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Selected publications/preprints

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The tree cricket ear is a highly phase sensitive biomechanical interferometer.
(2025) E Celiker, GP Sutton, N Mhatre
bioRxiv, 2025.10. 28.684507


Spontaneous otocoherence of the active ear
SNS Peacock, V Vencovský, RE Whiley, N Mhatre, C Bergevin
bioRxiv, 2025.11. 14.687084


Reliable reconstruction of cricket song from biophysical models and preserved specimens
(2025) Ryan Weiner, Sarah Duke, Gabriella Simonelli, Nathan Bailey and Natasha Mhatre
Royal Soc Open Sci. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251005


The ground offers acoustic efficiency gains for crickets and other calling animals
(2023) Erin E Brandt, Sarah Duke, Honglin Wang, Natasha Mhatre
PNAS. https://doi-org/10.1073/pnas.2302814120


Biomechanical origins of proprioceptor feature selectivity and topographic maps in the Drosophila leg
(2023) Akira Mamiya, Pralaksha Gurung, Igor Siwanowicz, Anne Sustar, Chenghao Chen, Jasper S Phelps, Aaron T Kuan, Alexandra Pacureanu, Wei-Chung Allen Lee, Natasha Mhatre, John C Tuthill
Neuron. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.07.009


Reconstruction of sound driven, actively amplified and spontaneous motions within the tree cricket auditory organ
(2021) N Mhatre, JB Dewey, PM Quiñones, A Mason, BE Applegate, and JS Oghalai
BiorXiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.14.468538

Overtone focusing in biphonic Tuvan throat singing
(2020) C Bergevin, C Narayan, J Williams, N Mhatre, J Steeves, JGW Bernstein, and B Story
eLife, 9:e50476 doi: 10.7554/eLife.50476

Posture controls mechanical tuning in the black widow spider mechanosensory system
(2019) [Preprint] N Mhatre, S Sivalinghem and A Mason
BiorXiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/484238

Tree crickets optimize the acoustics of the acoustics of baffles to exaggerate their mate attraction signals
(2017) N Mhatre, R Malkin, R Deb, R Balakrishnan, and D Robert.

eLife. 6.e32763: DOI: 10.7554/eLife.32763

Stay tuned: active amplification tunes tree cricket ears to track temperature-dependent song frequency.
(2016) N Mhatre, G Pollack, and A Mason.

Biology Letters. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0016, 12(4), 20160016.

Active amplification in insect ears: mechanics, models and molecules.
(2015) N Mhatre.

Journal of Comparative Physiology A. DOI: 10.1007/s00359-014-0969-0 201(1), 19-37.

A tympanal insect ear exploits a critical oscillator for active amplification and tuning.
(2013) N Mhatre and D Robert.

Current Biology. 23(19), 1952-1957.

Changing resonator geometry to boost sound power decouples size and song frequency in a small insect.
(2012) N Mhatre, F Montealegre-Z, R Balakrishnan, D Robert.

PNAS. 109(22) E1444-E1452, [Cover: Issue 22, May 29 2012]
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