Shivani Hariharan

Hechavarria Lab · PhD student

• shivani.hariharan (at) esi-frankfurt.de
• Deutschordenstr. 46 · 60528 Frankfurt am Main · Germany

Research statement

My research interests lie in understanding how neural circuits, particularly in the frontal auditory field, auditory cortex, and inferior colliculus, enable bats to adapt echolocation in noisy environments, focusing on feedforward and feedback loops in vocalization control. I am also intrigued by cortical organoids and aim to study their functions and connectivity.

Key publication

Hariharan S, González-Palomares E, Babl S, López-Jury L, Hechavarría JC (2024). Cerebellar activity predicts vocalization in fruit bats. Current Biology 34(21), 5112-5119.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.033