Looking for a graduate program? Trying to figure out how some
weird critter does what it does? This list is by no means exhaustive,
but it does give an idea of the breadth of topics covered by researchers
in the field of comparative biomechanics.
If I am missing your lab or you don't want to be on the list
please drop me an email or submit a link at the bottom of the
page.
Biomechanics/Functional Morphology
Labs
Vertebrates
Miriam
Ashley-Ross
functional morphology, biomechanics
Kellar
Autumn
gecko biomechanics
Andy
Biewener
terrestrial locomotion, muscle function
Beth
Brainerd
evolution of complex mechanical systems - Respiration
Dennis
Bramble
locomotor-respiratory integration
David
Carrier
locomotion and vertebrate evolution
M.
Edwin DeMont
Biomaterials, biofluid dynamics
Ken
Dial
bird flight
Eliot
Drucker
Experimental hydrodynamics of fish locomotion
Robert
Dudley
Biomechanics and evolution of flight
Greg
Erickson
biomechanics, dinosaurs, teeth, and bone
Frank
E. Fish
aquaic locomotion, cetacean biomechanics
Steve
Gatesy
Bird flight, dinosaur locomotion, fossils and recent
vertebrate anatomy
Lara
Ferry-Graham
feeding/ecology interactions in aquatic vertebrates
Alice
Gibb
feeding in fishes
Gary Gillis
Terrestrial locomotion and muscle function
Melina
Hale
neurophysiology
L.
Patricia Hernandez
biomechanics of larval fishes
Sue
Herring
functional morphology of skull ontogeny
Bruce
Jayne
lizard locomotion
Ghassan
Kassab
Blood vessel dynamics and modelling of tissue
Rodger
Kram
Animal locomotion
Duncan
Irschick
ecology/locomotion interactions
George
Lauder
aquatic locomotion
John
Long
Aquatic locomotion
Jimmy
McGuire
Flying lizards, ecology, evolution and systematics
Rachel
Merz
invertebrate locomotion and force production
Philip
Motta
Functional morphology of sharks
Jim
O'Reilly
burrowing, scaling and feeding
D.
Ann Pabst
cetacean biomechanics
Steve
Reilly
Tetrapod locomtion
Margaret
Rubega
biomechanics of shorebirds
Laurie
Sanderson
Filter feeding in fishes
Chris
Sandford
Functional morphology and evolution of fish
feeding
Bob
Shadwick
Biomechanics of muscle and tendon
Sharon
Swartz
bat biomechanics, bone biomechanics
Bret
Tobalske
Field and lab investigations of bird flight
Jeff
Walker
Fish locomotion and morphology
Peter
Wainwright
evolution of aquatic feeding and pectoral
locomotion
Mark
Westneat
evolution of labrid fishes - locomotion/feeding
Cheryl
Wilga
Functional morphology of sharks
Invertebrates
Tom
Daniel
muscle cell mechanics, unsteady flow: swimming
animals
Mark
Denny
biomechanics of intertidal organisms
Mike
Dickinson
insect flight
Robert
Dudley
insect flight
Walter
Federle
Adhesion, ant-plant interactions
Bob
Full
invertebrate locomotion - robotics
John
Gosline
Tissue and fiber biomechanics
Cheryl
Hayashi
Evolution and material properties of silks
Sönke
Johnsen
vision, transparency
Bill Kier
suction and elongation
Mimi
Koehl
Biomechancs of small, aquatic organisms
Mike
LaBarbara
Molluscs - extinct and extand. Muscle function.
Plant Biomechanics
Karl
Niklas
air flow, solid mecahnics, fluid transport
Missy
Holbrook
root and vine mechanics
Other Cool Biomechanics
Sites
Steve
Deban
Feeding in tetrapods (awesome movies)
Nate
Kley
How blind snakes eat little things fast
Matt
McHenry
Undulatory locomotion
Friends and Collaborators
Kevin
Jansen
Ecology and population biology of reptiles
and amphibians
Nate
Lovejoy
Phylogenetics, biogeography and the evolution
of fishes
Shawn
Kutchta
Ecology, systematics, and population biology
of California Salamanders
Chris
Lowe
Ecology, physiology and life history of sharks
and rays.
Javier
Rodriguez-Robles
Phylogenetics, biogeography and natural history
of reptiles
David
Wake
Evolution of salamanders
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