Dragonflies and damselflies as sentinels of cyanotoxins
Toxins produced by harmful blue-green algae, known as cyanotoxins, pose an escalating threat to freshwater ecosystems. Insects are vital components of freshwater ecosystems…
Research
Animal locomotion is remarkably diverse across species and complex within individuals. For most animals, movement is also crucial for survival, reproduction, and consumes a significant proportion of energy. Thus, the demands to move are reflected across morphology, physiology, and neurobiology. At the same time, the ways to measure locomotor abilities – performance (e.g., speed) and efficiency (e.g., cost of transport) – are well-defined. For these reasons, by studying animal locomotion, we not only gain insight into a charismatic and essential animal behavior; we gain a tractable system to dissect the details of evolution.
My research investigates how locomotor structures change through time (macroevolution), power movement in extant species (physiology & biomechanics), and are controlled in nature (neuroscience).
Ongoing projects
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