The Directory of Research and Researchers at Brown: Elizabeth Brainerd

Biomechanics and Evolutionary Morphology
Professor Brainerd and her research group combine anatomical studies of the musculoskeletal system with principles and techniques from engineering to understand the mechanical basis of movement in animals. Current projects include: biomechanics of the temporomandibular joint, biomechanics of segmented axial musculature in fishes and salamanders, pennate muscle architecture, and the functional morphology and physiology of yawning and pandiculation.

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A.B. 1985, Biology, Harvard College
Ph.D. 1991, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
1990-1993 Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows
1994-1999 Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2000-2005 Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2004 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2005- Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University

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ELIZABETH BRAINERD
Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Phone: +1 401 863 9261
E-mail: Elizabeth_Brainerd@brown.edu

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http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Elizabeth_Brainerd

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