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  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Maggie Cusack is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom and specializes in engineering with a focus on biomedical engineering, biomaterials, paleontology, molecular biology, and biotechnology. Their research encompasses multiple subfields and involves interdisciplinary approaches linking material science with biological and geological contexts.

The scientist's work spans several topics of study, including:

  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Diffusion and Search Dynamics
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products

Maggie Cusack has published in a variety of scholarly venues with research appearing in Nature Communications, Lab on a Chip, Facies, The Science of The Total Environment, and Goldschmidt Abstracts. Their published papers include:

  • "Mechanical adaptation of brachiopod shells via hydration-induced structural changes," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Palaeozoic stromatoporoids and chaetetids analysed using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD); implications for original mineralogy and microstructure," 2021, Facies
  • "A simple three-dimensional microfluidic platform for studying chemotaxis and cell sorting," 2025, Lab on a Chip
  • "The Stirling Protocol - Putting the environment at the heart of prosperity and social inclusion," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Robustness of Marine Biomineral Clumped Isotope Thermometry," 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts

The frequent collaborators with whom Maggie Cusack has worked include Huabing Yin, Johannes Ihli, Anna S. Schenk, Sabine Rosenfeldt, and Klaus Wakonig. These collaborations reflect the multidisciplinary and international nature of their research efforts.

Among academic recognitions, Maggie Cusack was awarded as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Biomineralization: elemental and organic influence in carbonate systems.

    Maggie Cusack;Andy Freer

  • TREATISE ON INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

    Fernando Alvarez;A. D. Ansell;P. G. Baker;M. G. Bassett

  • Shell structure, patterns and trends of oxygen and carbon stable isotopes in modern brachiopod shells

    David Parkinson;Gordon B. Curry;Maggie Cusack;Anthony E. Fallick

  • Ocean acidification impacts mussel control on biomineralisation

    Susan C. Fitzer;Vernon R. Phoenix;Maggie Cusack;Nicholas A. Kamenos

  • Coralline algae are global palaeothermometers with bi-weekly resolution

    N.A. Kamenos;N.A. Kamenos;M. Cusack;P.G. Moore

  • Aragonite-calcite seas—Quantifying the gray area

    Uwe Balthasar;Maggie Cusack

  • Ocean acidification alters the material properties of Mytilus edulis shells.

    Susan C. Fitzer;Wenzhong Zhu;K. Elizabeth Tanner;Vernon R. Phoenix

  • Ocean acidification reduces the crystallographic control in juvenile mussel shells

    Susan C. Fitzer;Maggie Cusack;Vernon R. Phoenix;Nicholas A. Kamenos

  • Chemico‐structural evolution of linguloid brachiopod shells

    Maggie Cusack;Alwyn Williams;James O. Buckman

  • Collagenous Chitinophosphatic Shell of the Brachiopod Lingula

    Alwyn Williams;Maggie Cusack;Sarah Mackay

  • Magnesium and phosphorus distribution in the avian eggshell.

    Maggie Cusack;Alex C Fraser;Thomas Stachel

  • Crystallography and chemistry of the calcium carbonate polymorph switch in M. edulis shells

    Paul Dalbeck;Jennifer England;Maggie Cusack;Martin R. Lee

  • High resolution distribution of magnesium and strontium and the evaluation of Mg/Ca thermometry in Recent brachiopod shells

    Alberto Pérez-Huerta;Maggie Cusack;Teresa E. Jeffries;C. Terry Williams

  • The diversity and phylogeny of the paterinate brachiopods

    Alwyn Williams;Leonid E Popov;Lars Erik Holmer;Maggie Cusack

  • Ocean acidification and temperature increase impact mussel shell shape and thickness : problematic for protection?

    Susan C. Fitzer;Liberty Vittert;Adrian Bowman;Nicholas A. Kamenos

  • Crystallography (Electron Backscatter Diffraction) and Chemistry (Electron Probe Microanalysis) of the Avian Eggshell

    Paul Dalbeck;Maggie Cusack

  • Relic aragonite from Ordovician-Silurian brachiopods : Implications for the evolution of calcification

    U. Balthasar;M. Cusack;L. Faryma;P. Chung

  • Biomineral shell formation under ocean acidification: A shift from order to chaos

    Susan C. Fitzer;Peter Chung;Francesco Maccherozzi;Sarnjeet S. Dhesi

  • Continuous Fabrication and Assembly of Spatial Cell-Laden Fibers for a Tissue-Like Construct via a Photolithographic-Based Microfluidic Chip

    Dan Wei;Jing Sun;Jason Bolderson;Meiling Zhong

  • Chemico–structural phylogeny of the discinoid brachiopod shell

    A. Williams;M. Cusack;J. O. Buckman

  • Micro-XANES mapping of sulphur and its association with magnesium and phosphorus in the shell of the brachiopod, Terebratulina retusa

    Maggie Cusack;Yannicke Dauphin;Jean-Pierre Cuif;Murielle Salomé

  • Material properties of brachiopod shell ultrastructure by nanoindentation.

    Alberto Pérez-Huerta;Maggie Cusack;Wenzhong Zhu;Jennifer England

  • Biomineral Proteins from Mytilus edulis Mantle Tissue Transcriptome

    Andy Freer;Stephen Bridgett;Jiahong Jiang;Maggie Cusack

Frequent Co-Authors

Yannicke Dauphin
Yannicke Dauphin Sorbonne University
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Matthew J. Dalby
Matthew J. Dalby University of Glasgow
Vernon R. Phoenix
Vernon R. Phoenix University of Strathclyde
Lars E. Holmer
Lars E. Holmer Uppsala University
Nikolaj Gadegaard
Nikolaj Gadegaard University of Glasgow
Leonid E. Popov
Leonid E. Popov Cardiff University
Robert J. Beynon
Robert J. Beynon University of Liverpool
Jean-Pierre Cuif
Jean-Pierre Cuif University of Paris-Saclay
Arthur J. Boucot
Arthur J. Boucot Oregon State University

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