Dr. Olga Speck

Projects

• Abscission and self-repair in biological and artificial materials systems
• Training and self-healing by interface snapping mechanisms
• Twist-to-bend ratios of petioles and transition zones with different shapes and tapering modes (compact project 2020)

Doctoral Researchers (first supervisor)

• Max Mylo
• Max Langer
  

Publications in livMatS

• Reactions of sciences to the Anthropocene: Highlighting inter- and transdisciplinary practices in biomimetics and sustainability research*
  Möller, M., Höfele, P., Kiesel, A., Speck, O. (2021): Reactions of sciences to the Anthropocene: Highlighting inter- and transdisciplinary practices in biomimetics and sustainability research. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene 9(1). doi: 10.1525/elementa.2021.035
• Peak values of twist-to-bend ratio in triangular flower stalks of Carex pendula: a study on biomechanics and functional morphology*
  Speck, O., Steinhart, F., & Speck, T. (2020). Peak values of twist-to-bend ratio in triangular flower stalks of Carex pendula: a study on biomechanics and functional morphology. American Journal of Botany 107(11): 1–9. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1558
• Comparative analyses of the self-sealing mechanisms in leaves of Delosperma cooperi and Delosperma ecklonis (Aizoaceae)*
  Hesse, L., Kampowski, T., Leupold, J., Caliaro, S., Speck, T., & Speck, O. (2020). Comparative Analyses of the Self-Sealing Mechanisms in Leaves of Delosperma cooperi and Delosperma ecklonis (Aizoaceae). International journal of molecular sciences, 21(16), 5768. doi:10.3390/ijms21165768 (Special Issue: Plant Biomechanics)
• Self-repair in cacti branches: comparative analyses of their morphology, anatomy and biomechanics*
  Mylo, M. D., Krüger, F., Speck, T., & Speck, O.. (2020). Self-Repair in Cacti Branches: Comparative Analyses of Their Morphology, Anatomy, and Biomechanics. International journal of molecular sciences, 21(13), 4630. doi:10.3390/ijms21134630 (Special Issue: Plant Biomechanics)
• Wound reactions in stems of Leonurus cardiaca: A morphological, anatomical and biomechanical study
  Speck, O., Schmauder, K., Speck, T., & Paul-Victor, C. (2020). Wound reactions in stems of Leonurus cardiaca: a morphological, anatomical, and biomechanical study. Botany, 98(1), 81-89., doi: 10.1139/cjb-2019-0002
• Twist-to-bend ratio: an important selective factor for many rod-shaped biological structures*
  Wolff-Vorbeck, S., Langer, M., Speck, O., Speck, T., & Dondl, P. (2019). Twist-to-bend ratio: an important selective factor for many rod-shaped biological structures. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52878-z
• Quo vadis plant biomechanics: Old wine in new bottles or an up-and-coming field of modern plant science?*
  Speck, T., & Speck, O. (2019). Quo vadis plant biomechanics: Old wine in new bottles or an up‐and‐coming field of modern plant science?. American Journal of Botany, 106(11), 1399-1403. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1371.
• An Overview of Bioinspired and Biomimetic Self-Repairing Materials*
  Speck, O., Speck, T. (2019). An overview of bioinspired and biomimetic self-repairing materials. Biomimetics, 4(1), 26. doi: 10.33.90/biomimetics4010026
• Emergence in Biomimetic Materials Systems
  Speck, T., & Speck, O. (2019). Emergence in biomimetic materials systems. In Emergence and modularity in life sciences (pp. 97-115). Springer, Cham.
  
  
  * Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807