Peterson, A. N., & McHenry, M. J. (2022). The persistent-predation strategy of the red lionfish (Pterois volitans). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1980), 20221085.
A. McKee and M. J. McHenry (2020) The strategy of predator evasion in response to a visual loomingstimulus in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Integrative Organismal Biology. doi:10.1242/jeb.230623.
Soto, A.P., & McHenry, M.J. (2020). Pursuit predation with intermittent locomotion in zebrafish. Journal of Experimental Biology.223. doi:10.1242/jeb.230623.
Carrillo, A., Van Le, D., Byron, M., Jiang, H., & McHenry, M.J. (2019). Canal neuromasts enhance foraging in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 14 035003.
McHenry M.J., Johansen J.L., Soto A.P., Free B.A., Paley D.A., & Liao J.C. (2019) The pursuit strategy of predatory bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Proc. R. Soc. B 20182934. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2934.
Free B.A., McHenry M.J., & Paley D.A. (2019) Probabilistic analytical modelling of predator–prey interactions in fishes. J. R. Soc. Interface 16: 20180873. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0873.
Nair, A., Changsing, K., Stewart, W.J. & McHenry, M.J. (2017) Fish prey change strategy with the direction of a threat. Proc. R. Soc. B 20170393. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0393.
Nair, A., Nguyen, C. & McHenry M.J. (2017) A faster escape does not enhance survival in zebrafish larvae. Proc. R. Soc. B 20170359. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0359.
Carrillo, A. & McHenry, M.J. (2016) Zebrafish learn to forage in the dark. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219, 582-589 doi:10.1242/jeb.128918.
Nair, A., Azatian, G. & McHenry, M.J. (2015) The kinematics of directional control in the fast start of zebrafish larvae. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 3996-4004. doi:10.1242/jeb.126292
Soto, A., Stewart, W.J. & McHenry, M.J. (2015) When optimal strategy matters to prey fish. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi:10.1093/icb/icv027.
Stewart, W.J., Nair, A., Jiang, H. & McHenry, M.J. (2014) Prey fish escape by sensing the bow wave of a predator. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 4328-4336. doi:10.1242/jeb.111773.
van Netten, S.M. & McHenry, M.J. (2014) The Biophysics of Neuromasts. In Springer Handbook of Auditory Research 48: The Lateral Line. Coombs et al. (Eds.). New York: Springer. DOI 10.1007/2506_2013_14.
McHenry, M.J. & Liao, J.C. (2014) The Hydrodynamics of Flow Stimuli. In Springer Handbook of Auditory Research 48: The Lateral Line. Coombs & Bleckman (Eds.). New York: Springer. DOI 10.1007/2506_2013_13.
Sane, S. P., McHenry, M.J. (2009) The biomechanics of sensory organs. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49:i8-i23.1,2
Windsor, S.P., & McHenry, M.J. (2009) The influence of viscous hydrodynamics on the fish lateral-line system. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: 691-701.
Stewart, W.J., Nair, A., Jiang, H. & McHenry, M.J. (2014) Prey fish escape by sensing the bow wave of a predator. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 4328-4336. doi:10.1242/jeb.111773.
Van Trump, W.J., Coombs, S., Duncan, K., & McHenry, M.J. (2010) Gentamicin is ototoxic to all hair cells in the fish lateral line system. Hearing Research 261: 42-50.
Stewart, W. & McHenry, M.J. (2010) Sensing the strike of a predator fish depends on the specific gravity of a prey fish. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 3769-3777.
McHenry, M.J., Strother, J.S. & van Netten, S.M. (2008). The boundary layer and fluid-structure interaction in the superficial neuromast of the fish lateral line system. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 194: 795-810.
McHenry, M.J. & van Netten, S.M. (2007). The flexural stiffness of superficial neuromasts in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) lateral line. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 4244-4253. Featured cover article.
Free, B., Lei, H., Sharif, M.A., McHenry, M.J. & Paley, D.A. (2017) Closed-loop position control relative to a spiral vortex using bio-inspired pressure and velocity sensors. American Control Conference, doi10.23919/ACC.2017.7963010.
