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Roy L. Caldwell is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Veterinary studies. Key subfields of their work cover Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Organic Chemistry, Small Animals, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main topics of research include Cephalopods and Marine Biology, Chemical Synthesis and Alkaloids, Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials.

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Materials
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Records of the Australian Museum

Some recent papers by Roy L. Caldwell include:

  • A natural impact-resistant bicontinuous composite nanoparticle coating, 2020, Nature Materials
  • The Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus, Octopus chierchiae: An Emerging Laboratory Model, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans, 2022, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The Leopard Mantis Shrimp, Ankersquilla pardus, a new genus and species of eurysquillid from Indo-West Pacific coral reefs, 2020, Records of the Australian Museum
  • Individually unique, fixed stripe configurations of Octopus chierchiae allow for photoidentification in long-term studies, 2023, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated multiple times with Caldwell include Becky L. Williams, Anik G. Grearson, Alison Dugan, Taylor Sakmar, and Dominic M. Sivitilli.

Best Publications

  • Biomechanics: Deadly strike mechanism of a mantis shrimp

    S. N. Patek;W. L. Korff;R. L. Caldwell

  • Circular Polarization Vision in a Stomatopod Crustacean

    Tsyr Huei Chiou;Sonja Kleinlogel;Tom Cronin;Roy Caldwell

  • Extreme impact and cavitation forces of a biological hammer: strike forces of the peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus.

    Sheila Patek;R. L Caldwell

  • Ecological effects of a major oil spill on panamanian coastal marine communities.

    J B Jackson;J D Cubit;B D Keller;V Batista

  • Recovery in rubble fields: long-term impacts of blast fishing

    Helen E Fox;Jos S Pet;Rokhmin Dahuri;Roy L Caldwell

  • Polarization vision and its role in biological signaling

    Thomas W. Cronin;Nadav Shashar;Roy L. Caldwell;Justin Marshall

  • Ecology and evolution of agonistic behavior in stomatopods

    Roy L. Caldwell;Hugh Dingle

  • A natural impact-resistant bicontinuous composite nanoparticle coating

    Wei Huang;Wei Huang;Mehdi Shishehbor;Nicolás Guarín-Zapata;Nathan D. Kirchhofer

  • Linkage mechanics and power amplification of the mantis shrimp's strike

    Sheila Patek;B. N Nowroozi;J. E Baio;R. L Caldwell

  • Intraspecific deception by bluffing: a defense strategy of newly molted stomatopods (arthropoda: crustacea).

    Rick Steger;Roy L. Caldwell

  • Deceptive communication in asymmetric fights of the stomatopod crustacean Gonodactylus bredini

    Eldrige S. Adams;Roy L. Caldwell

  • Experimental Assessment of Coral Reef Rehabilitation Following Blast Fishing

    Helen E. Fox;Peter J. Mous;Jos S. Pet;Andreas H. Muljadi

  • RECOVERY FROM BLAST FISHING ON CORAL REEFS: A TALE OF TWO SCALES

    Helen E. Fox;Roy L. Caldwell

  • Cavity occupation and defensive behaviour in the stomatopod Gonodactylus festai: Evidence for chemically mediated individual recognition

    Roy L. Caldwell

  • Sensory adaptation: Tunable colour vision in a mantis shrimp

    Thomas W. Cronin;Roy L. Caldwell;Justin Marshall

  • Fluorescent enhancement of signaling in a mantis shrimp

    C. H. Mazel;T. W. Cronin;R. L. Caldwell;N. J. Marshall

  • Indonesian ‘king of the sea’ discovered

    Mark V. Erdmann;Mark V. Erdmann;Roy L. Caldwell;M. Kasim Moosa

  • A test of individual recognition in the stomatopod Gonodactylus festate

    Roy L. Caldwell

  • The Influence of Size Differential On Agonistic Encounters in the Mantis Shrimp, Gonodactylus Viridis

    Roy L. Caldwell;Jeri Dingle

  • Evolution of anatomical and physiological specialization in the compound eyes of stomatopod crustaceans

    Megan L. Porter;Yunfei Zhang;Shivani Desai;Roy L. Caldwell

  • Report Circular Polarization Vision in a Stomatopod Crustacean

    Tsyr-Huei Chiou;Sonja Kleinlogel;Tom Cronin;Roy Caldwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Cronin
Thomas W. Cronin University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Hugh Dingle
Hugh Dingle University of California, Davis
David Kisailus
David Kisailus University of California, Irvine
Pablo D. Zavattieri
Pablo D. Zavattieri Purdue University West Lafayette
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum
Nadav Shashar
Nadav Shashar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Robert J. Full
Robert J. Full University of California, Berkeley
Todd H. Oakley
Todd H. Oakley University of California, Santa Barbara
John E. Randall
John E. Randall Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Krassimir N. Bozhilov
Krassimir N. Bozhilov University of California, Riverside

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