Evolution and Variation
- L.D. Waldrop, Y. He, T.N. Peterman*, L.A. Miller. 2020. Uncertainty quantification as a method to infer physical constraints on parameters of pumping by valveless, tubular hearts. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17: 20200232. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, J.A. Rader. 2020. Melding Modeling and Morphology: A call for collaboration to address difficult questions about the evolution of form and function. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(5): 1188–1192. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, Y. He, T.L. Hedrick, J.A. Rader. 2020. Functional morphology of gliding flight I. Modeling reveals distinct performance landscapes based on soaring strategies. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(5): 1283–1296. Full text.
- J.A. Rader, T.L. Hedrick, Y. He, L.D. Waldrop. 2020. Functional morphology of gliding flight II. Morphology follows predictions of gliding performance. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(5): 1297–1308. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, Y. He, S. Khatri. 2018. What can computational modeling tell us about the diversity of odor-capture structures in the Pancrustacea? Journal of Chemical Ecology https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-018-1017-2. Full text.
Pumping by Valveless, Tubular Hearts
- L. He*, J.W. Cain, L.D. Waldrop. 2020. Modeling action potential reversals in tunicate hearts. Physical Review E 102(6): 062421. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, L.A. Miller. 2015. Large Amplitude Short Wave Peristalsis and Its Implications for Transport. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology 15(3): 629-642. Full text.
- A. Baird, L.D. Waldrop, L.A. Miller. 2015. Neuromechanical pumping: boundary flexibility and traveling depolarization waves drive flow within valveless, tubular hearts. Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics 32(3): 829–846. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, L.A. Miller. 2015. The role of the pericardium in the valveless, tubular heart of the tunicate, Ciona savignyi. Journal of Experimental Biology 218(17): 2753–2763. Full text.
Odor Capture by Crustaceans
- L.D. Waldrop, L.A. Miller, S. Khatri. 2016. A tale of two antennules: The performance of crab odor-capture organs in air and water. Royal Society Interface 13: 20160615. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2016.0615. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, M.A.R. Koehl. Do terrestrial hermit crabs sniff? Air flow and odorant capture by flicking antennules. 2016. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 13(114): 20150850. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0850. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, M.A. Reidenbach, M.A.R. Koehl. 2015. Flexibility of crab chemosensory hairs enables flicking antennules to sniff. Biological Bulletin 229(2): 185-198. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, M. Hann*, A. Henry*, A. Kim*, A. Punjabi*, M.A.R. Koehl. 2015. Ontogenetic changes in the olfactory antennules of the shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis, maintain sniffing function during growth. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12: 20141077. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, R.M. Bantay*, Q.V. Nguyen*. 2014. Scaling of olfactory antennae of the terrestrial hermit crabs Coenobita rugosus and Coenobita perlatus during ontogeny. PeerJ 2:e535. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop. 2013. Ontogenetic scaling of the olfactory antennae and flicking behavior of the shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis. Chemical Senses 38(6): 541-550. Full text.
Teaching
- L.D. Waldrop, L.A. Miller. 2015. Introduction to the symposium “Leading Students and Faculty to Quantitative Biology Through Active Learning”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55(5): 898-900. Full text.
- L.D. Waldrop, S. Adolph, E. Braley, C.G. Diniz Behn, J.A. Drew, J. Jungck, R. Full, L. Gross, B. Shtylla, L.A. Miller. 2015. Using active learning to teach concepts and quantitative methods is quantitative biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55(5): 933-948. Full text.
Other Projects
- T. Mandel, D.Z. Zhou, L.D. Waldrop, M. Theillard, D. Kleckner, S. Khatri. 2020. Retention of rising oil droplets in density stratification. Physical Review Fluids 5, 124803. Full text. Arxiv Preprint: http://arxiv.org/abs/1907.04440.
- A.C. Lohmann*, D.E. Evangelista, L.D. Waldrop, C. Mah, T.L. Hedrick. 2016. Covering ground: a look at movement patterns and random walk behavior in Aquilonastra sea stars. Biological Bulletin 231(2): 130–141. Full text.
* Undergraduate researcher