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Technical expert in research software, analysis, physics and biology
Profile Summary
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Work Experience
Research Software Engineer
University of Sheffield
September 2019 - Present
Research Software Engineer
University of Sheffield
September 2019 - Present
Postdoc
Lund University
April 2018 - April 2019
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
University of Bristol
January 2015 - December 2017
Visiting scientist
Lund University
March 2015 - June 2015
Education
PhD (Schools of Physics & Biological Sciences)
University of Bristol
September 2010 - December 2014
Certifications
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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
(2019). Long-Wavelength Reflecting Filters Found in the Larval Retinas of One Mantis Shrimp Family (Nannosquillidae) . Current Biology.
David Wilby, Samuel Riches, Ilse M. Daly, Andrew Bird, Matthew Wheelwright, James J. Foster (2018). Hermit crabs (Pagurus bernhardus) use visual contrast in self-assessment of camouflage . The Journal of Experimental Biology.
David Wilby, Kathryn D. Feller, Thomas M. Jordan, Nicholas W. Roberts(2017). Selection of the intrinsic polarization properties of animal optical materials creates enhanced structural reflectivity and camouflage . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 372. (1724). p. 20160336. The Royal Society
David Wilby, Nicholas W. Roberts(2017). Optical influence of oil droplets on cone photoreceptor sensitivity . The Journal of Experimental Biology. 220. (11). p. 1997--2004. The Company of Biologists
David Wilby, Peter Olsson, Almut Kelber(2017). Spatial summation improves bird color vision in low light intensities . Vision Research. 130. p. 1--8. Elsevier {BV}
David Wilby, Matthew B Toomey, Olle Lind, Rikard Frederiksen, Robert W Curley, Jr, Ken M Riedl, Steven J Schwartz, Christopher C Witt, Earl H Harrison, Nicholas W Roberts, et al.(2016). Complementary shifts in photoreceptor spectral tuning unlock the full adaptive potential of ultraviolet vision in birds . {eLife}. 5. {eLife} Sciences Organisation, Ltd.
David Wilby, Peter Olsson, Almut Kelber(2016). Quantitative studies of animal colour constancy: using the chicken as model . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283. (1830). p. 20160411. The Royal Society
(2016). A shape-anisotropic reflective polarizer in a stomatopod crustacean . Scientific Reports.
David Wilby, Matthew B. Toomey, Peter Olsson, Rikard Frederiksen, M. Carter Cornwall, Ruth Oulton, Almut Kelber, Joseph C. Corbo, Nicholas W. Roberts(2015). Optics of cone photoreceptors in the chicken (
Gallus gallus domesticus
) . Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 12. (111). p. 20150591. The Royal Society
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David Wilby, Tobio Aarts, Pierre Tichit, Andrew Bodey, Christoph Rau, Gavin Taylor, Emily Baird(2018). Using micro-{CT} techniques to explore the role of sex and hair in the functional morphology of bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) ocelli . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory