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2026​

• Hageneder, L., Vanhooydonck, A., Watts, R. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (in press) Low-cost, high-performance method for the production of particles to trace water flow with high contrast in XROMM studies. J. Exp. Biol. 252524. â€‹
• Mielke, M., Mielke, F., Gladman, N.W., Tatulescu, D.A., Herrel, A., Elemans, C.P.H., & Van Wassenbergh, S. (preprint) Coordinated beak–tongue mechanics enable dexterous seed manipulation in songbirds. bioRxiv. ​
• Jorissen, C. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2026). A modelling perspective on torque-frequency trade-offs in multifunctional lever systems driven by antagonist muscle pairs. J. Exp. Biol. 229, jeb250733., ​

2025

• Andries, T., Müller, W. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2025). Feeding performance, kinematics and skills change with age in a granivorous songbird. Proc. R. Soc. B. 292: 20251839. , .
• De Ridder, J., Dujardin, V., Camacho Garcia, J., Sawasawa, W., Aerts, P., Svardal, H. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2025). An alternative pattern of head expansion during feeding in cichlids. Commun. Biol. â€‹8, 1448. , .
• Camp, Ariel, L. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2025). A mechanical perspective on suction feeding in fishes. J. Exp. Biol. 228, jeb250567. , .
• Van Wassenbergh, S. (2025). Biomechanics: Squeezing power drives ballistic tongues. Current Biology 35, R832-R833. , .
• Van Wassenbergh, S. (2025). Waarom spechten geen hersenschudding krijgen. In: Natuurkundige Voordrachten 2024-2025, nieuwe reeks no. 103. Ed. Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Natuurkunde ‘Diligentia’. pp 6-10. , .
• Andries, T., Müller, W. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2025). Beak dimensions affect feeding performance within a granivorous songbird species. J. Exp. Biol. 228, jeb249681. , .

2024

• Fournier, M., Olson, R. Van Wassenbergh, S. & Provini, P. (2024). The avian vocal system: 3D reconstruction reveals upper vocal tract elongation during head motion. J. Exp. Biol. 227, jeb247945. , .
  
• Andries, T., Müller, W. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2024). Seed preference is only weakly linked to seed-type-specific feeding performance in a songbird. Biol. Open. 13, bio060353. , .
  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. & Mielke, M. (2024). Why woodpeckers don't get concussions. Physics Today 77, 54-55. , , .
  

2023

• Witkop, E.M., Van Wassenbergh, S., Heideman, P.D. & Sanderson, S.L. (2023). Biomimetic models of fish gill rakers as lateral displacement arrays for particle separation. Bioinspir. Biomim.18, 056009. , .
  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. (2023). (Dan toch) geen schokabsorptie bij spechten. Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Natuurkunde 89(7), 18-21. .
  
• Andries, T., Müller, W., & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2023). Skill rather than beak kinematics affects seed handling performance in a granivorous songbird. Funct. Ecol. 37, 2677-2686. , .
  
• Lyons, S., Baeckens, S. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2023). Upper beak depression instead of elevation dominates cranial kinesis in woodpeckers. Biol. Lett. 19, 20230148. , , , ​
  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. & Sanderson, S. L. (2023) Hydrodynamic analysis of bioinspired vortical cross-step filtration by computational modelling. R. Soc. Open Sci.10, 230315. , , ​
  

2022

• Sanctorum, J. G., Van Der Jeught, S., Van Wassenbergh, S., Dirckx, J.J.J. (2022). Assessment of perceptual quality measures for multi-exposure radiography and tomography. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 12304, 123042K. , ​
  
• Mielke, M., Van Wassenbergh, S. (2022). Three-dimensional movement of the beak during seed processing in domestic canaries. J. Exp. Biol. 225, jeb244360. ​
  
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Ortlieb, E. J., Mielke, M., Böhmer, C., Shadwick, R.E., Abourachid, A. (2022). Woodpeckers minimize cranial absorption of shocks. Current Biology 32, 3189–3194. ​
  
• Van Gorp, M., Goyens, J., Alfaro, M.E., Van Wassenbergh, S. (2022) Keels of boxfish carapaces strongly improve stabilisation against roll. J. R. Soc. Interface 19, 20210942. , ​
  
• Provini, P., Brunet, A., Filippo, A. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2022) In vivo intraoral waterflow quantification reveals hidden mechanisms of suction feeding in fish. eLife 11, e73621. ,  ​
  
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Andries, T., Pauly, E. & Abourachid, A. (2022). Cranial kinesis facilitates quick retraction of stuck woodpecker beaks. J. Exp. Biol.225, jeb243787. , ​
  

2021

• Sanctorum, J.G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Sijbers, J. & Dirckx, J.J.J (2021). Extended imaging volume in cone-beam x-ray tomography using the weighted simultaneous iterative reconstruction technique. Phys. Med. Biol. 66, 165008.
  
