Sheila N Patek | Scholars@Duke

Sheila N Patek
Associate Professor of Biology

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013

Contact Information

014 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
snp2@duke.edu (919) 613-8306
http://www.thepateklab.org/

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Duke University 2001
Duke Appointment History
- Scholar in Residence in Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013
Recognition
In the News
- APR 26, 2018
  
  Why a Robot Can't Yet Outjump a Flea
- JAN 17, 2018
  
  Mantis Shrimp Size Each Other Up Before Ceding a Fight
- MAY 31, 2016
  
  Why Do Research for the Sake of Knowing?
- MAY 26, 2016 PBS NewsHour
  
  Sheila Patek: Why research for the pure sake of knowing is enough
- APR 15, 2016 The Huffington Post
  
  Here’s what happened when a group of scientists went to confront their congressional tormentors
- APR 15, 2016
  
  Professor Patek Goes to Washington, Talks Up Research
- APR 5, 2016 Duke Magazine
  
  The Benefits of 'Strange Science'
- DEC 7, 2015 Duke Research Blog
  
  Is Mantis Shrimp Research a Waste of Money? How 'Wastebook' Misses the Big Picture
- SEP 23, 2015 Duke Research Blog
  
  Fisticuffs Among the Mantis Shrimp
- SEP 23, 2015 The Atlantic
  
  Mantis shrimps avoid deadly fights by pummeling each other
- AUG 7, 2015 Wired
  
  The ant that blasts itself out of danger with its face
- JUL 17, 2015 National Geographic
  
