The goal of my lab is to develop in vitro and in vivo muscle physiology tools that record muscle contraction and limb movement in response to forces measured inside and outside of the body during swimming.  Starting toward this goal there are three developing projects in the lab.

Project 1.  Muscle physiology: mapping the design space of muscle.
What is the relationship between neural input and muscle mechanical output?

Project 2.  Frog biorobotics (‘Frobotics’).
How does differential use of limb joints affect swimming performance?

Project 3.  Linking muscle physiology and hydrodynamics.
What are the physiological and morphological parameters that enable effective
transfer of muscle force to hydrodynamic force?