• Debaere S.F., Donihue, C.M., Herrel, A. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2021) An aerodynamic perspective on hurricane-induced selection on Anolis lizards. Funct. Ecol. 35, 2026-2032. ​
  
• Olivier, D., Van Wassenbergh, S., Parmentier, E., Frédérich, B. (2021). Unprecedented biting performance in herbivorous fish:how the complex biting system of Pomacentridae circumvents performance trade-offs. Am. Nat. 197, E156–E172. ​
  
• Nguyen, V., Sanctorum, J.G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Dirckx, J.J.J., Sijbers, J. & De Beenhouwer, J. (2021). Geometry calibration of a modular stereo cone-beam X-ray CT system. J. Imaging. 7, 54. ​
  
• Sanctorum, J. G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Sijbers, J. & Dirckx J.J.J. (2021) Projection-angle-dependent distortion correction in high-speed image-intensifier-based x-ray computed tomography. Meas. Sci. Technol.32, 035404. ​
• Rajabizadeh, M., Van Wassenbergh, S., Mallet, C., Rücklin, M. & Herrel, A. (2021). Tooth shape adaptations in aglyphous colubrid snakes inferred from 3d geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 191, 454–467. ​
  

2020​â¶Ä‹

• Steendam, C., Verhelst, P., Van Wassenbergh, S. & De Meyer, J. (2020). Burrowing behaviour of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla): effects of life stage. J. Fish Biol. 97, 1332–1342.
• Mielke, M., Aerts, P., Van Ginneken, C., Van Wassenbergh, S., Mielke, F. (2020) Progressive Tracking: a novel procedure to facilitate manual digitization of videos. Biology Open. 9, bio055962.
• Ashraf, I., Van Wassenbergh, S., Verma, S. (2020) Burst-and-coast swimming is not always energetically beneficial in fish (Hemigrammus bleheri). Bioinspir. Biomim. 16, 016002.
  
• Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Sanctorum, J.G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Bazrafkan, S., Dirckx, J.J.J. & Sijbers, J. (2020). A low-cost geometry calibration procedure for a modular cone-beam X-ray CT system. Nondestruct. Test. Evaluation. 35, 252-265.
• Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Bazrafkan, S., Hoang, A.-T., Van Wassenbergh, S. & Sijbers, J. (2020). BeadNet: a network for automated spherical markerdetection in radiographs for geometry calibration. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography, 518-521.​
  
• Boute, P. G., Van Wassenbergh, S. & Stamhuis, E.J. (2020) Modulating yaw with an unstable rigid body and a course-stabilizing or steering caudal fin in the yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus). R. Soc. Open Sci. 7: 200129.
• Sanctorum, J. G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Aerts, P. & Dirckx, J. (2020) Technical note: Correction of geometric X-ray image intensifier distortion based on digital image correlation. Med. Phys. 47, 597-603.

2019

• Sanctorum, J.G., Adriaens, D., Dirckx, J.J.J., Sijbers, J., Van Ginneken, C., Aerts, P. & Van Wassenbergh S. (2019). Methods for characterization and optimisation of measuring performance of stereoscopic x-ray systems with image intensifiers. Meas. Sci. Technol. 30, 105701.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. & Beakens, S. (2019) Digest: Evolution of shape and leverage of bird beaks reflects feeding ecology, but not as strong as expected. Evolution 73, 621-622.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. (2019) Transitions from water to land: terrestrial feeding in fishes. In: Bels V., Whishaw I. (eds) Feeding in Vertebrates. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham, pp. 139-158.
• Nguyen, V., De Beenhouwer, J., Sanctorum, J.G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Aerts, P., Van Ginneken, C., Dirckx, J. J. J., Sijbers, J. (2019) A low-cost and easy-to-use phantom for cone-beam geometry calibration of a tomographic X-ray system.  Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography.

