Jimmy Liao

Exploring the frontiers of knowledge, one fish at a time.

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

Just back from the Simulated Bodies workshop @JaneliaHHMI. Great to catch up with dear old friends and meet new ones. Bonus: Michael Dickinson’s biomechanics standup-lecture. Bringing ideas and good vibes back to @Whitney_Lab and @UF.

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

We are hiring!!!

The Whitney Laboratory invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level as part of a broader strategic investment in Technology Driven Discovery in Marine Bioscience.

Details at:

https://t.co/9fMYmDzmvb

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

I’ve always been impressed with the research drive of my postdocs, but equally impressed with their Halloween fish origami creativity for our lab door!

Thanks Ishani, Fan and Zihou for keeping it spooky….

@Whitney_Lab
@UF

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

Getting some love from my home journal— beyond honored 🙏🐟

“We are highlighting James Liao, who was awarded the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for his 2004 @J_Exp_Biol study, as an extraordinary biologist.”

#100biologists

@Harvard
@UF
@Whitney_Lab
@IgNobel
@SICB_

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@EpicPlain They cited my dead trout video that I won an Ig Nobel for!

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

In this TED talk I shared what fish have taught me- to be a better father, the power of curiosity-driven science, and the value of studying animals in their natural context.

Check it out!

 https://t.co/eyHKcdmen5

#TEDxUF #Science #MarineBiology #Fatherhood #Biomechanics

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

Thrilled to have Masters student David Sparks publish his dissertation in JEB! He swam fish and postdoc Subra Koley performed PIV validation of Edwin Rajeev’s CFD model- team effort 🐟💪🐟

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⁦@J_Exp_Biol⁩
⁦@SICB_DCB_DVM⁩ https://t.co/cmJ6znMKuM

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

Farewell BBQ to iNavigate Ph.D. engineering student Dragos (Romania) and welcome to incoming computer science Ph.D. student Robert from Wales! Thanks for making fish biomechanics research an international endeavor 😎

@Whitney_Lab
@UFBiology
@UF

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@tkalee @UF @UFBiology @APSphysics @Whitney_Lab Yes, feel free!

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

Closest I’ll get to the real thing— I’ll take it!

#IgNobel
@UF
@UFBiology
@APSphysics
@Whitney_Lab

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@candywong_H Thanks Candy!!🐟💪

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@ZepengYao Thank you Zepeng!!

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@ZebrafishRock Thanks! Zebrafish next..,. 😎

[Whitney Laboratory @Whitney_Lab]

Congrats @LabLiao for earning the #IgNobel prize in physics by demonstrating/explaining the swimming abilities of dead trout!

“I discovered that a live fish moved more than a dead fish but not by much,” Liao said, holding up a fake fish at the award ceremony. 📸Steven Senne/@AP

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@LoesgenLab @Whitney_Lab @UF Thank you Sandra ❤️🙏

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@Viveknprakash @Whitney_Lab @AP Thank you Vivek!!
🐟💀🔬

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@HungtangK Thank you Hungtang! Looking forward to dead fish at SICB this year 👍😊

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@melissa_meadows @Whitney_Lab @UF @UFBiology @APSphysics Thanks Melissa! I plan to fund every scientist that smiles when they talk about their work— for life 😎

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@LoligoSystems Indeed it is!

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@J_Exp_Biol Thank you, thank you ❤️🐟💀❤️
@J_Exp_Biol

[Jimmy Liao @LabLiao]

@ET_Lunsford Thanks Elias 😎