Joseph T. Thompson

Franklin & Marshall College — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

13h-index731citations31works0.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Cephalopods and Marine Biology(19), Muscle activation and electromyography studies(8), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms(7), Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics(6), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials(4)

Publications31 total

When Animals Turn Inside Out: The Eversion of Bloodworms
2025Open Access
Squid paralarvae turn with high agility using jets near the Reynolds number threshold for viscous domination
Journal of Experimental Biology·2025
Conducting Impactful Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2025Open Access
It Is Hard to Be Soft: Length-Force Relationships in Muscles of Hydrostatically Supported Animals
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2025· 2 cited
One size does not fit all: diversity of length–force properties of obliquely striated muscles
Journal of Experimental Biology·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Vectored jets power arms-first and tail-first turns differently in brief squid with assistance from fins and keeled arms
Journal of Experimental Biology·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Dental Care for the Older Patient
Psychology Press eBooks·2021
The length-force behavior and operating length range of squid muscle vary as a function of position in the mantle wall
UNC Libraries·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Squids use multiple escape jet patterns throughout ontogeny
Biology Open·2020· 11 citedOpen Access
Shape, Size, and Structure Affect Obliquely Striated Muscle Function in Squid
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2018· 8 citedOpen Access
New approaches for assessing squid fin motions: Coupling proper orthogonal decomposition with volumetric particle tracking velocimetry
Journal of Experimental Biology·2018· 12 citedOpen Access
Volumetric flow imaging reveals the importance of vortex ring formation in squid swimming tail-first and arms-first
Journal of Experimental Biology·2015· 59 cited
Connective Tissue in Squid Mantle Is Arranged to Accommodate Strain Gradients
Biological Bulletin·2014· 7 cited
The length-force behavior and operating length range of squid muscle varies as a function of position in the mantle wall
Journal of Experimental Biology·2014· 17 cited
Transmural variation in the length‐force relationships and <i>in vivo</i> operating length ranges of the mantle muscles of squid
The FASEB Journal·2013
Simultaneous Determination of Chromium, Selenium, and Molybdenum in Nutritional Products by Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry: Single-Laboratory Validation
Journal of AOAC International·2011· 8 cited
The ultrastructure and contractile properties of a fast-acting, obliquely striated, myosin-regulated muscle: the funnel retractor of squids
Journal of Experimental Biology·2010· 14 citedOpen Access
The ontogeny of muscle structure and locomotory function in the long-finned squid<i>Doryteuthis pealeii</i>
Journal of Experimental Biology·2010· 12 citedOpen Access
Gradients of strain and strain rate in the hollow muscular organs of soft-bodied animals
Biology Letters·2010· 7 cited
Pulsed jet dynamics of squid hatchlings at intermediate Reynolds numbers
Journal of Experimental Biology·2009· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

William M. Kier(11), Ian K. Bartol(10), Paul S. Krueger(10), William J. Stewart(4), Kari R. Taylor-Burt(4), Ryan M. Shelton(3), Brian J. Rybarczyk(2), Antonio T. Baines(2), Mitch McVey(2), Heather R. Wilkins(2), Carly A. York(2), Alissa M. Ganley(2), Rachel A. Jastrebsky(1), Sophie Williams(1), Janet R. Voight(1), John A. Szczepanski(1), Joshua Brody(1), Jack Rosenbluth(1), Andrew G. Szent‐Györgyi(1), A. E. Baksi(1)