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- PhD Paleontology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Biology Stanford University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Christofer J. Clemente is an Australian scientist specialising in biomechanics. He is a Research Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland and in 2011 was awarded a grant of A$375,000 for "Design of a biologically inspired running and climbing robotic lizard" by the Australian Research Council.
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Published Works
- A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus (2009) (117)
- Pushing versus pulling: division of labour between tarsal attachment pads in cockroaches (2008) (114)
- Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing (2015) (78)
- Insect tricks: two-phasic foot pad secretion prevents slipping (2010) (75)
- Running faster causes disaster: trade-offs between speed, manoeuvrability and motor control when running around corners in northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) (2015) (59)
- Evidence for self-cleaning in fluid-based smooth and hairy adhesive systems of insects (2009) (53)
- Friction ridges in cockroach climbing pads: anisotropy of shear stress measured on transparent, microstructured substrates (2009) (51)
- Predicting the Movement Speeds of Animals in Natural Environments. (2015) (47)
- Evolutionary relationships of sprint speed in Australian varanid lizards (2009) (45)
- Form follows function: morphological diversification and alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants (2012) (45)
- Archipelagos of the Anthropocene: rapid and extensive differentiation of native terrestrial vertebrates in a single metropolis (2017) (44)
- Metabolic rate and endurance capacity in Australian varanid lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus) (2009) (43)
- Why go bipedal? Locomotion and morphology in Australian agamid lizards (2008) (43)
- Morphology and burrowing energetics of semi-fossorial skinks (Liopholis spp.) (2015) (42)
- A bio-robotic platform for integrating internal and external mechanics during muscle-powered swimming (2012) (34)
- The influence of speed and size on avian terrestrial locomotor biomechanics: Predicting locomotion in extinct theropod dinosaurs (2018) (34)
- Is body shape of varanid lizards linked with retreat choice (2008) (34)
- Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part III—Inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct theropods, and its evolution on the line to birds (2018) (33)
- Lizard tricks: overcoming conflicting requirements of speed versus climbing ability by altering biomechanics of the lizard stride (2013) (32)
- Enter the Dragon: The Dynamic and Multifunctional Evolution of Anguimorpha Lizard Venoms (2017) (31)
- How to build your dragon: scaling of muscle architecture from the world’s smallest to the world’s largest monitor lizard (2016) (30)
- Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part I—an examination of cancellous bone architecture in the hindlimb bones of theropods (2018) (30)
- Where Have All the Giants Gone? How Animals Deal with the Problem of Size (2017) (28)
- Evolution of limb bone loading and body size in varanid lizards (2011) (27)
- Foot pressure distributions during walking in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) (2016) (26)
- Built for rowing: frog muscle is tuned to limb morphology to power swimming (2013) (26)
- Speed and maneuverability jointly determine escape success: exploring the functional bases of escape performance using simulated games (2016) (26)
- THE EVOLUTION OF BIPEDAL RUNNING IN LIZARDS SUGGESTS A CONSEQUENTIAL ORIGIN MAY BE EXPLOITED IN LATER LINEAGES (2014) (24)
- Optimal running speeds when there is a trade‐off between speed and the probability of mistakes (2017) (23)
- Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part II—a new approach to inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct tetrapod vertebrates (2018) (20)
- Muscle function and hydrodynamics limit power and speed in swimming frogs (2013) (18)
- The private life of echidnas: using accelerometry and GPS to examine field biomechanics and assess the ecological impact of a widespread, semi-fossorial monotreme (2016) (18)
- Optimal Body Size with Respect to Maximal Speed for the Yellow-Spotted Monitor Lizard (Varanus panoptes; Varanidae) (2012) (18)
- Using step width to compare locomotor biomechanics between extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs and modern obligate bipeds (2017) (15)
- Moving in complex environments: a biomechanical analysis of locomotion on inclined and narrow substrates (2018) (15)
- How sexual and natural selection shape sexual size dimorphism: Evidence from multiple evolutionary scales (2019) (15)
- Using a biologically mimicking climbing robot to explore the performance landscape of climbing in lizards (2021) (13)
- The visual system of the Australian wolf spider Lycosa leuckartii (Araneae: Lycosidae): visual acuity and the functional role of the eyes (2010) (13)
- Body and tail-assisted pitch control facilitates bipedal locomotion in Australian agamid lizards (2018) (13)
- Jumping without slipping: leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) possess special tarsal structures for jumping from smooth surfaces (2017) (13)
- Mechanisms of self-cleaning in fluid-based smooth adhesive pads of insects (2012) (12)
- Series elasticity facilitates safe plantar flexor muscle–tendon shock absorption during perturbed human hopping (2021) (11)
- Balancing Biomechanical Constraints: Optimal Escape Speeds When There Is a Trade-off between Speed and Maneuverability. (2015) (11)
- Steady bipedal locomotion with a forward situated whole‐body centre of mass: the potential importance of temporally asymmetric ground reaction forces (2018) (10)
- Manganese contamination affects the motor performance of wild northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus). (2018) (10)
