Yu Zeng, Ph.D.
Biomechanist and evolutionary biologist based in Chapman University at Orange, California.
[my first name 昱 (Yu) is pronounced “ü”, see here and this YouTube video]
Email: dreavoniz{at}berkeley.edu
(yzeng7 at ucmerced is no longer working)

Research
* Biomechanics, morphogenesis and evolution at cellular level
* Biomechanics and evolution of flight and controlled aerial behaviors (e.g., falling, righting and gliding)
* Maneuverability in jointed systems
* Biophysics and evolution of collective behaviors
* Biomechanics and evolution of feeding in anuran tadpoles
Education
* Ph.D., Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Co-advisors: Robert Dudley & David Wake (site2)
* B.A., Biological Sciences, Sichuan University – University of Washington
Reviewed for
* eLife
* Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution
* Integrative and Comparative Biology
* Integrative Zoology
* iScience
* Journal of Experimental Biology
* Journal of Insect Sciences
* Journal of Comparative Physiology
* PeerJ
* Physical Review Letters
* PLOS ONE
* Scientific Reports
* Zoomorphology
Updates
- Mar-2023, epidermal threads & the origin of hagfish slime
- Jul-2022, biology of stalk-eyed fruit flies and interview
- Jun-2022, stick insect flight morphology
- Sep-2021, extreme allometry in hagfish thread cells
- Aug-2021, minimal framework for describing living systems
- Mar-2021, tadpole behavior
- Oct-2020, a novel motility in bacterial aggregates
- July-2020, canopy parkour in dispersing stick insects
- May-2020, wing evolution in stick insects
- Mar-2018, presenting at APS March Meeting
- Feb-2018, omnidirectional strike in flat spiders
- Jan-2018, 1st Place of the Luis Alvarez Award for Best Experimental Research, APS Far West Meeting 2017
Tags
arthropod behavioral ecology biomechanics biophysics cell biology evolution featured flight jumping land maneuvers microbial motility outreach rolling spider stick insect