@HighamLab

Professor at UC Riverside studying the biomechanics and functional ecology of geckos, fishes, and snakes. Getting into ultramarathons. 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸

 Riverside, CA
biomechanics.ucr.edu
Joined May 2014
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Check out this great summary of everything geckos! True Facts: Geckos youtu.be/W0JbIKPE9mc?si=zqZP… via @YouTube

True Facts: Geckos

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New paper on how largemouth bass modulate their kinematics when feeding aerially #fish #fishing @royalsociety @ucr_eeob_gsa @UCRCNAS royalsocietypublishing.org/d…

Fish alter locomotor and feeding kinematics to capture aerial prey

Abstract. Although most fishes feed exclusively in water, some are capable of leaping into the air to capture flying, suspended or perched prey. Whereas so

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Jimmy Liao@LabLiao28 Oct 2025
We are hiring!!! The Whitney Laboratory invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level as part of a broader strategic investment in Technology Driven Discovery in Marine Bioscience. Details at: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/j…
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As part of the upcoming 2nd edition of Fish Biomechanics, our chapter on the ecology and biomechanics of locomotion and feeding in fishes is now available sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @LabLiao #fish #biomechanics #ecology
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Read this year's JEB Special issue, Integrating Biomechanics, Energetics and Ecology in Locomotion, Edited by Andrew Biewener and Alan Wilson breaking down traditional boundaries between the fields of locomotion biomechanics, energetics and ecology journals.biologists.com/jeb/…
A screenshot of the cover of the 2025 Journal of Experimental Biology Special Issue. The top line of the cover says 'Volume 228 (Suppl 1) February 2025'. The journal title, 'Journal of Experimental Biology' is below. The image (covering the bottom 4/5 of the cover), by Emily Bennitt, University of Botswana, shows a zebra in the Okavango Delta, northern Botswana, wearing a collar developed to capture stride-by-stride mechanics and energetics of predator–prey interactions. The text, 'Special Issue Integrating Biomechanics, energetics and ecology in locomotion' is in the top half of the image. Beneath is the text, 'Guest Editors: Andrew A. Biwener and Alan M. Wilson'. The Company of Biologists 100 logo is in the bottom left-hand corner of the cover image.

ALT A screenshot of the cover of the 2025 Journal of Experimental Biology Special Issue. The top line of the cover says 'Volume 228 (Suppl 1) February 2025'. The journal title, 'Journal of Experimental Biology' is below. The image (covering the bottom 4/5 of the cover), by Emily Bennitt, University of Botswana, shows a zebra in the Okavango Delta, northern Botswana, wearing a collar developed to capture stride-by-stride mechanics and energetics of predator–prey interactions. The text, 'Special Issue Integrating Biomechanics, energetics and ecology in locomotion' is in the top half of the image. Beneath is the text, 'Guest Editors: Andrew A. Biwener and Alan M. Wilson'. The Company of Biologists 100 logo is in the bottom left-hand corner of the cover image.

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Excited to see our review/perspective paper come out on dynamic adhesion during running in geckos . @J_Exp_Biol @EeobUcr @UCR_ScienceNews @UCRiverside #gecko journals.biologists.com/jeb/…

Geckos running with dynamic adhesion: towards integration of ecology, energetics and biomechanics

Summary: We propose a set of lab and field experiments to further investigate adhesively assisted gecko locomotion, which is controlled by a hierarchical system including muscles, vascular tissue,...

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New paper on the link between maximum frictional adhesion and maximum running performance in geckos (in nature). @J_Exp_Biol @UCR_ScienceNews @UCRCNAS #gecko journals.biologists.com/jeb/…
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I will probably be spending more time over at #bluesky - check us out - bsky.app/profile/highamlab.b…
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Check out this new paper about how fish miss during predatory attacks! @EeobUcr @J_Exp_Biol #fish @UCRCNAS @UCR_ScienceNews
Seth Shirazi@sethshirazi14 Nov 2024
My first publication! doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247814 How do fish miss their strikes? With an unparalleled sample size, we found that misses were primarily due to the distance from which a fish initiates its strike, making timing (not biomechanics) the main factor of failure. @J_Exp_Biol
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Our department at @UCRiverside is hiring an Ecologist! Open to any area of ecology. Join us! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01983
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nytimes.com/2024/07/08/scien… @UCRiverside @UCR_ScienceNews @EeobUcr @ecomorph #SharkWeek #shark

Fearsome Sharks of Today Evolved When Ancient Oceans Got Hot (Published 2024)

More than 100 million years ago, scientists say, warming seas and reduced oxygen may have sent some sharks higher into the water column, where they evolved to be fierce and hungry.

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How sharks survived a major spike in Earth’s temperature news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/0…

How sharks survived a major spike in Earth’s temperature

The sharks we know today as the open ocean’s top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers during a dramatic episode of global warming millions of years ago.

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New paper about the rise of pelagic sharks in the Cretaceous. Warm water, faster swimming, and increased pectoral fin aspect ratios. cell.com/current-biology/ful… @UCR_ScienceNews #shark #sharkscience #evolution @EeobUcr @CurrentBiology

The rise of pelagic sharks and adaptive evolution of pectoral fin morphology during the Cretaceous

Sternes et al. use an integrative approach to show that sharks first expanded to the pelagic zone during the Cretaceous, linked with adaptive evolution of their pectoral fin shape. The mid-Cretaceo...

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Excited to share our new paper in press at @SICB_ describing #toepad development in #Hemidactylus #geckos! #GeckoEvoDevo #Embryology #SEM Collab w: @tony_gamble1, @AshmikaBehere, @HighamLab, & @ThSanger Lab academic.oup.com/icb/advance…
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Interested in palaeo & #ancientDNA. I'm advertising a 3 yr @MarsdenFund postdoc @Zoology_Otago disentangling competing sources of morphological variation in #fossil record of geckos & skinks from #NewZealand & #NewCaledonia. Apply here (otago.taleo.net/careersectio…) #FossilFriday 1/2
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Can't wait for the upcoming Canadian Society of Zoologists ( @csz_scz ) meeting in Moncton! May 6th to 10th. Submit your abstract! It's always a fantastic conference cszsczmoncton2024.com/#/
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A bit of traction in the news: cnn.com/2024/01/22/world/meg…
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New study proposes an updated reconstruction of #Megalodon as even longer (but slimmer) than previously thought. This longer body may have also enabled a more efficient digestive system to power this massive icon of #paleontology. Full #OpenAccess Paper: doi.org/10.26879/1345
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Our paper about Megalodon body shape just came out. Our approach suggests that they were a bit more slender than previously thought. palaeo-electronica.org/conte… #UCR @UCR_ScienceNews @EeobUcr
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Please share: I’m recruiting a postdoc (2-years) to start in my lab Fall 2024. My lab studies Functional Morphology and Macroevolution (mostly of fishes). More info: edwardburress.com/prospectiv…
Lab logo design by Amy Cheu (@BasiliskosArt)

ALT Lab logo design by Amy Cheu (@BasiliskosArt)

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Illustrations by Rene Martin (@lampichthys)

ALT Illustrations by Rene Martin (@lampichthys)

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