Craig Radford

Professor Craig Radford at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Science specializes in Marine Science with a focus on sensory systems and underwater soundscapes. Holding a PhD from Auckland, MSc from Canterbury, and BSc from Waikato, his research examines sensory physiology in fish and crustaceans, vocal communication mechanisms, and anthropogenic sound impacts.

• Current teaching includes Marine 702 Techniques in Marine Science and BioSci 334 - The Biology of Marine Organisms
• Postgraduate supervision topics span lateral line function, multisensory processing, ontogenetic hearing changes, and ecoacoustic indices

His work on passive acoustic monitoring (149+ outputs) reveals trends in marine bioacoustics, particularly in shark hearing physiology, crustacean sound detection, and anthropogenic noise mitigation. Key collaborations exist with marine technologists and statisticians for developing machine learning boat classification systems and ecoacoustic biodiversity metrics.

Research extends to auditory evoked potential thresholds across elasmobranchs, shark sleep electrophysiology, and global soundscape synthesis projects. Current projects include analyzing recreational boat noise impacts in Hauraki Gulf and investigating directional hearing mechanisms in sharks using advanced bioimaging techniques.