martin, T. A. Mooney, C. Radford, L. Reynolds, A. N. Rice, A. Riera, R. Rountree, B. Spriel, J. Stanley, S. Vela, M. J. G. Parsons. 2023. Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data 10:892.
• Miller, C. R., A. N. Rice. 2023. A synthesis of the risks of marine light pollution across organismal and ecological scales. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 33:1590-1602.
• Han, S. M., B. R. Land, A. H. Bass, A. N. Rice. 2023. Sound production biomechanics in three-spined toadfish and potential functional consequences of swim bladder morphology in the Batrachoididae. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154:3466-3478.
• Iafrate, J., E. Reyier, B. Ahr, A. Carroll, A. N. Rice, G. Dossot, S. L. Watwood, D. Murie. In press. Evidence of Atlantic midshipman (Porichthys plectrodon) vocalizations as recorded from an unmanned surface vehicle in the U.S. South Atlantic. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154: 2928-2936.
• Roberts, L., A. N. Rice. 2023. Vibrational and acoustic communication in fishes: The overlooked overlap between the underwater vibroscape and soundscape. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154: 2708-2720.
• Rice, A. N., M. L. Garcia, L. B. Symes, H. Klinck. 2023. Conservation bioacoustics: Listening to the heartbeat of the Earth. Acoustics Today 19: 46-53.
• Van Hoeck, R. V., T. J. Rowell, M. J. Dean, A. N. Rice, S. M. Van Parijs. 2023. Comparing Atlantic cod temporal spawning dynamics across a biogeographic boundary: insights from passive acoustic monitoring. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 15: e10226
• Estabrook, B. J., J. T. Tielens, A. Rahaman, D. W. Ponirakis, C. W. Clark, A. N. Rice. 2022. Dynamic spatiotemporal acoustic occurrence of North Atlantic right whales in the offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts Wind Energy Areas. Endangered Species Research 49: 115-133.
• Getchell, R. G., E. George, A. N. Rice, J. M. Malatos, B. M. Chambers, A. Griefen, C. Nieder, L. G. Rustam. 2022. Effects of ultrasonic algal control devices on fish. Lake and Reservoir Management 38:240-255.
• Fournet, M. E. H., E. Stabenau, A. N. Rice. 2022. Altered acoustic community structure indicates delayed recovery following ecosystem perturbations. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 274:107948.
• Parsons, M. J. G., T.-H. Lin, T. A. Mooney, C. Erbe, F. Juanes, M. Lammers, S. Li, S. Linke, A. Looby, S. Nedelec, I. Van Opzeeland, C. Radford, A. N. Rice, L. Sayigh, J. Stanley, E. Urban, L. Di Iorio. 2022. Sounding the call for a global library of biological underwater sounds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 810156.
• Rice, A. N., S. C. Farina, A. J. Makowski, I. M. Kaatz, P. S. Lobel, W. E. Bemis, A. H. Bass. 2022. Evolution of acoustic signaling behavior across fishes. Ichthyology and Herpetology 110: 1-12.
• Popper, A. N., L. Hice-Dunton, E. Jenkins, D. M. Higgs, J. Krebs, A. Mooney, A. N. Rice, L. Roberts, F. Thomsen, K. Vigness-Raposa, D. Zeddies, K. A. Williams. 2022. Offshore wind energy development: Research priorities for sound and vibration effects on fishes and aquatic invertebrates. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151: 205-215.
• DeGregorio, B. A., P. J. Wolff, A. N. Rice. 2021. Evaluating hydrophones for detecting underwater-calling frogs: implications for monitoring imperiled species. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 16: 513-524.
• Bailey, H., A. Fandel, K. Silva, E. Gryzb, E. M. McDonald, A. Hoover, M. B. Ogburn, A. N. Rice. 2021. Identifying and predicting occurrence and abundance of a vocal animal species based on individually specific calls. Ecosphere 12: e03685.
• Cusack, C., S. A. Sethi, A. N. Rice, J. D. Warren, R. Fujita, J. Ingles, J. Flores, E. Garchitorena, R. Fujita. 2021. Marine ecotourism for small pelagics as a source of alternative income generating activities to fisheries in a tropical community. Biological Conservation 361: 109242.
• Odom, K. J., M. Araya-Salas, J. L. Morano, R. A. Ligon, G. M. Leighton, C. C. Taff, A. H. Dalziell, A. C. Billings, R. R. Germain, M. Pardo, L. G. d. Andrade, D. Hedwig, S. C. Keen, Y. Shiu, R. A. Charif, M. S. Webster, A. N. Rice. 2021. Comparative bioacoustics: a roadmap for quantifying and comparing animal sounds across diverse taxa. Biological Reviews 96: 1135-1159.
• Fournet, M. E. H., M. Silvestri, C. W. Clark, H. Klinck, A. N. Rice. 2021. Limited vocal compensation for elevated ambient sound in bearded seals: implications for an industrializing Arctic Ocean. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 288: 20202712.
• Pyć, C. D., J. H. Vallarta, A. N. Rice, D. G. Zeddies, E. E. Maxner, S. L. Denes. 2021. Vocal behavior of the endangered splendid toadfish and potential masking by anthropogenic noise. Conservation Science and Practice 3: e352.
• Backhouse, F., A. H. Dalziell, R. D. Magrath, A. N. Rice, T. H. Crisologo, J. A. Welbergen. 2021. Differential geographic patterns in song components of male Albert’s lyrebirds. Ecology and Evolution 11: 2701-2716.
• Zeh, J. M., M. L. Rekdahl, A. N. Rice, C. W. Clark, H. C. Rosenbaum. 2020. Detections of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) vocalizations on an acoustic sensor in the New York Bight. Marine Mammal Science 37: 751-760.
• Fandel, A. D., A. Garrod, A. L. Hoover, J. E. Wingfield, V. Lyubchich, K. B. Hodge, A. N. Rice, H. Bailey. 2020. Effects of intense storm events on dolphin movements and foraging behavior. Scientific Reports 10: 19247.