M. A. Sharif*, M. J. McHenry, and X. Tan. (2017) Modeling of a bio-inspired canal-type lateral line system. Volume 1: Development and Characterization of Multifunctional Materials; Mechanics and Behavior of Active Materials; Bioinspired Smart Materials and Systems; Energy Harvesting; Emerging Technologies, Snowbird, Utah, Paper SMASIS2017-3756. doi:10.1115/SMASIS2017-3756.
Lei, H., Sharif, M.A., Paley, D.A. McHenry, M.J., & Tan, X. (2016) Performance improvement of IPMC flow sensors with a biologically-inspired cupula structure. Proc. SPIE 9798 doi:10.1117/12.2219574.
Carrillo, A., Van Le, D., Byron, M., Jiang, H., & McHenry, M.J. (2019). Canal neuromasts enhance foraging in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 14 035003.
Carrillo, A. & McHenry, M.J. (2016) Zebrafish learn to forage in the dark. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219, 582-589 doi:10.1242/jeb.128918.
Yoshizawa, M., Jeffery, W.R, van Netten, S.M. & McHenry, M.J. (2014) The sensitivity of lateral line receptors and their role in the behavior of Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus). Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 886-895.
Van Trump W. J. and McHenry, M.J. (2013) The lateral line system is not necessary for rheotaxis in the mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax fasciatus). Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi:10.1093/icb/ict064.
Stewart W.J. Cardenas, G.S. & McHenry, M.J. (2013) Zebrafish larvae evade predators by sensing water flow. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 388-398.
Feitl, K.E., Ngo, V., & McHenry, M.J. (2010) Are fish less responsive to a flow stimulus when swimming? Journal of Experimental Biology 213:3131-3137. Article featured in “Inside JEB” (doi: 10.1242/ jeb.050773), Smithsonian Magazine (November, 2010), and BBC Wildlife Magazine (July, 2011).
McHenry, M.J., Michel, K.B., Stewart, W., & Muller, U. (2010) Hydrodynamic sensing does not facilitate active drag reduction in the golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas). Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 1309-1319.
Van Trump, W.J., Coombs, S., Duncan, K., & McHenry, M.J. (2010) Gentamicin is ototoxic to all hair cells in the fish lateral line system. Hearing Research 261: 42-50.
McHenry, M.J., Feitl, K.E., Strother, J.A. & Van Trump, W.J. (2009) Larval zebrafish rapidly sense the water flow of a predator’s strike. Royal Society Biology Letters 5: 477-497.
Van Trump, W.J. & McHenry, M.J. (2008). Lateral line morphology and sensitivity in zebrafish larvae (Danio rerio). Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 2105-2115.
J. S. Harrison, M. L. Porter, M. J. McHenry, H. E. Robinson, and S. N. Patek (2021) Scaling anddevelopment of elastic mechanisms: the tiny strikes of larval mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224, jeb235465.doi:10.1242/jeb.235465.
Green, P.A., McHenry, M.J., & Patek, S.N. (2019). Context-dependent scaling of kinematics and energetics during contests and feeding in mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology 198085, doi:10.1242/jeb.198085.
McHenry, M.J., Anderson, P.S.L., Van Wassenbergh, S., Matthews, D., Summers, A.P. & Patek, S.N. (2016) The comparative hydrodynamics of rapid rotation by predatory appendages. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 3399-3411; doi: 10.1242/jeb.140590.
McHenry, M.J. (2012) When skeletons are geared for speed: the morphology, biomechanics and energetics of rapid animal motion. Integrative and Comparative Biology doi:10.1093/icb/ics111.
McHenry, M.J., Claverie, T., Rosario, M.V. & Patek, S.N. (2012) Gearing for speed slows the predatory strike of a mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 1231-1245.
McHenry, M.J. & Summers, A. P. (2011) A force-velocity trade off is not absolute. Royal Society Biology Letters doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0627.
McHenry, M.J. (2011) There is no trade-off between force and velocity in a dynamic lever system. Royal Society Biology Letters 7: 384-386.
