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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]