  Sheila Patek: Ant-Man's real-life rivals
- JUN 18, 2015 Science News
  
  How mantis shrimps spar
- FEB 27, 2015
  
  How Mantis Shrimp Evolved Many Shapes with Same Powerful Punch
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
Research
Selected Grants
- Evolutionary Mechanics of Impulsive Biological Systems: Guiding Scalable Synthetic Design awarded by Army Research Office 2015 - 2020
- CAREER: The Evolutionary Mechanics of Rapid Movement awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2019
- MURI: Evolutionary Mechanics of Impulsive Biological Systems: Guiding Scalable Synthetic Design awarded by Army Research Office 2016
- Doctoral Dissertation: Sound Production in Spiny Lobsters (Palinuridai): Morphological Constraints and the Evolution... awarded by National Science Foundation 1999 - 2001
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Biewener, A, and Patek, S. Animal Locomotion. : Oxford University Press, March 22, 2018.
  - Biewener, AA, and Patek, SN. Animal locomotion, second edition. January 1, 2018. Full Text
- Academic Articles
  - Green, PA, McHenry, MJ, and Patek, SN. "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). Full Text
  - Crane, RL, Cox, SM, Kisare, SA, and Patek, SN. "Smashing mantis shrimp strategically impact shells." The Journal of Experimental Biology 221, no. Pt 11 (June 14, 2018). Full Text
  - Ilton, M, Bhamla, MS, Ma, X, Cox, SM, Fitchett, LL, Kim, Y, Koh, J-S, Krishnamurthy, D, Kuo, C-Y, Temel, FZ, Crosby, AJ, Prakash, M, Sutton, GP, Wood, RJ, Azizi, E, Bergbreiter, S, and Patek, SN. "The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems." Science (New York, N.Y.) 360, no. 6387 (April 2018). Full Text
  - Patek, SN, and Longo, SJ. "Evolutionary Biomechanics: The Pathway to Power in Snapping Shrimp." Current Biology : Cb 28, no. 3 (February 2018): R115-R117. Full Text
  - Green, PA, and Patek, SN. "Mutual assessment during ritualized fighting in mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda)." Proceedings. Biological Sciences 285, no. 1871 (January 2018). Full Text
  - Liu, F, Chavez, RL, Patek, SN, Pringle, A, Feng, JJ, and Chen, C-H. "Asymmetric drop coalescence launches fungal ballistospores with directionality." Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 14, no. 132 (July 2017). Full Text
  - Patek, SN, and Summers, AP. "Invertebrate biomechanics." Current biology : CB 27, no. 10 (May 2017): R371-R375. Full Text
  - Muñoz, MM, Anderson, PSL, and Patek, SN. "Mechanical sensitivity and the dynamics of evolutionary rate shifts in biomechanical systems." Proceedings. Biological sciences 284, no. 1847 (January 2017). Full Text
  - McHenry, MJ, Anderson, PSL, Van Wassenbergh, S, Matthews, DG, Summers, AP, and Patek, SN. "The comparative hydrodynamics of rapid rotation by predatory appendages." The Journal of Experimental Biology 219, no. Pt 21 (November 2016): 3399-3411. Full Text
  - Rosario, MV, Sutton, GP, Patek, SN, and Sawicki, GS. "Muscle-spring dynamics in time-limited, elastic movements." Proceedings. Biological Sciences 283, no. 1838 (September 2016). Full Text
  - Anderson, PSL, Smith, DC, and Patek, SN. "Competing influences on morphological modularity in biomechanical systems: a case study in mantis shrimp." Evolution & Development 18, no. 3 (May 2016): 171-181. Full Text
  - Kagaya, K, and Patek, SN. "Feed-forward motor control of ultrafast, ballistic movements." The Journal of Experimental Biology 219, no. Pt 3 (February 2016): 319-333. Full Text
  - Green, PA, and Patek, SN. "Contests with deadly weapons: telson sparring in mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda)." Biology Letters 11, no. 9 (September 2015): 20150558-null. Full Text
  - Patek, SN. "The most powerful movements in biology." American Scientist 103, no. 5 (September 1, 2015): 330-337. Full Text
  - Rosario, MV, and Patek, SN. "Multilevel analysis of elastic morphology: The mantis shrimp's spring." Journal of Morphology 276, no. 9 (September 2015): 1123-1135. Full Text
  - Anderson, PSL, and Patek, SN. "Mechanical sensitivity reveals evolutionary dynamics of mechanical systems." Proceedings. Biological Sciences 282, no. 1804 (April 2015): 20143088-null. Full Text
  - Patek, SN. "The Most Powerful Movements in Biology." AMERICAN SCIENTIST 103, no. 5 (2015): 28-35. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN. "Materials science. Biomimetics and evolution." Science (New York, N.Y.) 345, no. 6203 (September 2014): 1448-1449. Full Text
  - Anderson, PSL, Claverie, T, and Patek, SN. "Levers and linkages: mechanical trade-offs in a power-amplified system." Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 68, no. 7 (July 2014): 1919-1933. Full Text
  - Blanco, MM, and Patek, SN. "Muscle trade-offs in a power-amplified prey capture system." Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 68, no. 5 (May 2014): 1399-1414. Full Text
