Animal Locomotion: Physical Principles and Adaptations

About John J. VidelerJohn O. DabiriMalcolm S. GordonReinhard Blickhan

Malcolm S. Gordon is Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Univ of California Los Angeles. His research focus on functional morphology biomechanics kinematics and hydrodynamics of swimming in fishes using different methods of locomotion. Reinhard Blickhan is Professor in Sport Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. John O. Dabiri is a professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty in 2015 he was Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering at Caltech where he also served as Chairman of the Faculty and Dean of Undergraduate Students. His research focuses on science and technology at the intersection of fluid mechanics energy and environment and biology. Recent honors for this work include a MacArthur Fellowship an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Popular Science magazine named him one of its Brilliant 10 scientists in 2008. For his research in bio-inspired wind energy Bloomberg Businessweek magazine listed him among its Technology Innovators in 2012 and MIT Technology Review magazine named him one of its 35 innovators under 35 in 2013. In 2014 he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. John J. Videler is Emeritus Professor at Leiden University & Groningen University