Curriculum vitae
Professional appointments
Postdoctoral scholar (2008 - present)
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
University of Chicago
Education
2002 - 2009 Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
2000 - 2003 M.Sc., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Universidad de Chile
1994 - 1998 B.Sc., Biology, Universidad de Chile
Publications
Sources of variation in temporal and spatial aspects of jaw kinematics in two species of primates feeding on foods of different properties
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2011) 51: 307-319
Iriarte-Diaz J, Reed DA & Ross CF
The instantaneous center of rotation of the mandible in non-human primates
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2011) 51: 320-332
Terhune C, Iriarte-Diaz J, Taylor A & Ross CF
A bird? A plane? No, it's a bat: An introduction to the biomechanics of bat flight
In: Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology (Gunnell GF & Simmons NB, eds). Cambridge University Press (in press)
Swartz SM, Iriarte-Diaz J, Riskin DK & Breuer KS
Whole-body kinematics of a fruit bat reveal the influence of wing inertia on body accelerations
Journal of Experimental Biology (2011) 214: 1546-1553
Iriarte-Diaz J, Riskin DK, Willis DJ, Breuer KS & Swartz SM
The impact of bone and suture material properties on mandibular function in Alligator mississippiensis: testing theoretical phenotypes with finite element analysis
Journal of Anatomy (2011) 218: 59-74
Reed DA, Porro L, Iriarte-Diaz J, Lemberg J, Holliday C, Anapol F & Ross CF
In vivo bone strain and finite-element modeling of the craniofacial haft in catarrhine primates
Journal of Anatomy (2011) 218: 112-141
Ross CF, Dechow PC, Iriarte-Diaz J, Porro L, Richmond B, Spencer M & Strait D
The effect of body size on the wing movements of pteropodid bats, with insights into thrust and lift production
Journal of Experimental Biology (2010) 213: 4110-4122
Riskin DK, Iriarte-Diaz J, Middleton KM, Breuer KS & Swartz SM
Kinematics of the slow turning maneuvering in the fruit bat Cynopterus brachyotis
Journal of Experimental Biology (2008) 211: 3478-3489
Iriarte-Diaz J & Swartz SM
Quantifying the complexity of bat wing kinematics
Journal of Theoretical Biology (2008) 254: 604-615
Riskin DK, Willis DJ, Iriarte-Diaz J, Hedrick TL, Kostandov M, Chian J, Laidlow DH, Breuer KS & Swartz SM
What explains the trot-gallop transition in small mammals?
Journal of Experimental Biology (2006) 209: 4061-4066
Iriarte-Diaz J, Bozinovic F and Vasquez RA
Direct measurements of the kinematics and dynamics of bat flight
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (2006) 1: S10-S18
Tian X, Iriarte-Diaz J, Middleton K, Galvao R, Israeli E, Roemer A, Sullivan A, Song A, Swartz SM and Breuer K
Relative size of hearts and lungs of small bats
Acta Chiropterologica (2005) 7: 65-72
Canals M, Atala C, Grossi B and Iriarte-Diaz J
Biomechanical and ecological relationships of wing morphology of eight Chilean bats
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (2005) 78: 215-227
Canals M, Grossi B, Iriarte-Diaz J and Veloso C
Past and present small mammals of Isla Mocha (Chile)
Mammalian biology (2003) 68: 365-371
Saavedra B, Quiroz D and Iriarte J
Differential scaling of locomotor performance in small and large terrestrial mammals
Journal of Experimental Biology (2002) 205: 2897-2908
Iriarte-Diaz J
Biomechanic consequences of differences in wing morphology between Tadarida brasiliensis and Myotis chiloensis
Acta Theriologica (2002) 47: 193-200
Iriarte-Diaz J, Novoa FF and Canals M
Functional morphology and geographic variation in the digging apparatus of cururos (Octodontidae: Spalacopus cyanus)
Journal of Mammalogy (2002) 83: 145-152
Bacigalupe LD, Iriarte-Diaz J and Bozinovic F
Comparison of the wing morphology of Tadarida brasiliensis (Chiroptera: Molossidae) and Myotis chiloensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) as representatives of two flight patterns
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (2001) 74: 699-704
Canals M, Iriarte-Diaz J, Olivares R and Novoa FF
Published abstracts
Determinants of variance in 3-D jaw kinematics in two species of primates
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2011) 51: E62
Iriarte-Diaz J, Reed DA & Ross CF
The mandibular instantaneous center of rotation in non-human primates and its relation to gape
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2011) 51: E137
Terhune CE, Iriarte-Diaz J, Taylor AB & Ross CF
Kinematic analysis of chewing in primates: comparison of analytical methods on the analysis of jaw motion
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2010) 50: E81
Iriarte-Diaz J & Ross CF
How do bats accelerate?
