Timothy E. Higham

Assistant Professor



Contact Information

Office: 400N Jordan Hall
Phone:  864-656-7393
Fax:  864-656-0435
E-mail: thigham@clemson.edu

Education

  • 2006: Ph.D. University of California, Davis. Advisor: Peter C. Wainwright
  • 2003: M.S. University of Cincinnati. Advisor: Bruce C. Jayne
  • 2000: B.S. University of Calgary

Post-Doctoral

  • 2006 to 2008: Harvard University. Advisor: Andrew Biewener

Research Interests

  • Comparative skeletal muscle physiology; muscle fatigue; biomechanics, functional morphology and the evolution of feeding and locomotion; hydrodynamics of suction feeding in fishes; lizard locomotion

Selected Publications

  • Higham, T.E. and A.A. Biewener. In review. Fatigue alters in vivo function within
    and between limb muscles during running.
  • Wainwright, P.C., R.S. Mehta and T.E. Higham. In review. Stereotypy, flexibility and coordination: central concepts in behavioral functional morphology. Journal of Experimental Biology.
  • Higham, T.E. and F.E. Nelson. 2008. The integration of lateral gastrocnemius muscle function and kinematics in running turkeys. Zoology In press.
  • Higham, T.E. and A.A. Biewener. 2008. Integration within and between muscles during terrestrial locomotion: effects of incline and speed. Journal of Experimental Biology 211(14), 2303-2316.
  • Higham, T.E., A.A. Biewener and J.M. Wakeling. 2008. Functional diversification within and between muscle synergists during locomotion. Biology Letters 4(1), 41-44.
  • Day, S. W., T. E. Higham and P. C. Wainwright. 2007. Time resolved measurements of the flow generated by suction feeding fish. Experiments in Fluids. 43(5), 713-724.
  • Wainwright, P.C., A.M. Carroll, D.C. Collar, S.W. Day, T.E. Higham and R.A. Holzman. 2007. Suction feeding mechanics, performance and diversity in fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(1), 96-106.
  • Higham, T.E. 2007. The integration of locomotion and prey capture in vertebrates: evolution of morphology, behavior and performance. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(1), 82-95
  • Higham, T.E., C.D. Hulsey, O. Rican and A.M. Carroll. 2007. Feeding with speed: prey capture evolution in cichlids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20(1), 70- 78.
  • Higham, T.E. 2007. Feeding, fins and braking maneuvers: locomotion during prey capture in centrarchid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology 210(1), 107- 117.
  • Higham, T.E., S.W. Day, and P.C. Wainwright. 2006. The pressures of suction feeding: the relation between buccal pressure and induced fluid speed in centrarchid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology 209(17), 3281-3287.
  • Higham, T.E., S.W. Day, and P.C. Wainwright. 2006. Multidimensional analysis of suction feeding performance in fishes: fluid speed, acceleration, strike accuracy and the ingested volume of water. Journal of Experimental Biology 209(14), 2713-2725.
  • Higham, T.E., B. Malas, B.C. Jayne and G.V. Lauder. 2005. Constraints on starting and stopping: behavior compensates for reduced pectoral fin area during braking of the bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus. Journal of Experimental Biology 208(24), 4735-4746.
  • Day, S.W., T.E. Higham, A.Y. Cheer, and P.C. Wainwright. 2005. Spatial and temporal patterns of water flow generated by suction feeding bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus resolved by Particle Image Velocimetry. Journal of Experimental Biology 208(14), 2661-2671. Also see cover.
  • Higham, T.E., S.W. Day and P.C. Wainwright. 2005. Sucking while swimming: evaluating the effects of ram speed on suction generation in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus using digital particle image velocimetry. Journal of Experimental Biology 208(14), 2653-2660. Also see cover.
  • Higham, T.E., and B.C. Jayne. 2004. In vivo muscle activity in the hindlimb of the arboreal lizard, Chamaeleo calyptratus: general patterns and the effects of incline. Journal of Experimental Biology 207(2), 249-261.
  • Higham, T.E., and B.C. Jayne. 2004. Locomotion of lizards on inclines and perches: hindlimb kinematics of an arboreal specialist and a terrestrial generalist. Journal of Experimental Biology 207(2), 233-248.
  • Higham, T.E., M.S. Davenport, and B.C. Jayne. 2001. Maneuvering in an arboreal habitat: the effects of turning angle on the locomotion of three sympatric ecomorphs of Anolis lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 204(23), 4141- 4155.

Recent Courses

  • BIOSC 475/675 - Comparative Physiology (Spring 2009)
  • BIOSC 476/676 - Comparative Physiology Laboratory (Spring 2009)

Professional Affiliations

  • American Physiological Society
  • Canadian Society of Zoologists
  • International Society of Vertebrate Morphology
  • Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology