James A. Simmons

Brown University (Rhode Island)

Participates in 3 items

James A. Simmons is a pioneer in the field of biosonar. His research includes behavioral and neurophysiological studies of sound processing in the echolocating bat. From the time he began graduate research in the late 1960s to the present, he has been in the forefront of bat echolocation research. Simmons was honored as a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in 1996 and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2000. He was awarded the ASA's second Silver Medal in Animal Bioacoustics in 2005. His current position is Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Brown University.

Sessions in which James A. Simmons participates

Wednesday 4 July, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

James Simmons: Now What is it like to be a bat?

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Université du Québec à Montréal - DS-R510

Talk

Lars Chittka, Queen Mary University of London (Moderator)

James A. Simmons, Brown University (Rhode Island) (Participant)

4:00 PM

PANEL 8: Social Space

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal - DS-R510

Panel

Mélanie Guigueno, McGill University (Moderator)

James A. Simmons, Brown University (Rhode Island) (Participant)

Debbie Kelly, University of Manitoba (Participant)

Steve Phelps, Phelps Lab, University of Texas (Participant)

Thursday 5 July, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

4:00 PM

PANEL 9: The Invertebrate Mind

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Université du Québec à Montréal - DS-R510

Panel

Lars Chittka, Queen Mary University of London (Participant)

Jennifer Mather, University of Lethbridge (Other Participant)

James A. Simmons, Brown University (Rhode Island) (Moderator)

Reuven Dukas, McMaster University (Participant)

Adam Shriver, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics (Participant)