Sheila N Patek
Professor of Biology
Education
Ph.D., Duke University 2001
Biewener, Andrew, and Sheila Patek. Animal Locomotion. Oxford University Press, 2018.
Biewener, A. A., and S. N. Patek. Animal locomotion, second edition, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198743156.001.0001. Full Text
Podos, J., and S. N. Patek. “Acoustic Signal Evolution: Biomechanics, Size, and Performance.” In Animal Signaling and Function: An Integrative Approach, 9780470546000:175–203, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118966624.ch7. Full Text
Patek, S. N., P. A. Green, and M. V. Rosario. “Internal Morphology.” In Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology: The Crustacea, edited by J. C. von Vauple Klein, M. Charmantier-Daures, and F. Schram, 4 Part A:202–16. Boston: Brill, 2013.
Patek, S. N., and J. R. A. Taylor. “Crustacean seismic communication: heard but not present?.” In The Use of Vibrations in Communication: Properties, Mechanisms andfunction across Taxa, edited by C. E. O. O’Connell-Rodwell, 9–23, 2010.
Patek, S. N., R. M. Feldmann, M. Porter, and D. Tshudy. “Phylogeny and Evolution.” In Lobsters: Biology, Management, Aquaculture and Fisheries, 113–45, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470995969.ch4. Full Text
Ilton, Mark, S. M. Cox, Thijs Egelmeers, Gregory P. Sutton, S. N. Patek, and Alfred J. Crosby. “The effect of size-scale on the kinematics of elastic energy release..” Soft Matter 15, no. 46 (November 2019): 9579–86. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sm00870e. Full Text
Longo, S. J., S. M. Cox, E. Azizi, M. Ilton, J. P. Olberding, R. St Pierre, and S. N. Patek. “Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems..” The Journal of Experimental Biology 222, no. Pt 15 (August 9, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.197889. Full Text
Sutton, G. P., E. Mendoza, E. Azizi, S. J. Longo, J. P. Olberding, M. Ilton, and S. N. Patek. “Why don't large animals exclusively use springs to jump? Because they can jump higher without them..” Integrative and Comparative Biology, August 9, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz145. Full Text
Farley, G. M., M. J. Wise, J. S. Harrison, G. P. Sutton, C. Kuo, and S. N. Patek. “Adhesive latching and legless leaping in small, worm-like insect larvae..” The Journal of Experimental Biology 222, no. Pt 15 (August 8, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.201129. Full Text
Patek, S. N. “The power of mantis shrimp strikes: interdisciplinary impacts of an extreme cascade of energy release..” Integrative and Comparative Biology, July 15, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz127. Full Text
Green, P. A., M. J. McHenry, and S. N. Patek. “Context-dependent scaling of kinematics and energetics during contests and feeding in mantis shrimp..” The Journal of Experimental Biology 222, no. Pt 7 (April 4, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.198085. Full Text
Crane, R. L., S. M. Cox, S. A. Kisare, and S. N. Patek. “Smashing mantis shrimp strategically impact shells..” The Journal of Experimental Biology 221, no. Pt 11 (June 14, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.176099. Full Text
Ilton, Mark, M Saad Bhamla, Xiaotian Ma, Suzanne M. Cox, Leah L. Fitchett, Yongjin Kim, Je-Sung Koh, et al. “The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems..” Science (New York, N.Y.) 360, no. 6387 (April 2018). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao1082. Full Text
Patek, S. N., and Sarah J. Longo. “Evolutionary Biomechanics: The Pathway to Power in Snapping Shrimp..” Current Biology : Cb 28, no. 3 (February 2018): R115–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.033. Full Text
Green, P. A., and S. N. Patek. “Mutual assessment during ritualized fighting in mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda)..” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 285, no. 1871 (January 2018). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2542. Full Text
Pages
Harrison, J. S., M. L. Porter, M. J. Mchenry, H. E. Robinson, and S. N. Patek. “Scaling of elastic mechanisms: the tiny strikes of larval mantis shrimp.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59:E330–E330. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2019.
Munoz, M. M., S. N. Patek, and Martha Munoz. “Biomechanics as a Pacemaker for Evolutionary Diversity.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59:E165–E165. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2019.
Farley, G. M., C. N. Bedore, and S. N. Patek. “Rapid hydrostatic tentacle protrusion in cuttlefish.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59:E311–E311. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2019.
Jorge, J. F., J. S. Harrison, P. S. Manos, and S. N. Patek. “Biomechanics of ballistic seed dispersal in the witch hazel (Hamamelis).” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59:E115–E115. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2019.
Patek, S. N. “The power of extreme movement: evolution, behavior, and biomechanics of mantis shrimp strikes.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59:E180–E180. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2019.
Muñoz, Martha M., Y. Hu, Philip S. L. Anderson, and S. N. Patek. “Strong biomechanical relationships bias the tempo and mode of morphological evolution..” In Elife, Vol. 7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37621. Full Text
Jorge, J., A. Kumar, G. Sutton, and S. N. Patek. “Tick-Tock Tiny Impacts: A Novel Pendulum Mechanism for Measuring the Energetics of Trap-Jaw Ant Strikes.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58:E347–E347. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2018.
Temel, F. Z., G. P. Sutton, S. N. Patek, and R. J. Wood. “Trap-jaw ant-inspired jaw-jumping mechanisms explore energetics of insect jumping.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58:E231–E231. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2018.
Farley, G. M., J. S. Harrison, M. J. Wise, G. P. Sutton, and S. N. Patek. “Leaping larvae: hydrostatic jumpers at the mm-scale.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58:E61–E61. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2018.
Green, P. A., and S. N. Patek. “Communication and Combat: The Function of Ultrafast, Ritualized Striking in Mantis Shrimp.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58:E81–E81. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2018.
Pages
Patek, S. N. “Engineering Animals: How Life Works.” Quarterly Review of Biology. University of Chicago Press, n.d.
Selected Grants
Evolutionary Mechanics of Impulsive Biological Systems: Guiding Scalable Synthetic Design awarded by Army Research Office (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2020
CAREER: The Evolutionary Mechanics of Rapid Movement awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2013 to 2019
MURI: Evolutionary Mechanics of Impulsive Biological Systems: Guiding Scalable Synthetic Design awarded by Army Research Office (Principal Investigator). 2016
Doctoral Dissertation: Sound Production in Spiny Lobsters (Palinuridai): Morphological Constraints and the Evolution... awarded by National Science Foundation (PI-Fellow). 1999 to 2001