Catherine LoudonSenior Lecturer SOE, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Research Interests |
biomechanics, insect physiology, sensory ecology | |
| URL | Loudon lab | |
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Academic Distinctions |
National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences for 2012-2013 Instructional Technology Innovation Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction (UCI) 2012 UCI Anthology "Outstanding Professor" in Biological Sciences 2012 NSF CAREER award 2000-2005 NSF Visiting Professorship for Women award 1993-1995 Eloise Gerry Fellowship (Graduate Women in Science) 1991 NSF Post-doctoral fellowship 1988-1990 NSF Pre-doctoral fellowship 1982-1985 |
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| Appointments |
1990-1992 University of California at Berkeley, Postdoctoral Research Associate 1989-1990 Cornell University, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow 1986-1988 University of Minnesota, Postdoctoral Research Associate |
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| Publications |
Szyndler, M. W., K. F. Haynes, M. F. Potter, R. M. Corn, and C. Loudon. 2013. Entrapment of bed bugs by leaf trichomes inspires microfabrication of biomimetic surfaces. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10:20130174. Loudon, C., E.C. Davis-Berg and J. T. Botz. 2012. A laboratory exercise using a physical model for demonstrating countercurrent heat exchange. Advances in Physiological Education 36:58-62. Feldlaufer, Mark and C. Loudon. 2011. Undesirable dispersal of eggs and early-stage nymphs of the bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) by static electricity and air currents. Journal of Entomological Science 46(2):169-170. Loudon, C. 2009. Antennae. in Encyclopedia of Insects (Resh, V. H. and R. Cardé, eds.) Second Edition. Academic Press, Inc. Miller, G. L., C. Loudon, and S. Freed. 2007. Position around a tree: consequences for pheromone detection. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33(3): 525-539. Bau, J., K. A. Justus, C. Loudon, and R. T. Cardé. 2005. Electroantennographic resolution of pulsed pheromone plumes in two species of moths with bipectinate antennae. Chemical Senses 30: 1-10. Breed, M. and C. Loudon. 2005. Mechanical properties of arthropod structures: engineering the future. American Entomologist 51(1): 30. Loudon, C. 2005. Flexural stiffness of insect antennae. American Entomologist 51(1): 48-49. Loudon, C. and E. C. Davis. 2005. Divergence of streamlines approaching a pectinate antenna: consequences for chemoreception. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31(1): 1-13. Loudon, C. 2003. Antennae. in Encyclopedia of Insects (Resh, V. H. and R. Cardé, eds.) pp. 26-28. Academic Press, Inc. Botz, J. T., C. Loudon, J. B. Barger, J. S. Olafsen and D. W. Steeples. 2003. Effects of slope and particle size on ant locomotion: implications for choice of substrate by antlions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 426-435. Loudon, C. 2003. The biomechanical design of an insect antenna as an odor capture device. pp. 609-630 in Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: The Biosynthesis and Detection of Pheromones and Plant Volatiles (Blomquist, G. J. and R. G. Vogt, eds.). Elsevier Academic Press: New York, NY. Loudon, C. and J. Zhang. 2002. Measuring drag without a force transducer: a terminal velocity assay. Functional Ecology 16: 268-272. Loudon, C. and M. A. R. Koehl. 2000. Sniffing by a silkworm moth: wing fanning enhances air penetration through and pheromone interception by antennae. Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 2977-2990. [selected for "Editor's Choice," Science, Sept. 22, 2000, vol. 289 p. 2007] Loudon, C. 1999. How is fluid mechanics taught to biologists? Proceedings of the 3rd ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference FEDSM99-6828:1-5. Loudon, C. and K. McCulloh. 1999. Application of the Hagen-Poiseuille equation to fluid feeding through short tubes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92(1): 153-158. Loudon, C. and A. Tordesillas. 1998. The use of the dimensionless Womersley number to characterize the unsteady nature of internal flow. Journal of Theoretical Biology 191: 63-78. Loudon, C. 1995. Insect morphology above the molecular level: Biomechanics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88: 1-4. Loudon, C., B. Best, and M. A. R. Koehl. 1994. When does motion relative to neighboring surfaces alter the flow through arrays of hairs? Journal of Experimental Biology 193: 233-254. Loudon, C. and D. N. Alstad. 1993. Mechanical analysis of particle capture by rectangular-mesh nets. in Fluid Dynamics in Biology, Proceedings of an AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference July 6-12, 1991 (Cheer, A. Y. and C. P. van Dam, eds.) Contemporary Mathematics 141: 123-134. Loudon, C. and D. N. Alstad. 1992. Architectural plasticity in net construction by individual caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70: 1166-1172. Loudon, C. 1990. Empirical test of filtering theory: Particle capture by rectangular-mesh nets. Limnology and Oceanography 35(1): 143-148. Loudon, C. and D. N. Alstad. 1990. Theoretical mechanics of particle capture: Predictions for hydropsychid caddisfly distributional ecology. American Naturalist 135(3): 360-381. Loudon, C. 1989. Tracheal hypertrophy in mealworms: Design and plasticity in oxygen supply systems. Journal of Experimental Biology 147: 217-235. Loudon, C. 1988. Development of Tenebrio molitor in low oxygen levels. Journal of Insect Physiology 34(2): 97-103. Rudolph, S. and C. Loudon. 1986. Load size selection by workers of the leafcutter ant (Atta cephalotes). Ecological Entomology 11: 401-410. Vogel, S. and C. Loudon. 1985. Fluid mechanics of the thallus of an intertidal red alga, Halosaccion glandiforme. Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) 168: 161-174. Scheltema, R.S., I.P. Williams, M.A. Shaw, and C. Loudon. 1981. Gregarious settlement by the larvae of Hydroides dianthus (Polychaeta; Serpulidae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 5: 69-74. |
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Professional Societies |
Entomological Society of America Sigma Xi Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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| Other Experience |
Associate Professor University of Kansas 2002—2006 |
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Assistant Professor University of Kansas 1996—2002 |
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NSF Visiting Professor Kansas State University 1993—1995 |
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| Graduate Programs |
Comparative Physiology |
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| Last updated | 04/29/2013 | |