Korff, W.L., & McHenry, M.J. (2010) Environmental differences in substrate mechanics do not affect running performance in sand lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 122-130.
Hale, M.E., Long, J.H., McHenry, M.J. & Westneat, M.W. (2002). Evolution of behavior and neural control of the fast-start escape response. Evolution 56: 993-1007.
Westneat, M.W., Hale, M.E., McHenry, M.J., & Long, J.H. (1998). Mechanics of the fast-start: muscle function and the role of intramuscular pressure in the escape behavior of Amia calva and Polypterus palmas. Journal of Experimental Biology 201: 3041-3055.
Long, Jr., J.H., Hale, M.E., McHenry, M.J. & Westneat, M.W. (1996). Functions of fish skin: the mechanics of steady swimming in longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus. Journal of Experimental Biology 199:2139-2151.
McHenry, M.J., Pell, C.A. & Long, J.H. (1995). Mechanical control of swimming speed: stiffness and axial wave form in an undulatory fish model. Journal of Experimental Biology 198: 2293-2305.
Long, Jr., J.H., McHenry, M.J. & Boetticher, N.C. (1994). Undulatory swimming: how traveling waves are produced and modulated in sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus). Journal of Experimental Biology 192: 129-145.
Soto, A.P., Po, T., & McHenry, M.J. (2019). Multichannel Stroboscopic Videography (MSV): A technique for visualizing multiple channels for behavioral measurements. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222: jeb201749, doi: 10.1242/jeb.201749.
Ngo, V. & McHenry, M.J. (2014) The hydrodynamics of swimming at intermediate Reynolds numbers in the water boatman (Corixidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 2740-2751.
McHenry, M.J. & Lauder, G.V. (2006). Ontogeny of form and function: locomotor morphology and drag in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal of Morphology 267: 1099-1109.
McHenry, M.J. & Lauder, G.V. (2005). The mechanical scaling of gliding in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 2289-2301.
McHenry, M.J. & Patek, S.N. (2004). The evolution of body shape and swimming performance in ascidian larvae. Evolution 58:1209-1224.
Long Jr., J.H., Lammert, A.C., Pell, C.A., Kemp, M., Strother, J.S., Crenshaw, H.C. & McHenry, M.J. (2004). A navigational primitive: biorobotic implementation of cycloptic helical klinotaxis in planar motion. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 29: 795-806.
McHenry, M.J. & Jed, J. (2003). The scaling of hydrodynamics and swimming performance in jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 4125-4137.
McHenry, M.J. & Strother, J.A. (2003). The kinematics of phototaxis in larvae of the ascidian Aplidium constellatum. Marine Biology 142: 173-184.
McHenry, M.J., Azizi, E., & Strother, J.A. (2003). The hydrodynamics of locomotion at intermediate Reynolds numbers: Undulatory swimming in ascidian larvae (Botrylloides sp.). Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 327-343.
McHenry, M.J. (2001). Mechanisms of helical swimming: asymmetries in the morphology, movement and mechanics of larvae of the ascidian Distaplia occidentalis. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 2959-2973.
Crenshaw, H.C., Ciampaglio, C.N. & McHenry, M.J. (2000). Analysis of the three-dimensional trajectories of organisms: Estimates of velocity, curvature, and torsion from positional information. Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 961-982.
Heinrich, E.C., McHenry, M.J. & Bradley, T.J. (2013) Coordinated ventilation and spiracle activity produce unidirectional airflow in the hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 4473-4482.
J. A. Strother (2013) Hydrodynamic resistance and flow patterns in the gills of a tilapine fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 216: 2595–2606..doi:10.1242/jeb.079517.
J. A. Strother (2013) A computational model of flow between the microscale respiratory structures of fishgills. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 338: 23–40. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.08.015.
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in the School of Biological Sciences, at the University of California, Irvine.
Members of the McHenry Lab have diverse and mutlidisciplinary backgrounds. We frequently seek to recruit members from the undergrad, grad student, and postdoctoral levels and are always interested in hearing from biologists, physicists, engineers, and anyone else who is excited about animal locomotion. Contact us.
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