Chloe Goode

Chloe is a postdoctoral researcher in the ‘Neuromechanics of Movement’ group, led by Dr Janneke Schwaner, at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems Stuttgart, Germany. Chloe’s research focuses on quantifying and modelling the dynamics and scaling trade-offs of locomotion and aerial control of rotation in jumping animals, using high-speed cameras. Prior to working at Max Planck, Chloe completed her Ph.D. and Postdoc in the ‘Biomechanics’ group, led by Prof. Gregory Sutton, at the University of Lincoln, UK. During her first postdoc, Chloe reconstructed 3D muscle models of the feeding apparatus (buccal mass) of Sea slugs (Aplysia californica), using Micro-CT imaging, to develop bio-inspired soft robotic designs. This research was funded by the National Science Foundation as part of the ‘NeuroNex C3NS: Communication, Coordination, and Control in Neuromechanical Systems’; an international Network of interdisciplinary research groups with the goal of addressing the foundational question: How do biological nervous systems control and execute interactions with the environment? In 2023 Chloe completed her Ph.D. on ‘The Control of High-Speed Jumps: Rotation and Energetics of Orthopteran Jumping’ quantifying and modelling take-off dynamics and trajectory control of spring actuated systems, relative to muscle driven systems, in jumping insects. This research was funded by the US Army Research Office as part of the Impulsive Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative.