Sharon M. Swartz, Ph.D.

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1990- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Brown University, Providence, RI 
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Andrew A. Biewener grad student 1982-1988 Harvard (Neurotree)
Russell Tuttle grad student 1982-1988 Chicago (Neurotree)

Children

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David Boerma grad student 2013- Brown
Jeremy Rehm grad student 2014- Brown
Andrea Rummel grad student 2015- Brown
Kathleen D. Earls grad student 2000 Brown
Kristin L. Bishop grad student 2000-2007 Brown (Biomechanics Tree)
Jose Iriarte-Diaz grad student 2009 Brown
Joseph Bahlman grad student 2006-2013 UBC
Caroline Harper grad student 2008-2013 Cape Cod Commission
Cosima Schunk grad student 2012-2017 Brown
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Rummel AD, Swartz SM, Marsh RL. (2023) Thermal Stability of Contractile Proteins in Bat Wing Muscles Explains Differences in Temperature Dependence of Whole-Muscle Shortening Velocity. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 96: 100-105
Rummel AD, Sierra MM, Quinn BL, et al. (2023) Hair, there and everywhere: A comparison of bat wing sensory hair distribution. Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007)
Amichai E, Boerma DB, Page RA, et al. (2023) By a whisker: the sensory role of vibrissae in hovering flight in nectarivorous bats. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 290: 20222085
Fan X, Swartz S, Breuer K. (2022) Power requirements for bat-inspired flapping flight with heavy, highly articulated and cambered wings. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 19: 20220315
Cheney JA, Rehm JC, Swartz SM, et al. (2022) Bats actively modulate membrane compliance to control camber and reduce drag. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 225
Rummel AD, Swartz SM, Marsh RL, et al. (2022) A comparison of thermal sensitivities of wing muscle contractile properties from a temperate and tropical bat species. The Journal of Experimental Biology
Rummel AD, Swartz SM, Marsh RL. (2021) A proximal-distal difference in bat wing muscle thermal sensitivity parallels a difference in operating temperatures along the wing. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 288: 20210009
Boerma DB, Barrantes JP, Chung C, et al. (2019) Specialized landing maneuvers in Spix's disk-winged bats () reveal linkage between roosting ecology and landing biomechanics. The Journal of Experimental Biology
Boerma DB, Breuer KS, Treskatis TL, et al. (2019) Wings as inertial appendages: how bats recover from aerial stumbles. The Journal of Experimental Biology
Rummel AD, Swartz SM, Marsh RL. (2019) Warm bodies, cool wings: regional heterothermy in flying bats. Biology Letters. 15: 20190530
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