• Morano, J. L., J. T. Tielens, C. A. Muirhead, B. J. Estabrook, P. J. Sullivan, P. J. Dugan, C. W. Clark, A. N. Rice. 2020. Seasonal movements of Gulf of Mexico sperm whales following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the limitations of impact assessments. Marine Pollution Bulletin 161: 111627.
• Davis, G., M. Baumgartner, P. Corkeron, J. Bell, C. Berchok, J. Bonnell, J. Bort Thornton, S. Brault, G. Buchanan, D. Cholewiak, C. W. Clark, J. Delarue, L. T. Hatch, H. Klinck, D. Mellinger, S. Kraus, B. Martin, H. Moors-Murphy, S. Nieukirk, D. P. Nowacek, S. E. Parks, D. Parry, N. Pegg, A. Read, A. N. Rice, D. Risch, A. Scott, M. Soldevilla, K. Stafford, J. Stanistreet, E. Summers, S. Todd, S. M. Van Parijs. 2020. Exploring movement patterns and changing distribution of baleen whales in the western North Atlantic using a decade of passive acoustic data. Global Change Biology 26: 4812-4840.
• Andres, K., S. A. Sethi, E. Duskey, J. Lepak, A. N. Rice, B. Estabrook, K. Fitzpatrick, E. George, B. Marcy-Quay, M. Paufve, K. Perkins, A. Scofield. 2020. Seasonal habitat use indicates depth may mediate the potential for invasive round goby impacts in inland lakes. Freshwater Biology 65: 1337-1347.
• Caiger, P. E., M. J. Dean, A. I. DeAngelis, L. T. Hatch, A. N. Rice, J. A. Stanley, C. Tholke, D. R. Zemeckis, S. M. Van Parijs. 2020. A decade of monitoring Atlantic cod Gadus morhua spawning aggregations in Massachusetts Bay using passive acoustics. Marine Ecology Progress Series 635:89-103.
• Charif, R. A., Y. Shiu, C. A. Muirhead, C. W. Clark, S. E. Parks, A. N. Rice. 2020. Phenological changes in North Atlantic right whale habitat use in Massachusetts Bay. Global Change Biology 26: 734-745.
• Fournet, M. E. H., E. Stabenau, A. N. Rice. 2019. Salinity drives sonic fish advertisement behavior in hydrologically altered sub-tropical estuary: making the case for an acoustic indicator species. Ecological Indicators 106: 105531.
• Bailey, H., V. Lyubchich, J. Wingfield, A. Fandel, A. Garrod, A. N. Rice. 2019. Empirical evidence that large marine predator feeding behavior is consistent with area-restricted search theory. Ecology 100: e02743.
• Fouda, L., J. E. Wingfield, A. D. Fandel, A. Garrod, K. B. Hodge, A. N. Rice, H. Bailey. 2018. Dolphins simplify their vocal calls in response to increased ambient noise. Biology Letters 14: 20180484.
• Garrod, A., A. D. Fandel, J. E. Wingfield, L. Fouda, A. N. Rice, H. Bailey. 2018. Validating C-POD dolphin detection rates and investigating factors affecting performance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144: 931-939.
• Staaterman, E., S. J. Brandl, M. Hauer, J. Casey, A. J. Gallagher, A. N. Rice. 2018. Individual voices in a cluttered soundscape: acoustic ecology of the Bocon toadfish, Amphichthys cryptocentrus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 101: 979-995.
• Muirhead, C. A., A. M. Warde, I. S. Biedron, A N. Minhovets, C. W. Clark, A. N. Rice. 2018. Seasonal acoustic occurrence of baleen whales in the New York Bight. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28: 744-753.
• Davis, G. E., M. F. Baumgartner, J. Gurnee, J. Bell, C. Berchok, J. Bort Thornton, S. Brault, G. Buchanan, R. A. Charif, D. Cholewiak, C. W. Clark, P. Corkeron, J. Delarue, K. Dudzinski, L. Hatch, J. Hildebrand, L. Hodge, H. Klinck, S. Kraus, B. Martin, D. K. Mellinger, H. Moors-Murphy, S. Nieukirk, D. Nowacek, S. Parks, A. Read, A. N. Rice, D. Risch, A. Širović, M. Soldevilla, K. Stafford, J. Stanistreet, E. Summers, S. Todd, A. Warde, and S. M. V. Parijs. 2017. Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014. Scientific Reports 7:13460.
• Wingfield, J. E., M. O’Brien, V. Lyubchich, J. J. Roberts, P. N. Halpin, A. N. Rice, H. Bailey. 2017. Year-round spatiotemporal distribution of harbour porpoises within and around the Maryland Wind Energy Area. PLoS ONE 12: e0176653.
• Rice, A. N., M. S. Soldevilla, J. A. Quinlan. 2017. Nocturnal patterns in fish chorusing off the coasts of Georgia and eastern Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 93: 455-474.
• Cooper, W.J., C. B. Carter, A. Smith, A. N. Rice, M. W. Westneat. 2017. The evolution of jaw protrusion mechanics has been tightly coupled to bentho-pelagic divergence in damselfishes (Pomacentridae). Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 652-666.
• McDonald, E. M., J. L. Morano, A. I. DeAngelis, A. N. Rice. 2017. Building time-budgets from bioacoustic signals to measure population-level changes in behavior: a case study with sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico. Ecological Indicators 72: 360-364.
• Rice, A. N., J. L. Morano, K. B. Hodge, C. A. Muirhead. 2016. Spatial and temporal patterns of toadfish and black drum chorusing activity in the South Atlantic Bight. Environmental Biology of Fishes 99: 705-716.
• Estabrook, B. J., D. Ponirakis, C. W. Clark, A. N. Rice. 2016. Widespread spatial and temporal extent of anthropogenic noise across the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico shelf ecosystem. Endangered Species Research 30: 267-282.
• Pasch, B., M. Z. Abbasi, M. Wilson*, D. Zhao*, J. B. Searle, M. S. Webster, and A. N. Rice. 2016. Cross-fostering alters advertisement vocalizations of grasshopper mice (Onychomys): Evidence for the developmental stress hypothesis. Physiology & Behavior 157:265-269.

