Alyssa Y. Stark

1.2k total citations
41 papers, 935 citations indexed

About

Alyssa Y. Stark is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Genetics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alyssa Y. Stark has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 935 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 18 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Alyssa Y. Stark's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (25 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (18 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (11 papers). Alyssa Y. Stark is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (25 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (18 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (11 papers). Alyssa Y. Stark collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Germany. Alyssa Y. Stark's co-authors include Peter H. Niewiarowski, Ali Dhinojwala, Stephen P. Yanoviak, Anthony P. Russell, Timothy E. Higham, Dharamdeep Jain, Metin Sitti, Benjamin J. Adams, Liehui Ge and Xiaopeng Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Alyssa Y. Stark

39 papers receiving 926 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alyssa Y. Stark United States	18	597	369	238	228	138	41	935
Lars Heepe Germany	22	745 1.2×	332 0.9×	184 0.8×	213 0.9×	157 1.1×	45	1.3k
David Labonte United Kingdom	17	427 0.7×	160 0.4×	305 1.3×	185 0.8×	223 1.6×	47	991
Jan‐Henning Dirks Germany	24	429 0.7×	195 0.5×	444 1.9×	170 0.7×	228 1.7×	42	1.3k
Dagmar Voigt Germany	23	470 0.8×	248 0.7×	414 1.7×	161 0.7×	399 2.9×	79	1.8k
Joanna M. Smith United Kingdom	10	442 0.7×	267 0.7×	78 0.3×	192 0.8×	115 0.8×	18	725
N. Hosoda Japan	20	436 0.7×	251 0.7×	140 0.6×	333 1.5×	128 0.9×	74	1.8k
Thomas Endlein United Kingdom	15	380 0.6×	143 0.4×	152 0.6×	193 0.8×	103 0.7×	21	576
Esther Appel Germany	17	173 0.3×	165 0.4×	218 0.9×	57 0.3×	231 1.7×	28	1.0k
Daniel Dudek United States	10	319 0.5×	128 0.3×	167 0.7×	278 1.2×	121 0.9×	20	1.3k
Anne M. Peattie United States	10	1.3k 2.2×	618 1.7×	201 0.8×	709 3.1×	143 1.0×	11	1.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Seiler, Annina, Alyssa Y. Stark, & Stephen P. Yanoviak. (2025). Leaf Conditions Affect the Landing Success of Fallen Tropical Ants. Biotropica. 57(5).

Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2023). Hyposalinity reduces coordination and adhesion of sea urchin tube feet. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(13). 6 indexed citations

Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2023). The bumpy road ahead: the role of substrate roughness on animal walking and a proposed comparative metric. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(Suppl_1). 10 indexed citations

Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2022). An investigation of gecko attachment on wet and rough substrates leads to the application of surface roughness power spectral density analysis. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 11556–11556. 11 indexed citations

Dayan, Cem Balda, et al.. (2020). The effect of substrate wettability and modulus on gecko and gecko-inspired synthetic adhesion in variable temperature and humidity. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 19748–19748. 24 indexed citations

Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2020). Adhesive plasticity among populations of purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 223(Pt 15). 4 indexed citations

Fernhaber, Stephanie A. & Alyssa Y. Stark. (2019). Biomimicry: New insights for entrepreneurship scholarship. Journal of Business Venturing Insights. 12. e00137–e00137. 12 indexed citations

Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2019). Shear adhesive performance of leaf‐cutting ant workers (Atta cephalotes). Biotropica. 51(4). 572–580. 6 indexed citations

Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2017). Geckos go the Distance: Water's Effect on the Speed of Adhesive Locomotion in Geckos. Journal of Herpetology. 51(2). 240–244. 8 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2017). Out on a limb: Thermal microenvironments in the tropical forest canopy and their relevance to ants. Journal of Thermal Biology. 69. 32–38. 18 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2016). Who Is Your Champion? A Close Look at How Plant and Animal Structures Can Help Solve a Problem.. Science and Children. 53(9). 39–45. 1 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2016). Who Is Your Champion?: A Close Look at How Plant and Animal Structures can help Solve a Problem. Science and Children. 53(9). 39–45. 2 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2015). Gecko Adhesion on Wet and Dry Patterned Substrates. PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0145756–e0145756. 14 indexed citations

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Jain, Dharamdeep, Alyssa Y. Stark, Peter H. Niewiarowski, Toshikazu Miyoshi, & Ali Dhinojwala. (2015). NMR spectroscopy reveals the presence and association of lipids and keratin in adhesive gecko setae. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9594–9594. 30 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., Daniel M. Dryden, Kelly A. Peterson, et al.. (2015). Adhesive interactions of geckos with wet and dry fluoropolymer substrates. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 12(108). 20150464–20150464. 16 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2014). Reduction of Water Surface Tension Significantly Impacts Gecko Adhesion Underwater. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(6). 1026–1033. 17 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2014). Self-Drying: A Gecko's Innate Ability to Remove Water from Wet Toe Pads. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101885–e101885. 19 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2014). The Role of Surface Chemistry in Adhesion and Wetting of Gecko Toe Pads. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6643–6643. 40 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2013). Surface wettability plays a significant role in gecko adhesion underwater. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(16). 6340–6345. 123 indexed citations

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Stark, Alyssa Y., et al.. (2012). The effect of surface water and wetting on gecko adhesion. Journal of Experimental Biology. 215(17). 3080–3086. 62 indexed citations

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