Funding

As PI or Co-PI

  • “CAREER: The Musculoskeletal Biomechanics and Control of Limbless Locomotion”, NSF BIO IOS Award #2045581, 5/1/21-4/30/26, $1,111,830.00
  • “First Steps: The Dynamics and Control of Underwater Walking”, NSF BIO IOS Award #1929900, 9/1/19-8/31/21, $297,267
  • Workshop: Designing a Network for Undergraduate Biomimicry Research and Education, NSF RCN UBE Award #1747598, 8/1/17-7/31/18, $19,840

As Senior Personnel

  • “Biology Meets Engineering: Expanding Transdisciplinary STEM Education”, NSF DRL Award #2342578, 8/2024-7/2028 Grant Role: Find & manage on-campus research experiences at U of Akron for HS students participating in the project

In Advisory Capacity

  • “Advancing access equity and user safety through bio-inspired all-terrain mobility solutions”, NSF I-Corps Teams Award #2330074, 6/1/23-11/31/23
  • “Skeletal and behavioral underpinnings of extreme locomotor diversity in snakes”, NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded to Dr. Jessica Tingle, Award #2305218, 9/2023-9/2025