The Sisneros Lab uses fishes as model systems to investigate
how auditory systems function and change across development, reproductive state, and environmental context.
 

Our research examines ontogenetic and hormone-dependent plasticity in auditory sensitivity, frequency tuning, and neural coding of communication signals, as well as the mechanisms fishes use to detect and localize underwater sounds.

More recently, we have expanded our work to study vibrational and substrate-borne sensing, exploring how fishes detect and interpret signals transmitted through the substrate and across the substrate–water interface. This research seeks to understand the roles of acoustic and vibrational cues in orientation, navigation, and communication, while also assessing how environmental factors such as substrate type, hydrodynamics, and anthropogenic noise influence signal transmission and perception.