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New Jersey Institute of Technology: Newark, New Jersey, US

2021-08 to present | Associate Professor (Biological Sciences)
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Brooke E. Flammang

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Newark, NJ, US

2014 to 2021-06 | Assistant Professor (Biology)
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Education and qualifications (1)

Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, US

2005 to 2010 | PhD, Biology (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology)
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Professional activities (7)

Princeton University: Princeton, New Jersey, US

2023-10-07 to present | Visiting Research Associate (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
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Naval Undersea Warfare Center: Newport, Rhode Island, US

2022-08 to present | Senior Fellow
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Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology: Cambridge, MA, US

2013 to present | Associate of Ichthyology
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology: McLean, VA, US

2005 to present
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The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology: Herndon, VA, US

2023-01 to 2025-01 | Chair (Division of Comparative Biomechanics )
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International Society for Vertebrate Morphology: Washington, US

2019-07 to 2023-07 | Secretary
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The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology: Herndon, VA, US

2021-01 to 2023-01 | Chair-Elect (Division of Comparative Biomechanics )
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Funding (3)

NURP: A long-term, reversible attachment, energy harvesting underwater sensor and tracking platform

2023-05 to 2026-07 | Grant
Office of Naval Research (Arlington, Virginia, US)
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Brooke E. Flammang

BBSRC: Robotic models for studying musculoskeletal systems and bioinspired design

2020-05 to 2024-04 | Grant
UK Research and Innovation (London, GB)
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Brooke E. Flammang

RoL: FELS: RAISE: A Phylogenomically-Based Bioinspired Robotic Model Approach to Addressing the Evolution of Terrestrial Locomotion

2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | Grant
Directorate for Biological Sciences (Arlington, US)
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Works (43)

A bioinspired fish fin webbing for proprioceptive feedback

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
2025-01-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Arne Bruns; Brooke E Flammang; Gabor Papotti; Connor Mastropoll; Tom Hansen; Iain Anderson
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Hydrodynamic Evaluation of a Flying Fish Robotic Model Organism: A Study on the Effects of the Caudal Fin Shape

2023 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
2023-08-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Valeria Saro-Cortes; Girguis Sedky; Hungtang Ko; Brooke Flammang; Aimy Wissa
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Bioinspired Design in Research: Evolution as Beta-Testing

Integrative And Comparative Biology
2022-12-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Brooke E Flammang
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An Adaptable Flying Fish Robotic Model for Aero- and Hydrodynamic Experimentation

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2022-06-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1540-7063
Part of ISSN: 1557-7023
Contributors: Valeria Saro-Cortes; Yuhe Cui; Tierney Dufficy; Arsanious Boctor; Brooke E Flammang; Aimy W Wissa
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Future Tail Tales: A Forward-Looking, Integrative Perspective on Tail Research

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2021-09-08 | Journal article
Contributors: M J Schwaner; S T Hsieh; I Braasch; S Bradley; C B Campos; C E Collins; C M Donatelli; F E Fish; O E Fitch; B E Flammang et al.
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Skeletal and muscular pelvic morphology of hillstream loaches (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)

Journal of Morphology
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Callie H. Crawford; Zachary S. Randall; Pamela B. Hart; Lawrence M. Page; Prosanta Chakrabarty; Apinun Suvarnaraksha; Brooke E. Flammang
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Sucker with a fat lip: The soft tissues underlying the viscoelastic grip of remora adhesion

Journal of Anatomy
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Karly E. Cohen; Callie H. Crawford; Luz Patricia Hernandez; Michael Beckert; Jason H. Nadler; Brooke E. Flammang
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Remoras pick where they stick on blue whales

Journal of Experimental Biology
2020-10-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Brooke E. Flammang; Simone Marras; Erik J. Anderson; Oriol Lehmkuhl; Abhishek Mukherjee; David E. Cade; Michael Beckert; Jason H. Nadler; Guillaume Houzeaux; Mariano Vázquez et al.
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Parenting Through Academia as a SICB Member

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2020-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: M Janneke Schwaner; Sarah Deming; Julie A Kmec; Brooke E Flammang
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Knowing when to stick: touch receptors found in the remora adhesive disc

Royal Society Open Science
2020-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Karly E. Cohen; Brooke E. Flammang; Callie H. Crawford; L. Patricia Hernandez
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Morphology, performance, and fluid dynamics of the crayfish escape response

Journal of Experimental Biology
2020-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jocelyn Hunyadi; Todd Currier; Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi; Brooke E. Flammang; Ethan D. Clotfelter
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Bioinspired remora adhesive disc offers insight into evolution

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
2019-08-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Kaelyn M Gamel; Austin M Garner; Brooke E Flammang
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Flexibility of heterocercal tails: what can the functional morphology of shark tails tell us about ichthyosaur swimming?