  - Cox, SM, Schmidt, D, Modarres-Sadeghi, Y, and Patek, SN. "A physical model of the extreme mantis shrimp strike: kinematics and cavitation of Ninjabot." Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 9, no. 1 (March 2014): 016014-null. Full Text
  - Blanco, MM, and Patek, SN. "Muscle trade-offs in a power-amplified prey capture system." Evolution 68, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 1399-1414. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, and Mendoza Blanco, M. "The evolution of muscle in a power-amplified prey capture system." Evolution 68, no. 5 (2014): 1399-1414.
  - Claverie, T, and Patek, SN. "Modularity and rates of evolutionary change in a power-amplified prey capture system." Evolution 67, no. 11 (November 1, 2013): 3191-3207. Full Text
  - Irschick, DJ, Albertson, RC, Brennan, P, Podos, J, Johnson, NA, Patek, S, and Dumont, E. "Evo-devo beyond morphology: from genes to resource use." Trends in ecology & evolution 28, no. 5 (May 2013): 267-273. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, Rosario, MV, and Taylor, JRA. "Comparative spring mechanics in mantis shrimp." The Journal of Experimental Biology 216, no. Pt 7 (April 2013): 1317-1329. Full Text
  - DeVries, MS, Murphy, EAK, and Patek, SN. "Research article: Strike mechanics of an ambush predator: the spearing mantis shrimp." Journal of Experimental Biology 215, no. 24 (December 1, 2012): 4374-4384. Full Text
  - deVries, MS, Murphy, EAK, and Patek, SN. "Strike mechanics of an ambush predator: the spearing mantis shrimp." The Journal of Experimental Biology 215, no. Pt 24 (December 2012): 4374-4384. Full Text
  - McHenry, MJ, Claverie, T, Rosario, MV, and Patek, SN. "Gearing for speed slows the predatory strike of a mantis shrimp." The Journal of Experimental Biology 215, no. Pt 7 (April 2012): 1231-1245. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, deVries, MS, and Murphy, EAK. "Sit-and-wait predation: behavior and biomechanics of the "spearing" mantis shrimp." The Journal of experimental biology 215, no. 24 (2012): 4374-4384.
  - Staaterman, ER, Clark, CW, Gallagher, AJ, Claverie, T, de Vries, MS, and Patek, SN. "Acoustic ecology of the California mantis shrimp (Hemisquilla californiensis)." Adv Exp Med Biol 730 (2012): 165-168. Full Text Link to Item
  - Staaterman, ER, Clark, CW, Gallagher, AJ, de Vries, MS, Claverie, T, and Patek, SN. "Rumbling in the benthos: Acoustic ecology of the California mantis shrimp Hemisquilla californiensis." Aquatic Biology 13, no. 2 (September 19, 2011): 97-105. Full Text
  - Stillman, JH, Denny, M, Padilla, DK, Wake, MH, Patek, S, and Tsukimura, B. "Grand opportunities: strategies for addressing grand challenges in organismal animal biology." Integrative and comparative biology 51, no. 1 (July 2011): 7-13. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, Dudek, DM, and Rosario, MV. "From bouncy legs to poisoned arrows: elastic movements in invertebrates." The Journal of Experimental Biology 214, no. Pt 12 (June 2011): 1973-1980. Full Text
  - Claverie, T, Chan, E, and Patek, SN. "Modularity and scaling in fast movements: power amplification in mantis shrimp." Evolution 65, no. 2 (February 2011): 443-461. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Nowroozi, BN, Baio, JE, Caldwell, RL, and Summers, AP. "Erratum: Linkage mechanics and power amplification of the mantis shrimp's strike (Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (3677-3688))." Journal of Experimental Biology 213, no. 22 (November 1, 2010): 3941-null. Full Text
  - Taylor, JRA, and Patek, SN. "Ritualized fighting and biological armor: the impact mechanics of the mantis shrimp's telson." J Exp Biol 213, no. Pt 20 (October 15, 2010): 3496-3504. Full Text Link to Item
  - Staaterman, ER, Claverie, T, and Patek, SN. "Disentangling defense: The function of spiny lobster sounds." Behaviour 147, no. 2 (January 1, 2010): 235-258. Full Text
  - Zack, TI, Claverie, T, and Patek, SN. "Elastic energy storage in the mantis shrimp's fast predatory strike." J Exp Biol 212, no. Pt 24 (December 2009): 4002-4009. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Shipp, LE, and Staaterman, ER. "The acoustics and acoustic behavior of the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus)." J Acoust Soc Am 125, no. 5 (May 2009): 3434-3443. Full Text Link to Item
  - Blanco, MMA, and Patek, SN. "Muscle mechanics in mantis shrimp." Integrative and Comparative Biology 49 (February 1, 2009): E272-E272. Link to Item
  - Claverie, T, and Patek, SN. "Force transmission versus speed amplification in a four bar linkage mechanism: counterintuitive results in the mantis shrimps strike." INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 49 (February 2009): E33-E33. Link to Item
