Bozovic Lab

Publications

2026

Sound masking strategies for interference with mosquito hearing
Justin Faber, Alexandros Alampounti, Marcos Georgiades, Joerg Albert, and Dolores Bozovic
Chaos, Volume 36, 073137
Estimating free parameters in stochastic oscillatory models using a weighted cost function
Joseph Marcinik, Dzmitry Vaido, and Dolores Bozovic
Physical Review Research, Volume 8, Issue 1, 013342
Localization and frequency resolution in antennal hearing of insects
Justin Faber, Alexandros Alampounti, Marcos Georgiades, Joerg Albert, and Dolores Bozovic
Physical Review Research, Volume 8, Issue 1, 013145
Optical imaging of sub-cellular fluctuations within hair cells
Martín Toderi, Dzmitry Vaido, and Dolores Bozovic
Biophysical Reports, Volume 6, Issue 1, 100253
Efferent control of hair cells mechanically coupled by artificial membranes
Martín Toderi, Gabriela Muñoz-Hernandez, Justin Faber, and Dolores Bozovic
Scientific Reports, Volume 16, 1594

2025

A mosquito-inspired theoretical framework for acoustic signal detection
Justin Faber, Alexandros Alampounti, Marcos Georgiades, Joerg Albert, and Dolores Bozovic
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 36, e2500938122
On spontaneous oscillations of hair bundles in the amphibian papilla
Dzmitry Vaido, Martín Toderi, and Dolores Bozovic
Hearing Research, Volume 460, 109238

2024

Neural control and innate self-tuning of the hair cell's active process
Charles Metzler-Winslow, Martín Toderi, and Dolores Bozovic
Biophysical Journal, Volume 123, Issue 20, 3550
Review of chaos in hair-cell dynamics
Justin Faber and Dolores Bozovic
Frontiers in Neurology, Volume 15, 1444617
Comparing parameter-reduction methods on a biophysical model of an auditory hair cell
Joseph Marcinik, Martín Toderi, and Dolores Bozovic
Physical Review Research, Volume 6, Issue 3, 033121
Criticality and chaos in auditory and vestibular sensing
Justin Faber and Dolores Bozovic
Scientific Reports, Volume 14, Issue 1, 13073

2022

Vestibular drop attacks and Meniere's disease as results of otolithic membrane damage—A numerical model
Nicholas Senofsky, Justin Faber, and Dolores Bozovic
Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Volume 24, 107
Efferent activity controls hair cell response to mechanical overstimulation
Chia-Hsi Jessica Lin and Dolores Bozovic
eNeuro, Volume 9, Issue 4, ENEURO.0198-22.2022

2021

Chimera states and frequency clustering in systems of coupled inner-ear hair cells
Justin Faber and Dolores Bozovic
Chaos, Volume 31, 073142
Synchronization and chaos in systems of coupled inner-ear hair cells
Justin Faber, Hancheng Li, and Dolores Bozovic
Physical Review Research, Volume 3, 013266
Dynamics of mechanically coupled hair-cell bundles of the inner ear
Yuttana Roongthumskul, Justin Faber, and Dolores Bozovic
Biophysical Journal, Volume 120, Issue 2, 205–216

2020

Effects of efferent activity on hair bundle mechanics
Chia-Hsi Jessica Lin and Dolores Bozovic
Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 40, Issue 12, 2390–2402

2019

Chaotic dynamics enhance the sensitivity of inner ear hair cells
Justin Faber and Dolores Bozovic
Scientific Reports, Volume 9, 18394
Active biomechanics of sensory hair cells
Dolores Bozovic
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine: Function and Dysfunction of the Cochlea, Volume 9, a035014, 27–39
Noise-induced chaos and signal detection by the nonisochronous Hopf oscillator
Justin Faber and Dolores Bozovic
Chaos, Volume 29, 043132
Noise-induced distortion of the mean limit cycle of nonlinear oscillators
Janaki Sheth, Dolores Bozovic, and Alex Levine
Physical Review E, Volume 99, 062124

2018

Molding the asymmetry of localized frequency-locking waves by a generalized forcing and implications to the inner ear
Yuval Edri, Dolores Bozovic, Ehud Meron, and Arik Yochelis
Physical Review E, Volume 98, 020202
Nonequilibrium limit-cycle oscillators: Fluctuations in hair bundle dynamics
Janaki Sheth, Sebastiaan Meenderink, Patricia Quiñones, Dolores Bozovic, and Alex Levine
Physical Review E, Volume 97, 062411
Amphibian sacculus and the forced Kuramoto model with intrinsic noise and frequency dispersion
Seung Ji, Dolores Bozovic, and Robijn Bruinsma
Physical Review E, Volume 97, 042411
Chaotic dynamics of inner ear hair cells
Justin Faber and Dolores Bozovic
Scientific Reports, Volume 8, 3366

