John Montgomery

About

Research: My core research is the sensory neuroethology of fish with contributions to our understanding of sensory processing and fish behavior driven by lateral-line flow-sensing, electrosense, and bioacoustics  (https://scholar.google.co.nz/citations?user=JbwdpzAAAAAJ&hl=en). Highlights include the demonstration that the lateral-line can mediate rheotaxis, the potential use of ambient sound as a navigational cue for reef fish larvae, and a mechanistic understanding of an adaptive filter that cancels self-induced noise in the electrosensory system of sharks.  This cerebellum-like adaptive filter represents an early stage of cerebellar evolution, prompting our book “Evolution of the Cerebellar sense of Self" co-authored with David Bodznick.  I also have strong collaborative links with bioengineering including a book on “Ocean Innovation – Biomimetics beneath the Waves”.