  - Spagna, JC, Patek, SN, and Suarez, AV. "Polymorphic trap-jaws: intra- and interspecific scaling of jaw forces in trap-jaw ants." INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 49 (February 2009): E160-E160. Link to Item
  - Staaterman, ER, Claverie, T, and Patek, SN. "Antipredator startle signal of the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus)." INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 49 (February 2009): E162-E162. Link to Item
  - Zack, TI, Claverie, T, and Patek, SN. "Elastic energy storage and the mantis shrimps powerful predatory strike." INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 49 (February 2009): E330-E330. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Shipp, LE, and Staaterman, E. "Anti-predator acoustics in the marine environment: sound production in the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus)." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 125, no. 5 (2009): 3434-3443.
  - Spagna, JC, Vakis, AI, Schmidt, CA, Patek, SN, Zhang, X, Tsutsui, ND, and Suarez, AV. "Phylogeny, scaling, and the generation of extreme forces in trap-jaw ants." The Journal of Experimental Biology 211, no. Pt 14 (July 2008): 2358-2368. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, Nowroozi, BN, Baio, JE, Caldwell, RL, and Summers, AP. "Linkage mechanics and power amplification of the mantis shrimp's strike." The Journal of Experimental Biology 210, no. Pt 20 (October 2007): 3677-3688. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, and Baio, JE. "The acoustic mechanics of stick slip friction in the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus)." J Exp Biol 210, no. Pt 20 (October 2007): 3538-3546. Full Text Link to Item
  - Baio, JE, Serafin, S, and Patek, SN. "Acoustic mechanics of stick and slip friction in California spiny lobsters (Panulirus interruptus)." INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 46 (December 2006): E167-E167. Link to Item
  - Shipp, LE, and Patek, SN. "Two sides to sound production: behavior and pulse patterns in spiny lobsters." INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 46 (December 2006): E250-E250. Link to Item
  - Spagna, JC, Patek, SN, Vakis, AI, and Suarez, AV. "Extreme forces and jaw size variation in trap-jaw ants." INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 46 (December 2006): E134-E134. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Baio, JE, Fisher, BL, and Suarez, AV. "Multifunctionality and mechanical origins: ballistic jaw propulsion in trap-jaw ants." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, no. 34 (August 21, 2006): 12787-12792. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, and Caldwell, RL. "The stomatopod rumble: Low frequency sound production in Hemisquilla californiensis." Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 39, no. 2 (June 1, 2006): 99-111. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, and Caldwell, RL. "Extreme impact and cavitation forces of a biological hammer: strike forces of the peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus." The Journal of Experimental Biology 208, no. Pt 19 (October 2005): 3655-3664. Full Text
  - Pringle, A, Patek, SN, Fischer, M, Stolze, J, and Money, NP. "The captured launch of a ballistospore." Mycologia 97, no. 4 (July 2005): 866-871. Full Text
  - McHenry, MJ, and Patek, SN. "The evolution of larval morphology and swimming performance in ascidians." Evolution 58, no. 6 (June 2004): 1209-1224. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Korff, WL, and Caldwell, RL. "Deadly strike mechsanism of a mantis shrimp." Nature 428, no. 6985 (April 22, 2004): 819-820. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, Korff, WL, and Caldwell, RL. "Biomechanics: deadly strike mechanism of a mantis shrimp." Nature 428, no. 6985 (April 2004): 819-820. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, and Oakley, TH. "Comparative tests of evolutionary trade-offs in a palinurid lobster acoustic system." Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 57, no. 9 (September 2003): 2082-2100. Full Text
  - Goldman, JA, and Patek, SN. "Two sniffing strategies in palinurid lobsters." The Journal of Experimental Biology 205, no. Pt 24 (December 2002): 3891-3902.
  - Goldman, JA, and Patek, SN. "Two sniffing strategies in palinurid lobsters." JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 205, no. 24 (December 2002): 3891-3902. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN. "Squeaking with a sliding joint: mechanics and motor control of sound production in palinurid lobsters." J Exp Biol 205, no. Pt 16 (August 2002): 2375-2385. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN. "Squeaking with a sliding joint: mechanics and motor control of sound production in palinurid lobsters." JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 205, no. 16 (August 2002): 2375-2385. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN. "Squeaking with a sliding joint: Mechanics and motor control of sound production in palinurid lobsters." Journal of Experimental Biology 205, no. 16 (2002): 2375-2385.
