Publications

Li, T.; Schindler, M.; Paskin, M.; Surapaneni, V. A.; Scott, E.; Hauert, S.; Payne, N.; Cade, D. E.; Goldbogen, J. A.; Mollen, F. H. et al.; Baum, D.; Hanna, S.; Dean, M. N.: Functional models from limited data: a parametric and multimodal approach to anatomy and 3D kinematics of feeding in basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus). The Anatomical Record (2025)

Schindler, M.; Flaum, B.; Manafzadeh, A. R.; Kamska, V.; Rajan, K. C.; Malagamba, M. J. R.; Hu, R.; Baum, D.; Dean, M. N.: Helmeted hornbill cranial kinesis: balancing mobility and stability in a high-impact joint. The Anatomical Record (2025)

Blumer, M. J.; Surapaneni, V. A.; Ciecierska-Holmes, J.; Redl, S.; Pechriggl, E. J.; Mollen, F. H.; Dean, M. N.: Intermediate filaments spatially organize intracellular nanostructures to produce the bright structural blue of ribbontail stingrays across ontogeny. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 12, 1393237 (2024)

Eigen, L.; Wölfer, J.; Baum, D.; Le, M.-L. V.; Werner, D.; Dean, M. N.; Nyakatura, J. A.: Comparative architecture of the tessellated boxfish (Ostracioidea) carapace. Communications Biology 7 (1571), pp. 1 - 11 (2024)

Surapaneni, V. A.; Blumer, M. J.; Tadayon, K.; McIvor, A.; Redl, S.; Honis, H.-R.; Mollen, F. H.; Amini, S.; Dean, M. N.: Ribbontail stingray skin employs a core–shell photonic glass ultrastructure to make blue structural color. Advanced Optical Materials 12 (12), 2301909 (2024)

Yang, B.; Knötel, D.; Ciecierska-Holmes, J.; Wölfer, J.; Chaumel, J.; Zaslansky, P.; Baum, D.; Fratzl, P.; Dean, M. N.: Growth of a tessellation: geometric rules for the development of stingray skeletal patterns. Advanced Science 11 (48), 2407641 (2024)

Clark, B.; Chaumel, J.; Johanson, Z.; Underwood, C.; Smith, M. M.; Dean, M. N.: Bricks, trusses and superstructures: strategies for skeletal reinforcement in batoid fishes (rays and skates). Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 10: The Evolution of Biomineralization in Metazoans, 932341 (2022)

Eigen, L.; Baum, D.; Dean, M. N.; Werner, D.; Wölfer, J.; Nyakatura, J. A.: Ontogeny of a tessellated surface: carapace growth of the longhorn cowfish Lactoria cornuta. Journal of Anatomy 241 (3), pp. 565 - 580 (2022)

Herbert, A. M.; Dean, M. N.; Summers, A. P.; Wilga, C. D.: Biomechanics of the jaws of spotted ratfish. The Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (16), jeb243748 (2022)

Kolmann, M. A.; Marques, F. P. L.; Weaver, J. C.; Dean, M. N.; Fontenelle, J. P.; Lovejoy, N. R.: Ecological and phenotypic diversification after a continental invasion in neotropical freshwater stingrays. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62 (2), pp. 424 - 440 (2022)

Surapaneni, V. A.; Schindler, M.; Ziege, R.; de Faria, L. C.; Wölfer, J.; Bidan, C. M.; Mollen, F. H.; Amini, S.; Hanna, S.; Dean, M. N.: Groovy and gnarly: surface wrinkles as a multifunctional motif for terrestrial and marine environments. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62 (3), pp. 749 - 761 (2022)

Chaumel, J.; Marsal, M.; Gómez-Sánchez, A.; Blumer, M.; Gualda, E. J.; de Juan, A.; Loza-Alvarez, P.; Dean, M. N.: Autofluorescence of stingray skeletal cartilage: hyperspectral imaging as a tool for histological characterization. Discover Materials 1 (1), 16 (2021)

Chiou, A. E.; Liu, C.; Moreno-Jiménez, I.; Tang, T.; Wagermaier, W.; Dean, M. N.; Fischbach, C.; Fratzl, P.: Breast cancer–secreted factors perturb murine bone growth in regions prone to metastasis. Science Advances 7 (12), eabf2283 (2021)

Amini, S.; Razi, H.; Seidel, R.; Werner, D.; White, W. T.; Weaver, J. C.; Dean, M. N.; Fratzl, P.: Shape-preserving erosion controlled by the graded microarchitecture of shark tooth enameloid. Nature Communications 11, 5971 (2020)

Chaumel, J.; Schotte, M.; Bizzarro, J. J.; Zaslansky, P.; Fratzl, P.; Baum, D.; Dean, M. N.: Co-aligned chondrocytes: zonal morphological variation and structured arrangement of cell lacunae in tessellated cartilage. Bone 134, 115264 (2020)

Jayasankar, A. K.; Seidel, R.; Hosny, A.; Weaver, J. C.; Fratzl, P.; Chen, J.; Dean, M. N.: Multi-scale modeling and mechanical performance characterization of stingray skeleton-inspired tessellations. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 138, 103906 (2020)

Li, T.; Liu, C.; Wang, D.: Applying micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) and Raman spectroscopy for non-invasive characterization of coating and coating pigments on ancient Chinese papers. Heritage Science 8 (1), 22 (2020)

Pears, J. B.; Johanson, Z.; Trinajstic, K.; Dean, M. N.; Boisvert, C. A.: Mineralization of the Callorhinchus vertebral column (Holocephali; Chondrichthyes). Frontiers in Genetics 11, 571694 (2020)

Schotte, M.; Chaumel, J.; Dean, M. N.; Baum, D.: Image analysis pipeline for segmentation of a biological porosity network, the lacuno-canalicular system in stingray tesserae. MethodsX 7, 100905 (2020)

Seidel, R.; Blumer, M.; Chaumel, J.; Amini, S.; Dean, M. N.: Endoskeletal mineralization in chimaera and a comparative guide to tessellated cartilage in chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, rays and chimaera). Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17 (171), 20200474 (2020)