Jona Hartling

Jona Hartling is a researcher in the Neuroethology group at the Institute for Neurobiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen.

Her research investigates sensory mechanisms in acoustic communication, focusing on how signal properties convey species identity and how neural processing extracts signals from noisy environments. Using grasshoppers as a model system, she develops physiologically inspired computational models for species-specific song detection, transforming auditory signals through known processing stages into high-dimensional feature spaces where species-specific clusters emerge.

Experimental work includes building custom microphone arrays to test signal detectability across distances and field recordings of local Orthoptera species near Tübingen. She maintains ecological observation maps and develops Python-based analytical tools, emphasizing direct interaction with natural systems alongside computational approaches.