  - Patek, SN. "Spiny lobsters stick and slip to make sound." Nature 411, no. 6834 (May 2001): 153-154. Full Text
  - Patek, SN. "'Stick and slip': A novel mechanism of sound production in spiny lobsters (Palinuridae)." AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST 39, no. 5 (1999): 57A-57A. Link to Item
  - Brainerd, EL, and Patek, SN. "Vertebral column morphology, C-start curvature, and the evolution of mechanical defenses in tetraodontiform fishes." Copeia , no. 4 (December 30, 1999): 971-984. Full Text
  - Colson, DJ, Patek, SN, Brainerd, EL, and Lewis, SM. "Sound production during feeding in Hippocampus seahorses (Syngnathidae)." ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES 51, no. 2 (February 1998): 221-229. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patek, SN. "Extreme power output and ultrafast movements in biology (In preparation)." American scientist .
- Book Sections
  - Podos, J, and Patek, SN. "Acoustic Signal Evolution: Biomechanics, Size, and Performance." In Animal Signaling and Function: An Integrative Approach, 175-203. January 20, 2015. Full Text
  - Patek, SN, Green, PA, and Rosario, MV. "Internal Morphology." In Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology: The Crustacea, edited by JC von Vauple Klein, M Charmantier-Daures, and F Schram, 202-216. Boston: Brill, 2013. (Essay)
  - Patek, SN, and Taylor, JRA. "Crustacean seismic communication: heard but not present?." In The Use of Vibrations in Communication: properties, mechanisms and function across taxa, edited by CEO O'Connell-Rodwell, 9-23. 2010. (Essay)
  - Patek, SN, Feldmann, RM, Porter, M, and Tshudy, D. "Phylogeny and Evolution." In Lobsters: Biology, Management, Aquaculture and Fisheries, 113-145. January 1, 2006. Full Text
- Other Articles
  - Patek, SN. "Engineering Animals: How Life Works." Quarterly Review of Biology 88, no. 1: 49-50. (Review)
- Conference Papers
  - Farley, GM, Bedore, CN, and Patek, SN. "Rapid hydrostatic tentacle protrusion in cuttlefish." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). Tampa, FL. January 3, 2019 - January 7, 2019.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2019. Link to Item
  - Harrison, JS, Porter, ML, Mchenry, MJ, Robinson, HE, and Patek, SN. "Scaling of elastic mechanisms: the tiny strikes of larval mantis shrimp." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). Tampa, FL. January 3, 2019 - January 7, 2019.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2019. Link to Item
  - Jorge, JF, Harrison, JS, Manos, PS, and Patek, SN. "Biomechanics of ballistic seed dispersal in the witch hazel (Hamamelis)." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). Tampa, FL. January 3, 2019 - January 7, 2019.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2019. Link to Item
  - Munoz, MM, Patek, SN, and Munoz, M. "Biomechanics as a Pacemaker for Evolutionary Diversity." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). Tampa, FL. January 3, 2019 - January 7, 2019.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2019. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN. "The power of extreme movement: evolution, behavior, and biomechanics of mantis shrimp strikes." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). Tampa, FL. January 3, 2019 - January 7, 2019.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2019. Link to Item
  - Muñoz, MM, Hu, Y, Anderson, PSL, and Patek, SN. "Strong biomechanical relationships bias the tempo and mode of morphological evolution." August 9, 2018. Full Text
  - Farley, GM, Harrison, JS, Wise, MJ, Sutton, GP, and Patek, SN. "Leaping larvae: hydrostatic jumpers at the mm-scale." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). San Francisco, CA. January 3, 2018 - January 7, 2018.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Green, PA, and Patek, SN. "Communication and Combat: The Function of Ultrafast, Ritualized Striking in Mantis Shrimp." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). San Francisco, CA. January 3, 2018 - January 7, 2018.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Jorge, J, Kumar, A, Sutton, G, and Patek, SN. "Tick-Tock Tiny Impacts: A Novel Pendulum Mechanism for Measuring the Energetics of Trap-Jaw Ant Strikes." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). San Francisco, CA. January 3, 2018 - January 7, 2018.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Sutton, GP, Kuo, CY, Temel, FZ, and Wood, RJ. "Elastic energy delivery and power amplification of trap-jaw ant strikes." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). San Francisco, CA. January 3, 2018 - January 7, 2018.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Temel, FZ, Sutton, GP, Patek, SN, and Wood, RJ. "Trap-jaw ant-inspired jaw-jumping mechanisms explore energetics of insect jumping." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB). San Francisco, CA. January 3, 2018 - January 7, 2018.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, March 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Crane, RL, Kisare, SA, and Patek, SN. "Strategic strikes: how mantis shrimp crack open different prey." March 2017. Link to Item
