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Kelsey Lucas is an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, specializing in Organismic Evolutionary Biology. She holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in the same discipline from Harvard University, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Roger Williams University. Her research focuses on Ecological Biomechanics, exploring the intriguing behaviors of marine aquatic animals and how the underlying principles of physics govern these behaviors. Her research program seeks to enhance the understanding of fish ecology by integrating swimming biomechanics within a broader ecological context. The key themes of her research include how body shape and swimming movements influence the forces fish produce, how variation in swimming mechanics affects behavior and energetics, and the impacts of swimming specializations on habitat occupancy. By examining how aquatic species interact with their habitats, her work also aims to provide insights for biomimetic solutions in the design of unmanned underwater vehicles and to understand the effects of environmental change on freshwater fish species.
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