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I'm an assistant professor in biomechanics, specializing in animal locomotion.  My prior work has focused on arboreal snake locomotion, [[sidewinding]] and power amplification in frog jumping.

On Wikipedia, I try to contribute specialized knowledge from my areas of expertise in what little spare time I have.  I'll often add long blocks of text, entirely new pages, or perform major re-writes.  I frequently forget references, or add them in incorrect formats, so anyone is encouraged to fill in those omissions (as I may simply forget to come back and add them).  It should generally be assumed that I don't know the right formatting for just about anything, and am just here to perform "brain dumps" for the sake of spreading information.

'''Please bug me about fixes/re-writes I've said I'll do on various talk pages "when I'm less busy".'''  Unless it makes it into my "to do" list, I'll probably forget (and possibly even then), and I would appreciate reminders, even if I can't act on them immediately.

I am also the creator of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Organismal_Biomechanics|WikiProject_Organismal_Biomechanics]]
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==To Do List==
Fix errors in [[Stretch_shortening_cycle]]<br>
Fix references in [[Arboreal locomotion]]<br>
Fix origins and insertions of [[erector spinae]]<br>
Add twitch and tetanus to [[muscle contraction]]<br>
Add either a flight section to [[bat]] or a whole [[bat flight]] page<br>
Muscle embryology very poorly laid out.  Especially fix [[hypaxial]] and [[epaxial]].<br>
Anatomy as a whole needs to be less human-centric.<br>
[[Hyoid]] is far, far too human-centric - major re-write.<br>
[[Crocodilian_armor]] Needs to be massively revised.  May be stolen in whole from old book.<br>
[[Aquatic_adaptation]] is just terrible and needs a complete re-write.<br>
Merge [[Human_anatomical_terms]] and [[Anatomical_terms_of_location]], with a massive/major re-write.<br>
Merge [[Leg]] and [[Limb_(anatomy)]]<br>
Continue revision of [[muscle]] and [[skeletal muscle]]<br>
Add entire page for On Growth & Form<br>
Add images to [[arciferal]] and [[firmisternal]]<br>
Merge [[Human anatomy]], [[human body]] and [[body systems]]

==Pages created or completely re-written==
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*[[Ringer's_solution]]
*[[in vitro muscle testing]]
*[[Gait]]
*[[Arboreal locomotion]]
*[[Evolution_of_mammalian_auditory_ossicles]]
*[[Work Loop]]
*[[Epaxial_and_hypaxial_muscles]]
*[[Cranial_kinesis]]
*[[Keel-bellied_Water_Snake]]
*[[Apodeme]]
*[[Slit_sensilla]]
*[[Cuban_crocodile]]
*[[Petrochirus_diogenes]]
*[[Epibulus_insidiator]]
*[[Buccal_pumping]]
*[[Branchial_arch]]
*[[Pedicellate_teeth]]
*[[Pyramiding]]
*[[Hemipenis]]
*[[Blue tegu]]
*[[Alula]]
*[[Articular]]
*[[Quadrate_bone]]
*[[Quadratojugal]]
*[[Angular]]
*[[Splenial]]
*[[Suprangular]]
*[[Jugal]]
*[[Rectilinear_locomotion]]
*[[Concertina_movement]]
*[[Caenophidia]]
*[[Scolecophidians]]
*[[Henophidians]]
*[[Sidewinding]]
*[[Keeled_scales]]
*[[Homalopsinae]]
*[[snake skull]]
*[[Constriction]]
*[[Corallus]]
*[[Aspidelaps]]
*[[Pelvic spur]]
*[[Demosponge]]
*[[Jenny_Haniver]]
*[[Furcifer_labordi]]
*[[Burmese_Pythons_in_Florida]]
*[[Arciferal]]
*[[Firmisternal]]
*[[Robostrider]]
*[[Chinese_Alligator]]
*[[Bothrops_atrox]]
*[[Echis_carinatus]]
*[[Cerastes_cerastes]]
*[[Burmese_Python]]
*[[herp]]
*[[Myoneme]]
*[[Bioactive terrarium]]

==Tools & References==
Reference format tool using pubmed ID etc. [[http://diberri.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/templatefiller/?type=&id=]]

Frequent references:
Pough's herpetology text: <ref name="Pou92">Pough ''et al.'' 1992. Herpetology: Third Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall:Pearson Education, Inc., 2002.</ref>
Pough's vertebrate life text: <ref name="Pou02">Pough, F. Harvey et al. 2002. ''Vertebrate Life'', 6th Ed. Prentice Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. {{ISBN|0130412481}}</ref>
Lieber's muscle text: <ref name="Lieber">Lieber, R. L.  2002. Skeletal Muscle Structure, Function, and Plasticity: The Physiological Basis of Rehabilitation, 2nd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, {{ISBN|978-0781730617}}, http://books.google.com/books?id=T0fbq_b89cAC&dq=lieber+skeletal+muscle+physiology&source=gbs_navlinks_s</ref>
Biewener's animal locomotion: <ref name="Bie">Biewener, A. A. 2003. Animal Locomotion. Oxford University Press, USA. {{ISBN|978-0198500223}},  http://books.google.com/books?id=yMaN9pk8QJAC&dq=biomechanics+biewener&source=gbs_navlinks_s</ref>
Kardong's vertebrate anatomy text: <ref name="Kardong">Kardong, K. 2008. Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution. 5th edition. McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math. {{ISBN|978-0073040585}}</ref>
McMahon's muscle text: <ref name="McMahon">McMahon, T. A. 1984. Muscles, Reflexes and Locomotion. 1st Edition. Princeton University Press. {{ISBN|978-0691023762}}</ref>

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