- Biomechanical insights into the role of foot pads during locomotion in camelid species (2020) (9)
- Two species, one snare: Analysing snare usage and the impacts of tiger poaching on a non-target species, the Malayan tapir (2019) (9)
- Not all urban landscapes are the same: interactions between urban land use and stress in a large herbivorous mammal. (2019) (8)
- Monitoring muscle over three orders of magnitude: Widespread positive allometry among locomotor and body support musculature in the pectoral girdle of varanid lizards (Varanidae) (2020) (8)
- Quantifying koala locomotion strategies: implications for the evolution of arborealism in marsupials (2019) (7)
- Understanding the limits to the hydraulic leg mechanism: the effects of speed and size on limb kinematics in vagrant arachnids (2021) (6)
- Determining the influence of muscle operating length on muscle performance during frog swimming using a bio-robotic model (2012) (6)
- Surface friction alters the agility of a small Australian marsupial (2018) (6)
- The effects of cracks on the quantification of the cancellous bone fabric tensor in fossil and archaeological specimens: a simulation study (2017) (6)
- Kinematics, maximal metabolic rate, sprint and endurance for a slow-moving lizard, the thorny devil (Moloch horridus) (2004) (5)
- VISUAL ACUITY OF THE SHEET-WEB BUILDING SPIDER BADUMNA INSIGNIS (ARANEAE, DESIDAE) (2005) (5)
- Multidimensional analyses of physical performance reveal a size‐dependent trade‐off between suites of traits (2018) (5)
- Higher than predicted endurance for juvenile goannas (Varanidae; Varanus) (2008) (3)
- Scaling of fibre area and fibre glycogen concentration in the hindlimb musculature of monitor lizards: implications for locomotor performance with increasing body size. (2022) (3)
- The scaling of ground reaction forces and duty factor in monitor lizards: implications for locomotion in sprawling tetrapods (2021) (3)
- Exploring the limits to turning performance with size and shape variation in dogs. (2022) (3)
- A bio-inspired robotic climbing robot to understand kinematic and morphological determinants for an optimal climbing gait (2021) (2)
- Tail base deflection but not tail curvature varies with speed in lizards: results from an automated tracking analysis pipeline. (2021) (2)
- Muscle architecture and shape changes in the gastrocnemii of active younger and older adults. (2021) (2)
- Quantifying finer-scale behaviours using self-organising maps (SOMs) to link accelerometery signatures with behavioural patterns in free-roaming terrestrial animals (2021) (2)
- The Mystery of a Marine Monster: Morphological and Performance Modifications in the World’s only Marine Lizard, the Galápagos Marine Iguana (2020) (1)
- Teaching evolutionary principles using games: escape speeds, performance and life history trade-offs (2017) (1)
- Metabolic rate and endurance capacity in Australian varanid lizards (2009) (1)
- Understanding Australia’s unique hopping species: a comparative review of the musculoskeletal system and locomotor biomechanics in Macropodoidea (2022) (1)
- Classifying relationships that define interactions between native and invasive species in Australian ecosystems (2022) (0)
- Adaptation of biomechanics in Australian arboreal varanids (2007) (0)
- Scaling of muscle architecture in arboreal and terrestrial Varanus lizards: from V. tristis to V. komodoensis (2015) (0)
- Biomechanical insights into the role of foot pads during locomotion in camelid species (2020) (0)
- Balancing biomechanical constraints when selecting movement speeds in natural environments. (2015) (0)
- Morphological and performance modifications in the world’s only marine lizard, the Galápagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus (2021) (0)
- Resting disparity in quoll semelparity: examining the sex-linked behaviours of wild roaming northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) during breeding season (2023) (0)
- How to build your dragon: scaling of muscle architecture from the world’s smallest to the world’s largest monitor lizard (2016) (0)
- Pushing and pulling: direction dependence of insect attachment structures (2008) (0)
- When dinosaurs walked the Earth they moved like modern birds (2017) (0)
- Ground reaction forces and muscle allometry in monitor lizards (Varanidae) with implications for the scaling of locomotion in sprawling tetrapods (2021) (0)
- Does individual quality mask the detection of performance trade-offs? A test using Australian northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) (2015) (0)
- Costs of too much sex: declines in performance for an Australian carnivorous marsupial across their intensive mating season (2016) (0)
- Lizards popping a wheelie: Bipedal running in Australian agamid lizards (2014) (0)
- Higher than predicted endurance for juvenile goannas (2008) (0)
- How scaling approaches can reveal fundamental principles in physiology and biomechanics. (2023) (0)
- Review for "Accidents alter animal fitness landscapes" (2020) (0)
- Sticking to the speed limits (2017) (0)
- Multilevel dynamic adjustments of geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus) climbing vertically: head-up versus head-down (2023) (0)
- Supplementary material from "Body and tail-assisted pitch control facilitates bipedal locomotion in Australian agamid lizards" (2018) (0)
- Surviving in the slow lane: speed and maneuverability jointly determine escape success (2014) (0)
- Data for: Two Species, One Snare: Analysing the impacts of Tiger poaching on a non-target species, the Malayan Tapir. (2019) (0)
- Sticking to the speed limits (2017) (0)
- power swimming Built for rowing: frog muscle is tuned to limb morphology to (2013) (0)
- Building the best sex addict: what are the morphological and performance bases of individual quality? (2015) (0)
- The secret life of echidnas reveals a world-class digger vital to our ecosystems (2016) (0)
- The influence of claw morphology on gripping efficiency (2023) (0)
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