Professor in EEOB at UC Riverside 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸 Comparative Biomechanics 🏃🏻‍♂️ | Ecomechanics 🌲 | Functional Morphology 🦴 | Comparative Physiology 💪 | Adhesion | Herpetology 🦎🐍 | Icththyology 🐟 🐡🦈|https://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.social/post/3me25jwsguc2kFrom Tiny Spines to Sticky Toes: What <i>Cyrtodactylus</i> Geckos Can Tell Us about the Evolution of Stickiness in Lizards https://www.anoleannals.org/2026/02/03/from-tiny-spines-to-sticky-toes-what-cyrtodactylus-geckos-can-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-stickiness-in-lizards/04 Feb 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:vbddwvh65aiukelp3nux2usf/app.bsky.feed.post/3me25jwsguc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.social/post/3lzqtntps7c2zAs part of the upcoming 2nd edition of Fish Biomechanics (co-edited with @georgelauder.bsky.social ), our chapter on the ecology and biomechanics of locomotion and feeding in fishes is now available https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1546509825000081 #fish #biomechanics #ecology26 Sep 2025 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:vbddwvh65aiukelp3nux2usf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqtntps7c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.social/post/3lkgtpmgmqc2mGreat opportunity for a Vertebrate Paleontologist - Collections Manager at the Los Angels County Museum. https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=2fc0a355-012e-4bef-9c85-724ae074a06a&ccId=19000101_000001&lang=en_US&source=EN&selectedMenuKey=CareerCenter&jobId=93429615 Mar 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:vbddwvh65aiukelp3nux2usf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkgtpmgmqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.social/post/3ljykq5lzek2xNew collaborative paper on the biology of megalodon. @ucriverside.bsky.social @scinews.bsky.social #shark #paleontology https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025/5450-biology-of-otodus-megalodon10 Mar 2025 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:vbddwvh65aiukelp3nux2usf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljykq5lzek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.social/post/3lioz2a2xds2lVery excited for our new review paper (with Tony Russell) on gecko adhesion, locomotion, and ecomechanics. This stemmed from the JEB symposium last year. @jexpbiol.bsky.social @ucriverside.bsky.social #gecko #ecomechanics #adhesion https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/228/Suppl_1/JEB247980/365537/Geckos-running-with-dynamic-adhesion-towards21 Feb 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:vbddwvh65aiukelp3nux2usf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lioz2a2xds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.social/post/3lfde6mx3rk2oExcited to see this paper finally come out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social - I found that frictional adhesion predicts maximum acceleration (but not speed) in nature in a rock-dwelling gecko from Namibia. #gecko @ucriverside.bsky.social https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/228/1/jeb247906/364957/Frictional-adhesion-of-geckos-predicts-maximum?guestAccessKey=88eb143b-6f9d-4d6a-851a-38f3813cb4af09 Jan 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:vbddwvh65aiukelp3nux2usf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfde6mx3rk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.social/post/3lerw2khamk2cI look forward to catching up with friends and colleagues at #sicb2025. Our lab will be giving 3 talks. The first will be given by Erik Axlid (Jan 4th, 8:30am): The effects of flow on prey capture in largemouth bass. #fish02 Jan 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:vbddwvh65aiukelp3nux2usf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lerw2khamk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.social/post/3lehltrzcns2lThe lab is excited for SICB!!! Check out this talk by Marina on Saturday!! #gecko #sicb2025 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Dec 2024 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:vbddwvh65aiukelp3nux2usf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lehltrzcns2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/highamlab.bsky.social/post/3lcl4o3khdk23Super excited for my PhD student's (Seth Shirazi) first manuscript - investigating the drivers of failed strikes in stickleback @jexpbiol.bsky.social #fish @ucriverside.bsky.social https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/22/jeb247814/36298705 Dec 2024 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:vbddwvh65aiukelp3nux2usf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcl4o3khdk23