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  1. Escaping blood-fed malaria mosquitoes minimize tactile detection without compromising on take-off speed

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, October 2017, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  2. Flies compensate for unilateral wing damage through modular adjustments of wing and body kinematics

    Article • Interface Focus, December 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  3. The aerodynamics and control of free flight manoeuvres inDrosophila

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  4. Body saccades of Drosophila consist of stereotyped banked turns

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, February 2015, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  5. The physics of animal locomotion

    Article • August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  6. Leading edge vortices in lesser long-nosed bats occurring at slow but not fast flight speeds

    Article • Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, May 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  7. Flies Evade Looming Targets by Executing Rapid Visually Directed Banked Turns

    Article • Science, April 2014, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  8. Fly with a little flap from your friends

    Article • Nature, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  9. Aerodynamic flight performance in flap-gliding birds and bats

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  10. Comparing Aerodynamic Efficiency in Birds and Bats Suggests Better Flight Performance in Birds

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  11. Elytra boost lift, but reduce aerodynamic efficiency in flying beetles

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, May 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  12. Leading edge vortex in a slow-flying passerine

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  13. Stroke plane angle controls leading edge vortex in a bat-inspired flapper

    Article • Comptes Rendus Mécanique, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  14. Vortex wake, downwash distribution, aerodynamic performance and wingbeat kinematics in slow-flying pied flycatchers

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, June 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  15. Actuator disk model and span efficiency of flapping flight in bats based on time-resolved PIV measurements

    Article • Experiments in Fluids, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  16. Comparative aerodynamic performance of flapping flight in two bat species using time-resolved wake visualization

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, March 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  17. Time-resolved vortex wake of a common swift flying over a range of flight speeds

    Article • Journal of The Royal Society Interface, December 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  18. The effects of geolocator drag and weight on the flight ranges of small migrants

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  19. Vortex interactions with flapping wings and fins can be unpredictable

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  20. Wake visualization of a heaving and pitching foil in a soap film

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  21. High-speed stereo DPIV measurement of wakes of two bat species flying freely in a wind tunnel

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  22. Bat flight — Comparison of kinematics and aerodynamics between two nectar feeding species

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  23. Aerodynamic costs of flying with holey wings

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  24. High-speed stereo DPIV measurement of wakes of two bat species flying freely in a wind tunnel

    Article • Experiments in Fluids, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  25. Leading edge vortices lift in bat flight

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  26. Leading-Edge Vortex Improves Lift in Slow-Flying Bats

    Article • Science, February 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  27. Vortex-wake interactions of a flapping foil that models animal swimming and flight

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, January 2008, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres

  28. Wake visualization of a heaving and pitching foil in a soap film

    Article • Experiments in Fluids, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Florian Titus Muijres