We employ physical, chemical and engineering principles to analyze the way organisms function and to shed light on the ecological significance and evolutionary history of organismal design. We perform both laboratory and field experiments using a range of species, from microbes to plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates.
Andrew A. Biewener
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Comparative biomechanics of mammalian and avian locomotion; neuromuscular control of movement during walking and running, as well as during flight |
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Peter R. Girguis
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Physiology and biochemistry of deep sea microorganisms, emphasis on carbon and nitrogen metabolism, to better understand their role in mediating local and global biogeochemical cycles; physiological relationships between microbes and animals in natural systems |
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Noel Michele Holbrook
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Physics and physiology of vascular transport in plants with the goal of understanding how constraints on the movement of water and solutes between soil and leaves influences ecological and evolutionary processes |
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George V. Lauder
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Biorobotics and evolution of fishes |
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L. Mahadevan
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Natural interface between physical and biological systems that arises in the context of collective biophysical and biomechanical behavior over a range of scales, from O(nm) to a O(cm) |
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Stephanie E. Pierce
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Assessing link between form and function of the vertebrate skeletal system – especially with respect to muscle/skeletal interactions during feeding and locomotor behaviors in modern and extinct animals |