  - Green, PA, and Patek, SN. "Mantis shrimp use ritualized sparring as an aggressive signal in escalated contests." March 2017. Link to Item
  - Kisare, SA, Crane, RL, and Patek, SN. "3D printed models reveal morphological features that cue mantis shrimp strike locations." March 2017. Link to Item
  - Kuo, CY, Ruta, A, Thompson, C, and Patek, SN. "Extreme asymmetry in the energy transfer rate of trap-jaw ant mandibles." March 2017. Link to Item
  - Munoz, MM, Anderson, PSL, Patek, SN, and Munoz, M. "Mantis shrimp reveal the evolutionary dynamics of mechanical sensitivity in form-function relationships." March 2017. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Azizi, M, Bhamla, MS, Ilton, M, Kim, Y, Koh, J, Kuo, J, Ma, X, Prakash, M, Sutton, GP, and Temel, Z. "Extreme power amplification in biological systems." March 2017. Link to Item
  - Rosario, MV, Sutton, GP, Patek, SN, and Sawicki, GS. "The springs of time-limited bullfrog jumps and slow-preparation grasshopper leaps are tuned to their muscle dynamics." March 2017. Link to Item
  - Anderson, PSL, and Patek, SN. "Mechanical redundancy, mechanical sensitivity and constraint in the evolution of the mantis shrimp raptorial appendage." April 2015. Link to Item
  - Crane, RL, and Patek, SN. "Where to strike a snail: smashing strategy of mantis shrimp." April 2015. Link to Item
  - Green, PA, and Patek, SN. "Ultrafast weapons in mantis shrimp: winners of fights strike more frequently, not with greater force." April 2015. Link to Item
  - Cox, SM, and Patek, SN. "Does cavitation limit the speed of mantis shrimp?." 2014. Link to Item
  - Kagaya, K, and Patek, SN. "Motor control of an ultrafast spring-driven movement in smashing mantis shrimp." 2014. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Devries, MS, and Murphy, EAK. "What is fast?." April 2013. Link to Item
  - Rosario, MV, Dumont, ER, and Patek, SN. "Shrimp springs: how shape affects strength in energy storage." April 2013. Link to Item
  - Rosario, MV, Patek, SN, and Dumont, ER. "Comparing elastic energy structures in mantis shrimp using finite element analysis." March 2011. Link to Item
  - Claverie, T, Chan, EK, and Patek, SN. "Shape, size and performance of a crustacean predatory appendage." July 2010. Link to Item
  - Mendoza, BMA, and Patek, SN. "Comparative muscle physiology of the mantis shrimp's raptorial appendage." July 2010. Link to Item
  - Rosario, MV, Taylor, JRA, and Patek, SN. "Probing the evolutionary biomechanics of elastic energy storage in mantis shrimp." July 2010. Link to Item
  - Taylor, JRA, and Patek, SN. "Biological punching bags: impact analysis of a mantis shrimp telson." July 2010. Link to Item
  - Jacinto, RD, Nagle, L, Patek, SN, and Summers, AP. "Keeping an open mind: Investigating poacher skeletal morphology." December 2005. Link to Item
  - Money, NP, Pringle, A, Patek, SN, Fischer, M, and Stolze, J. "Rapid discharge of mushroom spores." December 2005. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Bajo, J, and Summers, A. "Springs, linkages and latches: A mechanical model of the mantis shrimps raptorial appendage." December 2005. Link to Item
  - Van Trump, WJ, Patek, SN, and Koehl, MAR. "The California spiny lobsters runny nose." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology. Orlando, FL. January 4, 2006 - January 8, 2006.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, December 1, 2005. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, and Caldwell, RL. "Snail smashing forces of the peacock mantis shrimp." December 2004. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, Korff, W, and Caldwell, R. "Springy saddles: A new model of energy storage in the mantis shrimps strike." Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology. New Orleans, LA. 2004.: SOC INTEGRATIVE COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, December 1, 2003. Link to Item
  - Patek, SN, and Goldman, JA. "More than one way to sniff: a comparative analysis of palinurid lobster antennules." December 2002. Link to Item
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