Peer-reviewed publications
5. Mendoza, E., Moen, D. S., Holt, N. C. (2023). The importance of comparative physiology: mechanisms, diversity and adaptation in skeletal muscle physiology and mechanics. Journal of Experimental Biology.
4. Hyun, N. P., Olberding, J. P., De, A., Divi, S., Liang, X., Thomas, E., Pierre, R. St., Steinhardt, E., Jorge, J., Longo, S. J., Cox, S., Mendoza, E., Sutton, S. P., Azizi, E., Crosby, A. J., Bergbreiter, S., Wood, R. J., and Patek, S. N. (2023). Spring and latch dynamics can act as control pathways in ultrafast systems. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
3. Mendoza, E. and Azizi, E. (2021). Tuned muscle and spring properties increase elastic energy storage. Journal of Experimental Biology.
2. Mendoza, E., Azizi, E., and Moen, D. S. (2020). What explains vast differences in jumping power within a clade? Diversity, ecology and evolution of anuran jumping power. Functional Ecology, 34, 1053 – 1063.
1. Sutton, G. P., Mendoza, E., Azizi, E., Longo, S. J., Olberding, J. P., Ilton, M., & Patek, S. N. (2019). Why do large animals never actuate their jumps with latch-mediated springs? Because they can jump higher without them. Integrative and comparative biology, 59(6), 1609-1618.
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