Laura is a postdoctoral fellow in Rachel Carmody’s Nutritional and Microbial Ecology Lab. She studies how the gut microbiome affects host energy balance, how these host-microbial interactions shape energy allocation strategy across developmental and...
I'm an evolutionary biologist and biomechanist. My research uses techniques and principles of biomechanics, anatomy and physiology, and evolution to study the effects of physical activity and aging on the musculoskeletal system, with particular focus on...
The basic question I study and teach —why does the human body look and function the way it does— requires an evolutionary perspective because nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. An evolutionary approach to human anatomy and...
I am interested in the contributions of biotic and abiotic factors in the evolution of Neogene mammals, including hominins
