比较生物力学哲学博士

生物力学是将机械原理应用于研究作用在生物上和生物内部的力的方法。我们的工作显然是进化的：我们使用有机形态和行为的度量和模型来研究进化环境中的生物设计和性能。我们围绕围绕脊椎动物神经和肌肉骨骼系统进化的问题进行广泛的研究。认识到最有效的方法是集成的，因此我们对神经力学抱有共同的兴趣：研究神经和肌肉骨骼系统在成功执行重要生态行为方面的相互作用。我们与OBA神经生物学，古生物学和发展领域的同事分享这些兴趣并开展富有成效的合作。
Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to the study of the forces acting on and within organisms. Our work is explicitly evolutionary: we use measurement and models of organismal morphology and behavior to study organismal design and performance in an evolutionary context. <br>Current areas of research<br>Finite-element modeling, in vivo bone strain analysis and theoretical modeling of:<br>the role of sutures in alligator mandible growth and function,<br>the skulls of lizards and primates during feeding.<br>Cortical control of feeding behavior in mammals.<br>The evolution of rhythmicity in vertebrate locomotion and feeding.<br>Morphometrics and computational modeling of vertebrate skulls.<br>Evolutionary biomechanics of feeding and locomotor systems in coral reef fishes.