2018

• Thompson, M., Van Wassenbergh, S., Rogers, S.M., Seamone, S.G. & Higam, T.E. (2018). Angling-induced injuries have a negative impact on suction feeding performance and hydrodynamics in marine shiner perch, Cymatogaster aggregata. J. Exp. Biol. 221: jeb180935.
• Provini, P. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2018). Hydrodynamic performance of suction feeding is virtually unaffected by variation in the shape of the posterior region of the pharynx in fish. R. Soc. Open Sci. 5: 181249.
• De Meyer, J., Goethals, T., Van Wassenbergh, S., Augustijns, T., Habraken, J., Hellemans, J., Vandewiele, V., Dhaene, J., Bouillart, M. & Adriaens, D. (2018) Dimorphism throughout the European eel’s life cycle: Are ontogenetic changes in head shape related to dietary differences? J. Anat. 233, 289-301. 
• Heiss, E., Aerts, P. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2018) Aquatic-terrestrial transitions of the feeding system in vertebrates: a mechanical perspective. J. Exp. Biol. 221, jeb154427.
• De Meyer, J., Van Wassenbergh, S., Bouilliart, M., Dhaene, J. & Adriaens, D. (2018) Built to bite? Differences in cranial morphology and bite performance between narrow- and broad-headed European glass eels. J. Morphol. 279, 349-360.

2017

• Van Wassenbergh, S., Heindryckx, S. & Adriaens, D. (2017) Kinematics of chisel-tooth digging by African mole-rats. J. Exp. Biol. 220, 4479-4485.
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Bonte, C. & Michel, K. (2017) Terrestrial capture of prey by the reedfish, a model species for stem tetrapods. Ecol. Evol. 7: 3856–3860. .
• Heiss, E., Handschuh, S., Aerts, P. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2017). A tongue for all seasons: extreme phenotypic flexibility in salamandrid newts. Sci. Rep. 7, 1006. .
• Parmentier, E., Raick, X., Lecchini, D., Boyle, K.S., Van Wassenbergh, S., Bertucci, F. & Kever, L. (2017). Unusual sound production mechanism in the triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Balistidae). J. Exp. Biol. 220, 186-193.

2016

• Michel, K.B., Aerts, P. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2016) Environment-dependent prey capture in the Atlantic mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus). Biology Open 5, 1735-1742.
• McHenry, M.J., Anderson, P.S.L., Van Wassenbergh, S., Matthews, D.G., Summers, A.P. & Patek, S.N. (2016). The comparative hydrodynamics of rapid rotation by predatory appendages. J. Exp. Biol. 219, 3399-3411.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. & Heiss, E. (2016) Phenotypic flexibility of gape anatomy fine-tunes the aquatic prey-capture system of newts. Sci. Rep. 6, 29277. ,
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Joris, I., Desclée, M., Liew, H. J., De Boeck, G., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2016) Kinematics of mouthbrooding in Oreochromis niloticus (Cichlidae). J. Exp. Biol. 219, 1535-1541.
• Heiss, E., Handschuh, S., Aerts, P. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2016). Musculoskeletal architecture of the prey capture apparatus in salamandrid newts with multiphasic lifestyle: does anatomy change during the seasonal habitat switches? J. Anat. 228, 757-770.

2015

• Michel, K., Aerts, P., Gibb, A.C. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2015). Functional morphology and kinematics of terrestrial feeding in the largescale foureyes (Anableps anableps). J. Exp. Biol. 218: 2951-2960.
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Potez, N.Z., Adriaens, D. (2015). Hydrodynamic drag constrains head enlargement for mouthbrooding in cichlids. J. R. Soc. Interface 12: 20150461.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. (2015). A solution strategy to include the opening of the opercular slits in moving-mesh CFD models of suction feeding. Integr. Comp. Biol. 55: 62-73. Supplementary videos () () () ()
• Day, S.W., Higham, T.E., Holzman, R., Van Wassenbergh, S. (2015). Morphology, kinematics, and dynamics: The mechanics of suction feeding in fishes. Integr. Comp. Biol. 55: 21-35. 
• Goyens, J., Van Wassenbergh, S., Dirckx, J., Aerts, P. (2015) Cost of flight and the evolution of stag beetle weaponry. J. R. Soc. Interface. 12: 20150222.
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Day, S. W., Hernández, P.L., Higham, T. E., Skorczewski, T. (2015). Suction power output and the inertial cost of rotating the neurocranium to generate suction in fish. J. Theor. Biol. 372, 159-167.
• Michel, K.B., Heiss, E., Aerts, P. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2015). A fish that uses its hydrodynamic tongue to feed on land. Proc. R. Soc. B. 282: 20150057.
• Van Wassenbergh, S., van Manen, K., Marcroft, T.A., Alfaro, M. E., Stamhuis, E. J. (2015). Boxfish swimming paradox resolved: forces by the flow of water around the body promote manoeuvrability. J. R. Soc. Interface 12: 20141146. .
• Heiss, E., Aerts, P. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2015) Flexibility is everything: prey capture throughout the seasonal habitat switches in the smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris. Org. Divers. Evol. 15:127–142.

