Daniel Oliver Schmitt
Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Overview
Collaborative Research: Biomechanical Significance of Bone Material Variation in the Primate Locomotor Skeleton awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2018
Ontogeny of Heel-strike in African Apes awarded by National Science Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2018
The Effects of Vibration on Mouse Behavior awarded by American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (Investigator). 2015 to 2016
Gait Mechanics of Inverted Walking: Implications for the Evolution of Suspensory Locomotion awarded by L.S.B. Leakey Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: The Biomechanics of Vertical Clinging and Grasping in Primates awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2012 to 2014
Gait Mechanics in Primate and Nonprimate Quadrupeds awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2005 to 2010
Biomechanics and Inflammation in Osteoarthritis awarded by National Institutes of Health (Consultant). 2003 to 2008
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Vertical Climbing Efficiency in Primates awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2005 to 2006
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Mechanical Properties and Functional Morphology of Mammalian Footpads awarded by National Science Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 2002 to 2004
Mechanics of Fine Branch Locomotion in Primates and Opossums awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 1999 to 2002
Fabre, A-C, Marigó, J, Granatosky, MC, and Schmitt, D. "Functional associations between support use and forelimb shape in strepsirrhines and their relevance to inferring locomotor behavior in early primates." Journal of Human Evolution 108 (July 2017): 11-30. Full Text
Gruss, LT, Gruss, R, and Schmitt, D. "Pelvic Breadth and Locomotor Kinematics in Human Evolution." Ed. KR Rosenberg and JM Desilva. The Anatomical Record 300.4 (April 2017): 739-751. Full Text
Larsen, RJ, Jackson, WH, and Schmitt, D. "Mechanisms for regulating step length while running towards and over an obstacle." Human movement science 49 (October 2016): 186-195. Full Text
Queen, RM, Sparling, TL, and Schmitt, D. "Hip, Knee, and Ankle Osteoarthritis Negatively Affects Mechanical Energy Exchange." Clinical orthopaedics and related research 474.9 (September 2016): 2055-2063. Full Text
Granatosky, MC, Tripp, CH, Fabre, A-C, and Schmitt, D. "Patterns of quadrupedal locomotion in a vertical clinging and leaping primate (Propithecus coquereli) with implications for understanding the functional demands of primate quadrupedal locomotion." American journal of physical anthropology 160.4 (August 2016): 644-652. Full Text
Granatosky, MC, Tripp, CH, and Schmitt, D. "Gait kinetics of above- and below-branch quadrupedal locomotion in lemurid primates." Journal of Experimental Biology 219.1 (January 1, 2016): 53-63. Full Text
Johnson, LE, Hanna, J, and Schmitt, D. "Single-limb force data for two lemur species while vertically clinging." American journal of physical anthropology 158.3 (November 2015): 463-474. Full Text
Schmitt, D, Vap, A, and Queen, RM. "Effect of end-stage hip, knee, and ankle osteoarthritis on walking mechanics." Gait & posture 42.3 (September 2015): 373-379. Full Text
Hanna, JB, Schmitt, D, Wright, K, Eshchar, Y, Visalberghi, E, and Fragaszy, D. "Kinetics of bipedal locomotion during load carrying in capuchin monkeys." Journal of Human Evolution 85 (August 2015): 149-156. Full Text
Rabey, KN, Li, Y, Norton, JN, Reynolds, RP, and Schmitt, D. "Vibrating Frequency Thresholds in Mice and Rats: Implications for the Effects of Vibrations on Animal Health." Annals of biomedical engineering 43.8 (August 2015): 1957-1964. Full Text