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96
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Active since
1996
Affiliations
University of Akron(Current)
University of California, Riverside
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
University of Puerto Rico System
Todd A. Blackledge is an author at University of Akron specializing in life sciences, spider ecology, and entomology.
Publications per year
1996–2021
Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era
Todd A. Blackledge, Nikolaj Scharff, Jonathan A. Coddington et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 387 citations · Full text
Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +17
Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider
Ingi Agnarsson, Matjaž Kuntner, Todd A. Blackledge · PLoS ONE · 2010 · 317 citations · Full text
Natural Sciences, Biology, Zoology +11
Silken toolkits: biomechanics of silk fibers spun by the orb web spider<i>Argiope argentata</i>(Fabricius 1775)
Todd A. Blackledge, Cheryl Y. Hayashi · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2006 · 281 citations
Natural Sciences, Entomology, Materials Science +13
Viscoelastic solids explain spider web stickiness
Vasav Sahni, Todd A. Blackledge, Ali Dhinojwala · Nature Communications · 2010 · 167 citations · Full text
Natural Sciences, Entomology, Materials Science +14
Spider silk as a novel high performance biomimetic muscle driven by humidity
Ingi Agnarsson, Ali Dhinojwala, Vasav Sahni et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2009 · 158 citations · Full text
Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Materials Science +17
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