2014

• Bertucci, F., Ruppé, L, Van Wassenbergh, S., Compère, P., Parmentier, E. (2014). New insights into the role of the pharyngeal jaw apparatus in the sound-producing mechanism of Haemulon flavolineatum (Haemulidae). J. Exp. Biol. 217, 3862-3869.
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Dries, B. & Herrel, A. (2014) New insights into muscle function during pivot feeding in seahorses. PLoS ONE 9(10): e109068.
• Michel, K., Adriaens, D., Aerts, P., Dierick, M. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2014). Functional anatomy and kinematics of the oral jaw system during terrestrial feeding in Periophthalmus barbarus. J. Morphol. 275, 1145-1160.

2013

• Heiss, E., Aerts, P. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2013). Masters of change: seasonal plasticity in the prey-capture behavior of the Alpine newt Ichthyosaura alpestris (Salamandridae). J. Exp. Biol. 216, 4426-4434.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. & Aerts, P. (2013). In search of the pitching momentum that enables some lizards to sustain bipedal running at constant speeds. J. R. Soc. Interface. 10, 20130241.
• Heiss, E., Natchev, N., Gumpenberger, M., Weissenbacher, A. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2013). Biomechanics and hydrodynamics of prey capture in the Chinese giant salamander reveal a high-performance jaw-powered suction mechanism. J. R. Soc. Interface 10, 20121028.
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Leysen, H., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2013) Mechanics of snout expansion in suction feeding seahorses: musculoskeletal force transmission. J. Exp. Biol. 216, 407-417.  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. (2013). Kinematics of terrestrial capture of prey by the eel-catfish Channallabes apus.  Integr. Comp. Biol. 53, 258–268.

2012

• Herrel, A., Van Wassenbergh, S. & Aerts, P. (June 2012) Biomechanical studies of food and diet selection. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. 

2011

• Van Wassenbergh, S., Roos, G., Aerts, P., Herrel, A. & Adriaens, D. (2011) Why the long face? A comparative study of feeding kinematics of two pipefish with different snout lengths.  J. Fish Biol. 78, 1786-1798
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Roos, G. & Ferry, L. (2011) An adaptive explanation for the horse-like shape of seahorses. Nature Communications 2, 164.  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. & De Rechter, D. (2011) Piscivorous cyprinid fish modulates suction feeding kinematics to capture elusive prey. Zoology 114, 46-52.
• Roos, G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Aerts, P., Herrel, A. & Adriaens, D. (2011) Effects of snout dimensions on the hydrodynamics of suction feeding in juvenile and adult seahorses. J. Theor. Biol. 269, 307-317.

2010

• Roos, G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2010). Snout allometry in seahorses: insights on optimisation of pivot feeding performance during ontogeny J. Exp. Biol. 213, 2184-2193. )
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Brecko, J., Aerts, P., Stouten, I., Vanheusden, G., Camps, A., Van Damme, R., & Herrel, A. (2010). Hydrodynamic constraints on prey-capture performance in forward-striking snakes. J. R. Soc. Interface 7, 773-785 

