David J. Perkel, PhD

	David J. Perkel, PhD Professor Biology, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery perkel@uw.edu
Additional Titles:	Co-Director Graduate Program in Neuroscience Adjunct Professor Physiology and Biophysics
Research Interests:	Neural mechanisms of vocal learning and production
Primary Methodologies:	Electrophysiological, neuroanatomical and behavioral approaches
Work Summary:	We study the neural mechanisms of vocal learning in songbirds, which learn their songs in a process resembling the learning of speech in humans.