Liao, J.C. and Fetcho, J.R. (2008). Shared versus specialized glycinergic spinal interneurons in axial motor circuits of larval zebrafish. The Journal of Neuroscience Nov 26; 28(48): 12982-92. View PDF

Liao, J.C. (2007). A review of fish swimming mechanics and behavior in altered flows. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 362 (1487):1973-93. View PDF

Liao, J.C. (2006) The role of the lateral line and vision on body kinematics and hydrodynamic preference of rainbow trout in turbulent flow. The Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 4077-4090. View PDF

D. N. Beal, F. S. Hover, M. S. Triantafyllou, J. C. Liao & G. V. Lauder (2006). Passive propulsion in vortex wakes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 549, 385-402.

Liao, J.C. (2004). Neuromuscular control of fish swimming in a vortex street: implications for energy economy. The Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 3495-3506.View PDF

Liao, J. C., Beal, D. N., Lauder, G.V., and Triantafyllou, M.S. (2003). Fish exploiting vortices use less muscle. Science 302, 1566-1569. (cover article). View PDF

Beal, D., Liao, J.C., Lauder, G.V., Hover, F.S., Triantafyllou, M.S. (2003). Passive energy extraction in the wake of bluff objects by fish. Proc. 13th Int. Symp. Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology, Durham, N. H. (not peer reviewed).

Liao, J. C., Beal, D. N., Lauder, G.V., and Triantafyllou, M.S. (2003). The Kármán gait; novel kinematics of rainbow trout swimming in a vortex street. The Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 1059-1073. (cover article). View PDF

Liao, J. C. (2002). Swimming in needlefish: anguilliform locomotion with fins. The Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 2875-2884. View PDF

Liao, J. and Lauder, G.V. (2000). Function of the heterocercal tail in white sturgeon: flow visualization during steady swimming and vertical maneuvering. The Journal of Experimental Biology 203, 3585-3594. View PDF