Dr. Aaron N. Rice is Principal Ecologist at the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University. His research primarily focuses on using conservation technology to understand the ecology and evolution of acoustic communication in aquatic vertebrates, and how bioacoustics can provide actionable conservation and management information for mitigating impacts to vulnerable species and ecosystems. He leads a global research program focused on bioacoustic and ecological analyses of marine animals in diverse projects around the world. In 2014, he was awarded the Partners in Conservation Award from the U.S. Department of Interior for using bioacoustic approaches in protected species’ population assessments. While most of his research efforts are on fish and whales, he has current grants and bioacoustics publications on birds, amphibians, rodents, and soundscapes. He has published over 100 papers, book chapters and technical reports, and has secured over $36M in extramural funding. He is a Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, a faculty member in Cornell’s Graduate Field in Natural Resources and the Environment, a research faculty member in Cornell’s Department of Public and Ecosystem health and has courtesy faculty appointments at Oregon State University and the University of South Alabama.  He is an editor at the journals Ecology and Endangered Species Research. He serves on multiple advisory panels at the intersection of marine natural resource management and offshore energy development. Dr. Rice has a B.S. from Davidson College, a Master's from the Boston University Marine Program, a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and did his postdoc at Cornell