Audra Ames

I am currently a graduate student in the Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition Lab at the University of Southern Mississippi. I have always been fascinated with marine mammals, but as a child, I would have never dreamed of being in the field I am in now. I am a lover of all things related to bioacoustics, or how living organisms produce and process sound, but I am really passionate about understanding the communications of whales and dolphins. I am currently finishing up my Master's thesis on whistle production by a bottlenose dolphin mother and her calf, and moving on to study beluga communication for my dissertation project.

February 2016