General Research Interests

My lab focuses on the evolution of biomechanical traits, the functional ecology and biomechanics of predator-prey interactions, and the ecomechanics of gecko adhesion. We are highly integrative and combine ecology, biomechanics, comparative evolutionary methods, and genomics. This naturally combines organismal approaches with sophisticated laboratory and field techniques (see below). We also utilize museum collections across the world, including those at the Museum Koenig (Bonn, Germany), the LA County Museum, the California Academy of Sciences, and others. Our fieldwork is conducted in a number of places, including the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre in British Columbia, Gobabeb Research & Training Centre in Namibia, Nouragues in French Guiana, and Alberta, Canada

Experimental Techniques