Research Interests
I am broadly interested in fish functional morphology and swimming kinematics. My PhD research focuses specifically on sharks and how the movement of water changes over different scale shapes. My research involves microCT scanning, scanning electron microscopy, 3D visualization, robotics, and 3D printing. As a very hands-on learner, these methods allow me to create physical images and objects that make it easier for me to understand concepts.
Published Articles
Simonitis, Lauren Eve, Miasara Andrew, Tatyana Brewer-Tinsley, Aubree Jones, Peyton Thomas, Sabrina Van Eyck, and Amani Webber-Schultz. "Fields of elasmobranch anatomy and physiology." In Minorities in Shark Sciences, pp. 71-116. CRC Press, 2022. [Book Chapter]
Kinsey, C. T., Ratz, C., Adams, D., Webber-Schultz, A., & Blob, R. (2023). Effects of Development on Bone Mineral Density and Mechanical Properties in the Aquatic Frog, Xenopus Laevis, and a Terrestrial Frog, Lithobates Catesbianus. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 63(3), 705-713. [Article]
Crawford, C. H., Webber-Schultz, A., Hart, P. B., Randall, Z. S., Cerrato-Morales, C., Kellogg, A. B., ... & Flammang, B. E. (2022). They like to move it (move it): walking kinematics of balitorid loaches of Thailand. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(6), jeb242906. [PDF]
Kinsey, C. T., Ratz, C., Adams, D., Webber-Schultz, A., & Blob, R. (2023). Effects of Development on Bone Mineral Density and Mechanical Properties in the Aquatic Frog, Xenopus Laevis, and a Terrestrial Frog, Lithobates Catesbianus. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 63(3), 705-713. [Article]
Crawford, C. H., Webber-Schultz, A., Hart, P. B., Randall, Z. S., Cerrato-Morales, C., Kellogg, A. B., ... & Flammang, B. E. (2022). They like to move it (move it): walking kinematics of balitorid loaches of Thailand. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(6), jeb242906. [PDF]
An image taken with a scanning electron microscope of dermal denticles on the Pacific Spiny Dogfish (Squalus suckleyi).
A CT scan of dermal denticles on the Pacific Spiny Dogfish (Squalus suckleyi)
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A CT scan of a smalleye hammerhead.
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