Media & contact

I am passionate about sharing my work in biomechanics and evolution with a broader audience.

If you’re a media worker, researcher, or educator, feel free to reach out for interviews, media collaborations, consulting or speaking engagements.

Media feature

• Orchid mantis gliding with petal-shaped leg lobes – Science Magazine / Phys.org

• Unique biology of stalk-eyed fruit flies – Entomology Today / Science News

• The origins of hagfish slime and future bio-mimicking materials – eLife Magazine / Chapman News

• Hagfish Slime Cells Tailored to Deter Predation – The Scientist / Newswise / SYFY / Ars Technica

• The fastest legged maneuver on land by flat spiders. - Guinness World Records / National Geographic / Smithsonian Magazine / Science Daily / Atlas Obscura / Phys.org

• Incredible aerial righting capabilities in wingless insects – Live Science News

Public speaking and outreach

• Entomology Society, University of South Florida, FL
• Department of Biological Sciences, San José State University, CA
• Science Forum, Schmid College for Science and Technology, Chapman University, CA
• CalTeach Summer Institute for teachers, UC Merced, CA
• East Bay Science Cafe, Berkeley, CA
• The Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley CA
• Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

Contact information

zeng @ berkeley.edu , yuzeng @ usf.edu