• Salisbury, D. P., C. W. Clark, A. N. Rice. 2016. Right whale occurrence in the coastal waters of Virginia, U.S.A.: implications of endangered species presence in a rapidly developing energy market. Marine Mammal Science 32: 509-519.

• Hodge, K. B., C. A. Muirhead, J. L. Morano, C. W. Clark, A. N. Rice. 2015. North Atlantic right whale occurrence in two wind planning areas along the mid-Atlantic U.S. coast: implications for management. Endangered Species Research 28: 225–234. 
• Risch D., M. Castellote, C. W. Clark, G. Davis, P. J. Dugan, L. Hodge, A. Kumar, K. Lucke, D. K. Mellinger, S. Nieukirk, M. Popescu, C. Ramp, A. Read, A. N. Rice, M. A. Silva, U. Siebert, K. Stafford, H. Verdaat, S. M. Van Parijs. 2014. Seasonal and geographic variation in North Atlantic minke whale pulse train occurrence: Insights into migration patterns and winter distribution. Movement Ecology 2: 24. 

• Soldevilla, M. S., A. N. Rice, C. W. Clark, and L. P. Garrison. 2014. Passive acoustic monitoring on the North Atlantic right whale calving grounds. Endangered Species Research 25: 115-140.

• Staaterman, E., C. B. Paris, H. A. DeFerrari, D. A. Mann, A. N. Rice, and E. K. D’Alessandro. 2014. Celestial patterns in marine soundscapes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 508: 17-32.

• Murray, A., A. N. Rice, C. W. Clark. 2014. Extended seasonal occurrence of humpback whales in Massachusetts Bay. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 94: 1117-1125.

• McIver, E. L.*, M. A. Marchaterre, A. N. Rice, A. H. Bass. 2014. Novel underwater soundscape: acoustic repertoire of plainfin midshipman fish. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 2377-2389.

• Rice, A. N., K. J. Palmer, C. A. Muirhead, J. T. Tielens, and C. W. Clark. 2014. Potential Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) calls recorded in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 135:3066-3076.

• Rice, A. N., J. T. Tielens, B. J. Estabrook, C. A. Muirhead, A. Rahaman, M. Guerra, C. W. Clark. 2014. Variation of ocean acoustic environments along the Western North Atlantic coast: a case study in context of the right whale migration route. Ecological Informatics 21: 89-99.

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2022 Best Ichthyology Paper, 2023
• U.S. Department of Interior, Partners in Conservation Award, 2014
• Raney Fund Award, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2004

• Editor, Fish Sounds for FishBase.org, 2022-Present
• Editor, Endangered Species Research, 2020-Present
• Review Editor, Frontiers in Aquatic Physiology, 2011-Present
• Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC) marine mammal sub-committee member, 2021-Present
• Courtesy Faculty, Department of Biology Sciences, University of South Alabama, 2022-Present
• Courtesy Faculty, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Oregon State University, 2021-Present    
• Sigma Xi (Full Member)