2009

• Roos, G., Van Wassenbergh, S., Herrel, A. & Aerts, P. (2009). Kinematics of suction feeding in the seahorse Hippocampus reidi.J. Exp. Biol. 212, 3490-3498.
• Longrie, N., Van Wassenbergh, S., Vandewalle, P., Maguit, Q. & Parmentier, E. (2009). Potential mechanism of sound production in Oreochromis niloticus (Chichlidae). J. Exp. Biol. 212, 3395-3402.
• Van Gossum, H., Bots, J., Snijkers, T., Meyer, J., Van Wassenbergh, S., De Coen, W. & De Bruyn, L. (2009). Behaviour of damselfly larvae (Enallagma cyathigerum) (Insecta, Odonata) after long-term exposure to PFOS. Environ. Pollut. 157, 1332-1336. 
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Roos G., Genbrugge A., Leysen H., Aerts P., Adriaens D. & Herrel, A. (2009). Suction is kids play: extremely fast suction in newborn seahorses. Biology Letters 5, 200-203.   supplementary material: , , , .
• Van Wassenbergh, S. & Aerts, P. (2009) Aquatic suction feeding dynamics: insights from computational modelling. J. R. Soc. Interface. 6, 149-158.  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Lieben, T., Herrel, A., Huysentruyt, F., Geerinckx, T., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2009) Kinematics of benthic suction feeding in Callichthyidae and Mochokidae, with functional implications for the evolution of food scraping in catfishes. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 116-125.
• Roos, G., Leysen, H., Van Wassenbergh, S., Herrel, A., Jacobs, P., Dierick, M., Aerts, P. & Adriaens, D. (2009) Linking morphology and motion: a test of a four-bar mechanism in seahorses Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82, 7-19.

2008

• Van Wassenbergh, S. & P. Aerts (2008) Rapid pivot feeding in pipefish: flow effects on prey and evaluation of simple dynamic modelling via computational fluid dynamics. J. R. Soc. Interface. 5: 1291-1301.
• Herrel, A., Vincent, S.E., Alfaro, M.E., Van Wassenbergh, S., Vanhooydonck, B.& D.J. Irschick (2008) Morphological convergence as a consequence of extreme functional demands: examples from the feeding system of natricine snakes. J. Evol. Biol. 21: 1438-1448.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Strother, J. A., Flammang, B. E., Ferry-Graham, L. A. & Aerts, P. (2008) Extremely fast prey capture in pipefish is powered by elastic recoil. J. R. Soc. Interface 5, 285-296.
• De Schepper N., Van Wassenbergh S. & D. Adriaens (2008) Morphology of the jaw system in trichiurids: trade-offs between mouth closing and biting performance. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 152, 717-736.

2007

• Wyckmans, M., Van Wassenbergh, S. Adriaens, D., Van Damme, R. & Herrel, A. (2007) Size-related changes in cranial morphology affect diet in the catfish Clariallabes longicauda. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 323-334.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., James, R.S. & Aerts, P. (2007) Scaling of contractile properties of catfish feeding muscles. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 1183-1193.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2007) No trade-off between biting and suction feeding performance in clariid catfishes. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 27-36.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2007) Interspecific variation in sternohyoideus muscle morphology in clariid catfishes: functional implications for suction feeding. J. Morphol. 268: 232-242.  

2006

• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D., Huysentruyt, F., Devaere, S. & Aerts, P. (2006) A catfish that can strike its prey on land. Nature 440: 881.  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2006) Modulation and variability of prey capture kinematics in clariid catfishes J. Exp. Zool. 305A: 559-569.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Aerts, P. & Herrel, A. (2006) Hydrodynamic modeling of aquatic suction performance and intra-oral pressures: limitations for comparative studies. J. R. Soc. Interface 3: 507-514.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Aerts P. & Herrel, A. (2006) Scaling of suction feeding performance in the catfish Clarias gariepinus. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 79: 43-56. 

2005

• Herrel, A., Van Wassenbergh, S., Wouters, S., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2005). A functional morphological approach to the scaling of the feeding system in the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. J. Exp. Biol 208, 2091-2102.
• Van Wassenbergh, S., Aerts, P. & Herrel, A. (2005). Scaling of suction-feeding kinematics and dynamics in the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. J. Exp. Biol. 208, 2103-2114.  
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2005) A test of mouth-opening and hyoid-depression mechanisms during prey capture in a catfish. J. Exp. Biol. 208, 4627-4639.
• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Aerts, P., Adriaens, D., & Herrel, A. (2005) A dynamical model of mouth closing movements in clariid catfishes: the role of enlarged jaw adductors. J. Theor. Biol. 234: 49-65.

2004

• Van Wassenbergh, S. , Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. & Aerts, P. (2004) Effects of jaw adductor hypertrophy on buccal expansions during feeding of airbreathing catfishes (Teleostei, Clariidae). Zoomorphology 123: 81-93.