Daniel Oliver Schmitt
Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Overview
Selected Grants
Collaborative Research: Measuring Leaping Performance, Evaluating its Anatomical Correlates, and Reconsidering the Importance of Leaping in Primate Origins and Early Evolution awarded by National Science Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 2021 to 2022
Collaborative Research: Biomechanical Significance of Bone Material Variation in the Primate Locomotor Skeleton awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2014 to 2020
Ontogeny of Heel-strike in African Apes awarded by National Science Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2020
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Descent Locomotion Behavior in Primates awarded by National Science Foundation (Collaborator). 2018 to 2020
Effects of Aging and Nutrition on Gait Mechanics: Interpretations of Skeletal and Muscular Material awarded by Wenner Gren 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
Pages
Schmitt, D., et al. “Patterns, variability, and flexibility of hand posture during locomotion in primates.” The Evolution of the Primate Hand Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence, edited by T. Kivell et al., Springer, 2016, pp. 345–69.
Peebles, Alexander T., et al. “Validity of Using Automated Two-Dimensional Video Analysis to Measure Continuous Sagittal Plane Running Kinematics.” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 49, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 455–68. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s10439-020-02569-y. Full Text
Hill, Cherice N., et al. “Racial differences in gait mechanics.” Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 112, Nov. 2020, p. 110070. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110070. Full Text
Zeininger, Angel, et al. “The effect of ankle osteoarthritis and total ankle arthroplasty on center of pressure position.” Journal of Orthopaedic Research : Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Sept. 2020. Epmc, doi:10.1002/jor.24857. Full Text
Zeininger, Angel, et al. “Mechanics of heel-strike plantigrady in African apes.” Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 145, Aug. 2020, p. 102840. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102840. Full Text
Queen, Robin, et al. “A novel method for measuring asymmetry in kinematic and kinetic variables: The normalized symmetry index.” Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 99, Jan. 2020, p. 109531. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109531. Full Text
Cullen, Mark M., et al. “Gaze-behaviors of runners in a natural, urban running environment.” Plos One, vol. 15, no. 5, Jan. 2020, p. e0233158. Epmc, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233158. Full Text
Abbott, Emily M., et al. “Hurry Up and Get Out of the Way! Exploring the Limits of Muscle-Based Latch Systems for Power Amplification.” Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 59, no. 6, Dec. 2019, pp. 1546–58. Epmc, doi:10.1093/icb/icz141. Full Text
Queen, Robin M., et al. “Gait Analysis Reveals that Total Hip Arthroplasty Increases Power Production in the Hip During Level Walking and Stair Climbing.” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, vol. 477, no. 8, Aug. 2019, pp. 1839–47. Epmc, doi:10.1097/corr.0000000000000809. Full Text
Granatosky, Michael C., and Daniel Schmitt. “The mechanical origins of arm-swinging.” Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 130, May 2019, pp. 61–71. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.02.001. Full Text
Miller, C. E., et al. “Limb phase flexibility in walking: A test case in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus).” Frontiers in Zoology, vol. 16, no. 1, Feb. 2019. Scopus, doi:10.1186/s12983-019-0299-8. Full Text
Pages
Wiktorowicz-Conroy, A. M., et al. “The Scaling of Postural Mechanics in Felidae and Artiodactyla.” Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 51, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2011, pp. E150–E150.