TEDxUF 2025 Metamorphosis: Fish as a Way of Knowing
Jimmy gave his talk at the TEDxUF 2025 Conference on April 12th entitled “Fish as a Way of Knowing: How Living Your Science Can Illuminate Your Life and the World”.
Jimmy wins an Ig Nobel!
A study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and one that looks at the swimming abilities of dead fish were among the winners Thursday of this year’s Ig Nobels, the prize for comical scientific achievement.
Featured in: Science, & Science, Independent, ABC, NPR, Huffpost, AP, Fortune, Chemical & Engineering News, & New Scientist.
Jimmy advised a team from Georgia Tech on an exoskeleton for fish in Capstone Design Expo Spring 2025
At Capstone Design Expo Spring 2025, a student team from Georgia Tech, advised by Jimmy Liao, unveiled an innovative exoskeleton for fish. Blending biology and engineering, the project supports research in fish locomotion and aquatic robotics, highlighting the Expo’s focus on real-world, cross-disciplinary solutions.
Featured in: ExoTic Exoskeleton
How to Break a Fish
In the wild west of the Internet, misinformation creeps around every corner.
Podcast – Inkstick Media
Choreography and Agent-based Modeling as Tools for scientific sense-making
The Choreographing Science project brings scientists, middle school youth and choreographers together to explore unsettled scientific phenomena from a complex systems perspective using choreography and agent-based modeling to engage in cutting edge scientific inquiry.
Article — terc.edu
Coastal Job: Marine Animal Movement Expert
James Liao studies the mysteries of marine animal movement with an eye to unlocking solutions to human problems.
Article – Hakai Magazine
How Fish Feel
What can mathematics teach us about the flow of aquatic life.
Article – New Yorker Magazine
Video – UF
Video – UF