Dr. Higgs is currently an associate professor and head of the Department of Biology at the University of Windsor. Before coming to Windsor, he worked in collaboration with Dr. Arthur N. Popper at the University of Maryland. Before Maryland, he was at the University of Arizona for a postdoc on olfaction in Xenopus laevis with Dr. Gail Burd and before that was at the University of Texas, Marine Science Institute for his Ph.D. in Marine Science with Dr. Lee A. Fuiman.

Low, J. and Higgs, D.M. 2014. Sublethal effects of cadmium on auditory structure and function in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Fish Physiol. Biochem. 2014:1-13. Soares, D., Niemiller, M.L., and Higgs, D.M. 2014. Hearing and acoustic communication in cavefishes. Ambient Science. 1:1-6. Invited review. Wiper, M.L. Britton, S., and Higgs, D.M. 2014 Early experience and reproductive morph both affect brain morphology in adult male Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Can. J. Fish. Aq. Sci. DOI:10.1139/cjfas-2013-0624. Lehnert, S.J., Love, O.P. Pitcher, T.E., Higgs, D.M. and Heath, D.D. 2014 Multigenerational outbreeding effects in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Genetica. DOI:10.1007/s10709-014-9774-5. Zeyl J.N., Love O.P. and Higgs D.M. 2014 Evaluating gonadosomatic index as an estimator of reproductive condition in the invasive round goby, Neogobius melanostomus. J. Great Lakes Res. 40:164-171. Cott, P.A., A. Hawkins, D. Zeddies, B. Martin, T. Johnston, J. Reist, J. Gunn, and D. Higgs. 2014. Song of the burbot: under-ice acoustic signalling by a freshwater gadoid fish. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 40:435-440. Isabella-Valenzi L. and Higgs, D.M. 2013. Sex- and state-dependent attraction of round gobies, Neogobius melanostomus, to conspecific calls. Behaviour 22:1509-1530. Radford, C.A., Montgomery, J.C., Caiger, P., Johnston, P., Lu, J. and Higgs, D.M. (2013). A novel hearing specialization in the New Zealand bigeye, Pempheris adspersa. Biol. Lett. 9, 21020163. Niemiller, M.L., Higgs, D.M. and Soares, D. (2013). Evidence for hearing loss in amblyopsid cavefishes. Biol. Lett. In Press. Cott, P.A., Johnston, T.A. Gunn, J.M. and Higgs, D.M.(2013). Hearing sensitivity of the burbot. Trans Am. Fish. Soc. In Press. Zeyl J.N., Love O.P. and Higgs D.M. (2013). Condition-dependent auditory processing in the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus): links to sex, reproductive condition, and female estrogen levels. J. exp. Biol. 216:1075-1084. Falica, B. and D.M. Higgs (2013) Paternal genetic effects on offspring swimming performance vary with age of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Evol. Biol. DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9217-0 Higgs, D.M. and C.A. Radford (2013). The contribution of the lateral line to “hearing” in fish. J. exp. Biol. doi:10.1242/jeb.078816. Humphrey, S.R., Zhao, Y. & Higgs, D.M. (2012) The effects of water currents on walleye (Sander vitreus) eggs and larvae and implications for the early survival of walleye in Lake Erie. Can. J. Fish. Aq. Sci. 69:1959-1967 Radford C.A., Montgomery, J.C., Caiger, P. & Higgs, D.M. (2012) Pressure and particle motion detection thresholds in fish: a re-examination of salient auditory cues in teleosts. J. Exp. Biol 215:3429-3435 P.A. Cott, D A Mann, D M Higgs, T A Johnston, and J M Gunn. (2012) Assessing Disturbance from Under-ice Noise on Fishes in Boreal Lakes. Popper, A. N. and Hawkins, A. eds. Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York. Pp. 363-366 Cervi, A.L., Poling, K.R., and Higgs, D.M. (2012). Behavioural and physiological measures of frequency detection and discrimination in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Zebrafish 9:1-7. Feature Article Kasurak, A.K., B.S. Zielinski, and D.M. Higgs. (2012). Reproductive status influences multisensory integration responses in female round gobies, Neogobius melanostomus. Animal Behaviour 83:1179-1185. Wright, K, D.M Higgs, and J. Leis. (2011) Ontogenetic and interspecific variation in hearing ability in marine fish larvae. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 424:1-13. Feature Article Bronnenhuber, J.E., Dufour B.A., Higgs D.M., Heath, D.D. (2011) Dispersal strategies, secondary range expansion, and invasion genetics of the non-indigenous round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, in Great Lakes tributaries. Molecular Ecology. 20:1845-1859. Feature Article. Tierney, K, A. Kasurak, B. Zielinski, D. Higgs (2011) The swimming performance and energetics of an epibenthic invasive fish, the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus). Environ. Biol. Fish 92:491-502. K. J. Wright, D. M. Higgs, D. H. Cato, and J. M. Leis. (2010) Auditory sensitivity in settlement-stage larvae of coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs. 29:235-243. Belanger, A.J., Bobeica, I. and Higgs, D.M. (2010). The effect of stimulus type and background noise on hearing abilities of the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus). J. Fish Biol. 77:1488-1504 Rollo, A and D. Higgs (2008) Differential response specificity and localization in the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus). Animal Behaviour. 75:1903-1912. Wright, K, D.M Higgs, and J. Leis. (2008) Auditory and olfactory abilities of larvae of the Indo-Pacific Coral Trout Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Serranidae) at settlement. J. Fish Biol. 72:2543-2556.