Prof W I Sellers

Professor in Natural Science

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ORCID: 0000-0002-2913-5406
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Areas of expertise

  • QL Zoology - biomechanics, computer simulation, gait analysis, palaeontology

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Publications

Functional morphology of the forelimb musculature reflects flight and foraging styles in aquatic birds

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Inferring cost of transport from whole-body kinematics in three sympatric turtle species with different locomotor habits

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Getting its feet on the ground: elucidating Paralouatta’s semi-terrestriality using the virtual morpho-functional toolbox

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Projects

The Syriac Galen Palimpsest: Galen's On Simple Drugs and the Recovery of Lost Texts through Sophisticated Imaging Techniques.

Project: Research

First steps: the mechanics and control of velocity change in humans

Project: Research

Interdisciplinary Centre for Ancient Life

Project: Research

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Media coverage and contribution

BBC FOCUS MAGAZINE: Bird-like lungs helped dinosaurs rule the roost

Press/Media: Research

MAIL ONLINE: Rigid 'superlungs' gave dinosaurs enough energy to run and fight in the air of the Mesozoic era which had HALF the oxygen of today's atmosphere

Press/Media: Research

NEWSWEEK: Dinosaurs May Have Dominated Prehistoric Earth Due to Super-efficient Bird-like Lungs

Press/Media: Research

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Datasets

Supplementary material from "Quadrupedal locomotor simulation: producing more realistic gaits using dual-objective optimization"

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Data from: Temporal and phylogenetic evolution of the sauropod dinosaur body plan

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Student Theses

Biomechanics and functional morphology of the avian wing

UoM administered thesis: Phd

Comparative breathing mechanics in the Archosauria

UoM administered thesis: Phd

Inferring lifestyle for Aves and Theropoda: A model based on curvatures of extant avian ungual bones

UoM administered thesis: Master of Science by Research

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