Katie Willis

Rank/Title

Lecturer

Degrees and Institutions

Ph.D., Neuroscience & Cognitive Sciences, University of Maryland
BS, Zoology, University of Oklahoma

Research Areas

Evolutionary neurobiology
Neuroethology

Research Interests

I am full-time teaching faculty. My research background is in evolutionary neurobiology and neuroethology. I specifically focused on sound localization using turtles as my model system.

Recent/Significant Publications

Capshaw, G., Willis, K. L., Han, D., & Bierman, H. S. (2021). Chapter 7—Reptile sound production and perception. In C. S. Rosenfeld & F. Hoffmann (Eds.), Neuroendocrine Regulation of Animal Vocalization (pp. 101–118). Academic Press.

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815160-0.00007-4

Willis, K. L., & Carr, C. E. (2017). A circuit for detection of interaural time differences in the nucleus laminaris of turtles. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(22), 4270–4281.

https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.164145

Willis, K. L., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., & Carr, C. E. (2013). Auditory brain stem processing in reptiles and amphibians: Roles of coupled ears. Insights from Comparative ….

https://doi.org/10.1007/2506_2013_24

Willis, K. L., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Ketten, D. R., & Carr, C. E. (2013). Middle Ear Cavity Morphology Is Consistent with an Aquatic Origin for Testudines. PLoS ONE, 8(1), e54086.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054086.t002

Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Brandt, C., Willis, K. L., Christensen, C. B., Ketten, D., Edds-Walton, P., Fay, R. R., Madsen, P. T., & Carr, C. E. (2012). Specialization for underwater hearing by the tympanic middle ear of the turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279(1739), 2816–2824.