2016

High-order synchronization of hair cell bundles
Michael Levy, Adrian Molzon, Jae-Hyun Lee, Ji-wook Kim, Jinwoo Cheon, and Dolores Bozovic
Scientific Reports, Volume 6, 39116
Frequency locking in hair cells: distinguishing between additive and parametric forcing
Yuval Edri, Dolores Bozovic, and Arik Yochelis
Europhysics Letters, Volume 116, Issue 2, 28002

2015

Synchronization of spontaneous active motility of hair cell bundles
Tracy-Ying Zhang, Seung Ji, and Dolores Bozovic
PLoS ONE, Volume 10, Issue 11, e0141764
Voltage-mediated control of spontaneous bundle oscillations in saccular hair cells
Sebastiaan Meenderink, Patricia Quiñones, and Dolores Bozovic
Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 35, Issue 43, 14457–14466
Mechanical amplification exhibited by quiescent saccular hair bundles
Yuttana Roongthumskul and Dolores Bozovic
Biophysical Journal, Volume 108, Issue 1, 53–61

2014

Phase-locked spiking of inner ear hair cells and the Driven Noisy Adler Equation
Roie Shlomovitz, Yuttana Roongthumskul, Seung Ji, Dolores Bozovic, and Robijn Bruinsma
Interface Focus, Volume 4, Issue 6, 20140022
Magnetic nanoparticles for ultrafast mechanical control of inner ear hair cells
Jae-Hyun Lee, Ji-wook Kim, Michael Levy, Albert Kao, Seung-hyun Noh, Dolores Bozovic, and Jinwoo Cheon
ACS Nano, Volume 8, Issue 7, 6590–6598

2013

Low-frequency entrainment of bursts in oscillatory hair cells
Roie Shlomovitz, Lea Fredrickson-Hemsing, Albert Kao, Sebastiaan Meenderink, Robijn Bruinsma, and Dolores Bozovic
Biophysical Journal, Volume 104, Issue 8, 1661–1669
Phase slips in oscillatory hair bundles
Yuttana Roongthumskul, Roie Shlomovitz, Robijn Bruinsma, and Dolores Bozovic
Physical Review Letters, Volume 110, Issue 14, 148103
Mechanical overstimulation of hair bundles: suppression and recovery of active motility
Albert Kao, Sebastiaan Meenderink, and Dolores Bozovic
PLoS ONE, Volume 8, Issue 3, e58143

2012

Mode-locking dynamics of hair cells of the inner ear
Lea Fredrickson-Hemsing, Seung Ji, Robijn Bruinsma, and Dolores Bozovic
Physical Review E, Volume 86, 021915
Dynamics of freely oscillating and coupled hair cell bundles under mechanical deflection
Lea Fredrickson-Hemsing, Clark Elliott Strimbu, Yuttana Roongthumskul, and Dolores Bozovic
Biophysical Journal, Volume 102, Issue 8, 1785–1792
Coupling and elastic loading affect the active response by the inner ear hair cell bundles
Clark Elliott Strimbu, Lea Fredrickson-Hemsing, and Dolores Bozovic
PLoS ONE, Volume 7, Issue 3, e33862

2011

Magnetic actuation of hair cells
David Rowland, Yuttana Roongthumskul, Jae-Hyun Lee, Jinwoo Cheon, and Dolores Bozovic
Applied Physics Letters, Volume 99, Issue 19, 193701
Multiple-timescale dynamics underlying spontaneous oscillations of saccular hair bundles
Yuttana Roongthumskul, Lea Fredrickson-Hemsing, Albert Kao, and Dolores Bozovic
Biophysical Journal, Volume 101, Issue 3, 603–610

2010

Effects of the somatic ion channels upon spontaneous mechanical oscillations in hair bundles of the inner ear
Damien Ramunno-Johnson, Clark Elliott Strimbu, Albert Kao, Lea Fredrickson-Hemsing, and Dolores Bozovic
Hearing Research, Volume 268, Issue 1–2, 163–171
Dynamic state and evoked motility in coupled hair bundles of the bullfrog sacculus
Clark Elliott Strimbu, Albert Kao, Josh Tokuda, Damien Ramunno-Johnson, and Dolores Bozovic
Hearing Research, Volume 265, Issue 1–2, 38–45

2009

Correlated movement of hair bundles coupled to the otolithic membrane in the bullfrog sacculus
Clark Elliott Strimbu, Damien Ramunno-Johnson, Lea Fredrickson, Katsushi Arisaka, and Dolores Bozovic
Hearing Research, Volume 256, Issue 1–2, 58–63
Distribution of frequencies of spontaneous oscillations in hair cells of the bullfrog sacculus
Damien Ramunno-Johnson, Clark Elliott Strimbu, Lea Fredrickson, Katsushi Arisaka, and Dolores Bozovic
Biophysical Journal, Volume 96, Issue 3, 1159–1168