USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Postdoctoral Fellow
Biomechanist, Physiologist, Entomologist
insect wings, hydraulics, flight
Publications
Experimental methods to measure and track hemolymph in insect wings (Salcedo and Socha, ICB (2020))
A sampling of the diversity of wing shapes and geometries found across the insect phylogeny (Salcedo and Hoffmann et al, Biology Open (2019))
Salcedo, MK, Jun, B, Socha, JJ, Pierce, N, Vlachos, PP, Combes, SA. Complex circulation patterns in grasshoppper wings. Accepted at Communications Biology (Jan 2023).
Salcedo, MK, *Ellis, TE, Sáenz, ÁS, *Lu, JL, *Worrell, T, Madigan, ML, Socha, JJ. Transient use of hemolymph for
hydraulic wing expansion in cicadas. In Revision at Scientific Reports (Jan 2023).
Mikel-Stites, M, Salcedo MK, Staples, A, Socha, JJ.3D-imaging inspired improvements to hearing model in parasitoid fly
Ormia ochracea. Accepted at Bioinspiration and Biomimetics (Feb 2023).
Hillen, A, Foley, J, Salcedo, MK, Socha, JJ. 3D X-ray analysis of Laricobius (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a specialist
predator of Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). Submitted to Journal of Insect Science. (Feb 2023)
Salcedo, MK, Socha, JJ. Circulation in insect wings: a review on the necessity of hemodynamics in wing functionality.
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2020). doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa124
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Burnett, N.P., King, E.E., Salcedo, M.K., Tanner, R.L. and Wilsterman, K. Conference scheduling undermines diversity
efforts. Nature Ecology & Evolution (2020), pp.1-2. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1276-5
Salcedo, MK, Hoffmann, J, Donoughe, S, Mahadevan, L. Computational analysis of size, shape and structure of insect
wings. Biology Open (2019). doi:10.1242/bio.040774
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Peleg, O, Peters, JM, Salcedo, MK, Mahadevan, L. Collective mechanical adaptation of honeybee swarms. Nature
Physics (2018) 14(12): 1193. doi: 10.1038/s41567-018-0262-1
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Hoffmann, J, Donoughe, S, Li, K, Salcedo, MK, Rycroft, CH. A simple developmental model recapitulates complex insect
wing venation patterns. PNAS. (2018) 115(40): 9905 - 9910. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1721248115
Combes, SA, Salcedo, MK, Pandit, MM, Iwasaki, JM. Capture success and efficiency of dragonflies pursuing different t
types of prey. Integrative and Comparative Biology (2013) 53(5): 787 - 798. doi: 10.1093/icb/ict072
Williams, CD, Salcedo, MK, Irving, TC, Regnier, M, TL Daniel. The length–tension curve in muscle depends on lattice
spacing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (2013) Vol 280, issue 1776. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0697
Conference Talks
Salcedo, MK. Where do I belong? Claiming your space, culture, and community in STEM. 9th Ann. Hispanic/Latinx
Symposium. Entomology Society of America (2021). Virtual. Symposium.
Salcedo, MK, Shevchenko, P, Socha, JJ. Whole-wing microtomographic imaging of grasshopper wings. Integr. Comp.
Biol. (2021), virtual SICB. Talk. Link to talk: https://youtu.be/Tll5yNoX3kY
Salcedo, MK, Hoffmann, J, Donoughe, SD, Combes SA, Mahadevan L. What’s in a vein? Using computational tools to explore wing diversity and functional consequences of venation patterns on hemodynamics. Integr. Comp. Biol (2020) SICB, Austin, TX. Symposium.
*Hardy, DJ, Salcedo, MK, Kenny, MC, Pulliam, JN, Pendar, H, Socha, JJ. Shot through the heart: a non-invasive IR
technique to measure dorsal heart pumping in insects. Integr. Comp. Biol. (2020). Austin, TX. Poster.
Salcedo, MK, Combes, SA, Mahadevan L. Active hemolymph flow in insect wings: characterization of uniform, bi-
directional and pulsatile flow in a wing network. Integr. Comp. Biol. (2018) Vol. 58, pp. E196. SICB, San
Francisco, CA. Talk.
Salcedo, MK, Hoffmann, J, Mahadevan, L. Wing vein topology and the hydraulics of wing expansion. OEB G4
Symposium. Cambridge, MA. (26 - 27 April 2017). Talk.
Salcedo, MK, Combes, SA, Mahadevan L. Wing vein networks across insect orders: examining hierarchical network
structure and hemolymph flow. Integr. Comp. Biol. (2017) SICB, New Orleans, LA. Talk.
Salcedo, MK, Combes, SA, Mahadevan L. Wing expansion in dragonflies and field crickets: a tightly folded solution to
a complex behavior. Integr. Comp. Biol. (2016) Vol. 56, pp. E250. SICB, Portland, OR. Talk.
Combes, SA, Salcedo MK, Gagliardi, SF, Crall, JD, Iwasaki, JM, Rundle, DE. Optimal flight speeds during dragonfly
predator-prey encounters. Integr. Comp. Biol. (2015) Vol. 55, pp. E33. SICB, West Palm Beach, FL. Poster.