Integrative Organismal Biology
2019-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2517-4843
Contributors: S B Crofts; R Shehata; B Flammang
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Early-career researchers: An interview with Brooke Flammang

Journal of Experimental Biology
2018 | Journal article
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Contributors: Flammang, B.
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Author Correction: Remora cranial vein morphology and its functional implications for attachment

Scientific Reports
2018-02-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Brooke E. Flammang; Christopher P. Kenaley
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Channeling vorticity: Modeling the filter-feeding mechanism in silver carp using μCT and 3D PIV

Journal of Experimental Biology
2018-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Karly E. Cohen; L. Patricia Hernandez; Callie H. Crawford; Brooke E. Flammang
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Building a fish: The biology and engineering behind a bioinspired autonomous underwater vehicle

Marine Technology Society Journal
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85033365796

Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Tangorra, J.L.; Mignano, A.P.; Lauder, G.V.
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Development of a vortex generator to perturb fish locomotion

Journal of Experimental Biology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85015814160

Contributors: Seth, D.; Flammang, B.E.; Lauder, G.V.; Tangorra, J.L.
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Remora cranial vein morphology and its functional implications for attachment

Scientific Reports
2017-07-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Brooke E. Flammang; Christopher P. Kenaley
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A model of interfacial permeability for soft seals in marine-organism, suction-based adhesion

MRS Advances
2016 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85025617214

Contributors: Beckert, M.; Flammang, B.E.; Nadler, J.H.
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Functional morphology and hydrodynamics of backward swimming in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

Zoology
2016-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Brooke E. Flammang; George V. Lauder
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Theoretical and computational fluid dynamics of an attached remora ( Echeneis naucrates )

Zoology
2016-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael Beckert; Brooke E. Flammang; Erik J. Anderson; Jason H. Nadler
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Tetrapod-like pelvic girdle in a walking cavefish

Sci. Rep.
2016-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Brooke E. Flammang; Apinun Suvarnaraksha; Julie Markiewicz; Daphne Soares
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Remora fish suction pad attachment is enhanced by spinule friction

Journal of Experimental Biology
2015-09 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Beckert; B. E. Flammang; J. H. Nadler
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The fish tail as a derivation from axial musculoskeletal anatomy: An integrative analysis of functional morphology

Zoology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84893758657

Contributors: Flammang, B.E.
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The morphological basis of labriform rowing in the deep-sea Bigscale Scopelogadus beanii (Percomorpha: Beryciformes)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher P. Kenaley; Alexandra Stote; Brooke E. Flammang
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Locomotion of free-swimming ghost knifefish: anal fin kinematics during four behaviors

Zoology
2014-10 | Journal article
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Functional morphology of the fin rays of teleost fishes

Journal of Morphology
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Alben, S.; Madden, P.G.A.; Lauder, G.V.
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Pectoral fins aid in navigation of a complex environment by bluegill sunfish under sensory deprivation conditions

Journal of Experimental Biology
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Lauder, G.V.
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A robotic fish caudal fin: Effects of stiffness and motor program on locomotor performance

Journal of Experimental Biology
2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Esposito, C.J.; Tangorra, J.L.; Flammang, B.E.; Lauder, G.V.
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Hover kinematics and distributed pressure sensing for force control of biorobotic fins

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
2012 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84872281558

Contributors: Kahn Jr., J.C.; Flammang, B.E.; Tangorra, J.L.
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Passive robotic models of propulsion by the bodies and caudal fins of fish

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Lauder, G.V.; Flammang, B.; Alben, S.
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Bioinspiration: Applying mechanical design to experimental biology

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Porter, M.E.
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Intraspecific and Interspecific Spatial Distribution of Three Eastern North Pacific Catshark Species and Their Egg Cases (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae)

2011 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0006-9698
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Volumetric imaging of fish locomotion

Biology Letters
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Lauder, G.V.; Troolin, D.R.; Strand, T.E.
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Volumetric imaging of shark tail hydrodynamics reveals a three-dimensional dual-ring vortex wake structure

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Lauder, G.V.; Troolin, D.R.; Strand, T.
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Functional morphology of the radialis muscle in shark tails

Journal of Morphology
2010 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.
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Caudal fin shape modulation and control during acceleration, braking and backing maneuvers in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

Journal of Experimental Biology
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Lauder, G.V.
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Prey capture kinematics and four-bar linkages in the bay pipefish, Syngnathus leptorhynchus

Zoology
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Ferry-Graham, L.A.; Rinewalt, C.; Ardizzone, D.; Davis, C.; Trejo, T.
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Extremely fast prey capture in pipefish is powered by elastic recoil

Journal of the Royal Society Interface
2008 | Journal article
Contributors: Van Wassenbergh, S.; Strother, J.A.; Flammang, B.E.; Ferry-Graham, L.A.; Aerts, P.
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Reproductive biology of deep-sea catsharks (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) in the eastern North Pacific

Environmental Biology of Fishes
2008 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Ebert, D.A.; Cailliet, G.M.
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Speed-dependent intrinsic caudal fin muscle recruitment during steady swimming in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

Journal of Experimental Biology
2008 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Lauder, G.V.
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Egg cases of the genus Apristurus (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae): Phylogenetic and ecological implications

Zoology
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Flammang, B.E.; Ebert, D.A.; Cailliet, G.M.
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