# First person – Christoph Bruns

## TL;DR

Christoph Bruns discusses his research on the mechanical properties and microdamage of insect cuticle in a first-person interview.

## Contribution

The paper presents insights into the fatigue-induced microdamage and fracture behavior of insect cuticle.

## Key findings

- The study focuses on the locust femur-tibia joint's cuticular microstructure.
- It investigates how mechanical properties relate to functional morphology in insect cuticle.
- The research highlights fatigue-induced microdamage and fracture behavior in insects.

## Abstract

First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Christoph Bruns is first author on ‘
Cuticular microstructure of the locust femur-tibia joint’, published in BiO. Christoph is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Jan-Henning Dirks at Hochschule Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany, investigating the mechanical properties and functional morphology of insect cuticle, with a particular focus on fatigue-induced microdamage and fracture behavior.