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insect biomechanics, morphology, micro-CT, SEM, functional morphology
United Kingdom

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Employment (3)

Spotta Ltd: Cambridge, GB

2022-10-10 to present | Lead Scientist
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Victor Kang

Imperial College London: London, GB

2020-10-14 to 2022-10-07 | Research Associate (Bioengineering)
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Victor Kang

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

2016-10-01 to 2020-07-14 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Early Stage Researcher (Zoology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2016-10-01 to 2020-09-10 | PhD (Zoology)
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Yale University: New Haven, CT, US

2010-08-20 to 2014-05-20 (Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics)
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Victor Kang

Professional activities (4)

Royal Entomological Society: Saint Albans, GB

2017-07 to present
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Cambridge Philosophical Society: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2017-07-01 to present
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The Society for Experimental Biology: London, GB

2017-04 to present
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Sigma Xi Honor Society: NC, NC, US

2015-09 to 2018-06
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Works (15)

Behavioural biomechanics: leaf-cutter ant cutting behaviour depends on leaf edge geometry

2024-12-10 | Preprint
Contributors: Frederik Püffel; Victor Kang; Mia Yap; Mohammad Shojaeifard; Mattia Bacca; David Labonte
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Convergent Evolution of Attachment Mechanisms in Aquatic Animals

2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Jérôme Delroisse; Victor Kang; Anaïd Gouveneaux; Romana Santos; Patrick Flammang
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Biomechanics of cutting: sharpness, wear sensitivity and the scaling of cutting forces in leaf-cutter ant mandibles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-12-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Frederik Püffel; O. K. Walthaus; Victor Kang; David Labonte
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Introduction: food processing and nutritional assimilation in animals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-12-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Myra F. Laird; Callum F. Ross; Victor Kang; Nicolai Konow
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Three-dimensional kinematics of leaf-cutter ant mandibles: not all dicondylic joints are simple hinges

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-12-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Kang; Frederik Püffel; David Labonte
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3D kinematics of leaf-cutter ant mandibles: not all dicondylic joints are simple hinges

2023-08-29 | Preprint
Contributors: Victor Kang; Frederik Püffel; David Labonte
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Biomechanics of cutting: sharpness, wear sensitivity, and the scaling of cutting forces in leaf-cutter ant mandibles

2023-05-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Frederik Püffel; O. K. Walthaus; Victor Kang; David Labonte
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Extreme suction attachment performance from specialised insects living in mountain streams (Diptera: Blephariceridae)

eLife
2021-11-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Kang; Robin T White; Simon Chen; Walter Federle
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How a sticky fluid facilitates prey retention in a carnivorous pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)

Acta Biomaterialia
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Kang; Hannah Isermann; Saksham Sharma; D Ian Wilson; Walter Federle
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Switchable Underwater Adhesion by Deformable Cupped Microstructures

Advanced Materials Interfaces
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2196-7350
Part of ISSN: 2196-7350
Contributors: Yue Wang; Victor Kang; Walter Federle; Eduard Arzt; René Hensel
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Extreme suction attachment performance from specialised insects living in mountain streams (Diptera: Blephariceridae)

2020-10-02 | Preprint
Contributors: Victor Kang; Robin T. White; Simon Chen; Walter Federle
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Molecular insights into the powerful mucus-based adhesion of limpets ( Patella vulgata L.)

Open Biology
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Kang; Birgit Lengerer; Ruddy Wattiez; Patrick Flammang
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Morphology of powerful suction organs from blepharicerid larvae living in raging torrents

BMC Zoology
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Kang; Richard Johnston; Thomas van de Kamp; Tomáš Faragó; Walter Federle
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Strong wet and dry adhesion by cupped microstructures

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2019-06-26 | Journal article
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Victor Kang

Biatriospora (Ascomycota: Pleosporales) is an ecologically diverse genus including facultative marine fungi and endophytes with biotechnological potential

Plant Systematics and Evolution
2017-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0378-2697
Part of ISSN: 2199-6881
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Victor Kang