Ph.D. Entomology. Scale effects on gill plate ventilation mechanics in mayfly nymphs. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. 2009.
M.S. Entomology. Elastic sclerites and hydraulics in arachnid locomotion. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. 2002.
B.A. Physics major with minors in mathematics and biology. Millersville University, PA, USA. 2000.
Selected works
Sensenig, A.,Wenger, M. (accepted Jan. 2024, in press) Using rubrics with peer review to improve undergraduate science writing. Journal of College Science Teaching.
Sensenig, A. (2021). Invaders under our feet. Pacific Journal. 16: 51-57.
Golding, J., Johnson, A., Sensenig, A.T. (2017). Experimental manipulation of psychological momentum in baseball pitching: no evidence for short-term psychological momentum in baseball throw speeds. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. 11(2):158-166.
Sensenig, A.T., Wiens B. (2015). Perspectives on Evolution and Climate Change Among Mennonites in Kansas, USA. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 118(3-4):276-284.
Brown, L., Stephens, A., Sensenig, A.T. (2014). Object permanence demonstrated by a Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot Amazona oratrix and an African Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 117(3-4):232-236.
Sensenig, A.T., Kelly, S.P., Lorentz, K.A., Lesher, B., Blackledge T.A. (2013). Mechanical performance of spider orb webs is tuned for high speed prey. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 3388-3394.
Sensenig, A., Kelly, S.P., Lorentz, K.A., Blackledge, T.A. (2012). Spider orb webs rely on radial threads to absorb prey kinetic energy. Proceedings of the Royal Society Interface. 9(73):1880-1891.
Sensenig, A. T., Agnarsson, I., Blackledge, T. A. (2011). Adult spiders use tougher silk: ontogenetic changes in web architecture and silk biomechanics in the orb-weaver spider. Journal of Zoology. 285:28-38.
Kelly, S.P., Sensenig A., Lorentz, K.A., Blackledge, T.A. (2011). Damping capacity is evolutionarily conserved in the radial silk of orb weaving spiders. Zoology. 114:233-238.
Sensenig, A., Agnarsson, I., & Blackledge, T.A. (2010). Behavioural and biomaterial coevolution in spider orb webs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23: 1839-56. *journal cover
Sensenig, A. T., Shultz, J. W. & Kiger, K. (2010). Hydrodynamic pumping by serial gill arrays in the mayfly nymph Centroptilum triangulifer. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213:3319-31.
Sensenig, A., Agnarsson, I., Gondek, T. & Blackledge, T.A. (2010). Webs in vitro and in vivo: Spiders alter their orb web spinning behavior in the laboratory. Journal of Arachnology. 38:183-191.
Sensenig, A. T., Kiger, K. T. and Shultz, J. W. (2009). The rowing-to-flapping transition: ontogenetic changes in gill-plate kinematics in the nymphal mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 98: 540-555.
Agnarsson, I., Cecilia Boutry, Shing-Chung Wong, Avinash Baji, Ali Dhinojwala, Andrew T. Sensenig, & Todd A. Blackledge (2009). Supercontraction forces in spider dragline silk depend on hydration rate. Zoology 112(5), 325-331. *journal cover
Sensenig, A.T., Shultz, J.W. (2006). Mechanical energy oscillations during locomotion in the harvestman Leiobunum vittatum (Opiliones). Journal of Arachnology 34: 627-633.
Sensenig, A., Shultz, J.W. (2004). Mechanics of elastic extension in the pedipalpal joints of scorpions and solifuges (Arachnida: Scorpiones, Solifugae). Journal of Arachnology 32:1-10.
Sensenig, A., Shultz, J.W. (2003). Mechanics of cuticular elastic energy storage in leg joints lacking extensor muscles in arachnids. Journal of Experimental Biology 206:771 -784.