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2010) 50: E147
Riskin DK, Iriarte-Diaz J, Middleton K, Breuer KS & Swartz SM
No net thrust on the upstroke: the effect of wing inertia on body accelerations of fruit bats during flight
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2009) 49: E83
Iriarte-Diaz J, Riskin DK & Swartz SM
Aerodynamics of the northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2009) 49: E8
Bahlman JW, Riskin DK, Iriarte-Diaz J & Swartz SM
Effects of body size on the wing kinematics of bats
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A (2008) 150: S78
Riskin DK, Iriarte-Diaz J, Middleton K, Breuer KS & Swartz SM
Wing structure and the aerodynamic basis of flight in bats
45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV (2007)
Swartz SM, Iriarte-Diaz J, Riskin DK, Song A, Tian X, Willis DJ & Breuer K
The effect of artificial loads on the straight flight performance of fruit bats
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2006) 46 (suppl. 1): E67
Iriarte-Diaz J
Unique characteristics of aerodynamics of bat flight evidence from direct visualization of patterns of airflow in the wakes of naturally flying bats
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2005) 45 (6): 1080
Swartz SM, Galvao R, Iriarte-Diaz J, Israeli E, Middleton K, Roemer R, Tian X & Breuer K
Kinematics of slow turning maneuvering in bats
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2004) 44 (6): 575
Iriarte-Diaz J & Lee M–M
Can bats actively control the mechanical properties of the wing membrane?
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2004) 44 (6): 751
Swartz SM, Middleton KM, Iriarte-Diaz J, Lee M, Wofford JM, Breuer KS & Ritter DA
Trot-gallop transition in a small mammal
Integrative and Comparative Biology (2003) 43 (6): 1030
Iriarte-Diaz J, Vasquez RA & Bozinovic F
Reconocimiento de parentesco en el roedor caviomorfo Octodon degus
Biological Research (2000) 33: R53
Sartori D, Iriarte J, Cecchi C, Veloso C & Vasquez RA
Predictores morfológicos del desempeño locomotor en mamíferos terrestres
Biological Research (2000) 33: R75
Iriarte-Diaz J & Canals M
Morfometría comparada de dos especies de murciélagos chilenos y su correlación con la conducta de vuelo
Biological Research (1999) 32: R151
Iriarte J, Atala C, Novoa FF & Canals M
A titanosaurid from quebraba La Higuera (late cretaceous), III Region, Chile
Ameghiniana (1999) 36: 102
Iriarte J, Moreno K, Rubilar D & Vargas A
Escalamiento diferencial de la velocidad máxima estandarizada en mamíferos terrestres
Noticiero de Biología (1998) 6: 119
Iriarte J
Invited seminars
Structure and Motion Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College (2011)
Département d'Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (2010)
University of Chicago (2009)
University of Chicago (2008)
University of Massachusettss, Amherst (2008)
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile (2006)
Honors and awards
2007 John G. Peterson Fellow, Brown University
2007 Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
2001 Partial Financing of thesis grant by Departmento de Postgrado y Postítulo of Vicerrectoría de Asuntos Académicos, Universidad de Chile.1998 Academic Excellence Scholarship, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile.
Professional memberships
2001 – present Sociedad de Ecología de Chile (SOCECOL)
2003 – present Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)
2011 - present Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)
Service to the profession
Reviewer for:
Journal of Experimental Biology
Journal of Mammalogy
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
South Africa's National Research Foundation (NRF)