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Elizabeth Queathem
Lecturer in Biology
Tel: 641-269-4334; FAX: 641-269-4285;
Office: Science 2609; Email: queathem@grinnell.edu
I am interested in the relationship between physiology and performance.
In particular, I study how morphology, physiology, and locomotor performance
change during postembryonic development in arthropods. My research focuses
on three questions.
- How is arthropod performance (e.g., locomotion) affected by the molt cycle and reproduction?
- How can arthopods interpret proprioceptive inputs to make appropriate decisions about growth in the face of developmental changes in muscle strength and skeletal stiffness?
- How does the molt cycle affect arthropod ecology (via behavior and performance) and evolution (via natural selection on traits such as clutch size and age and size at maturity)?
Students who would like to work in any of these areas would be welcome. I would
be interested in both field work projects (e.g., evaluating locomotor performance
and behavior in habitats at the Krumm Preserve or CERA) and laboratory studies
(looking at the effects of exercise on the size and strength of musculoskeletal
structures).
- Fall
Tutorial: "Movement, Feeling, Who We Are"
- Spring
BIO-150: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Animal Locomotion"
- Biology 150: Introduction to Biological Inquiry, "Animal Locomotion"
- Biology 364: Animal Physiology
- Biology 395: Advanced Special Topic: Comparative Vertebrate Morphology and Function
- SCI/SST 395: Advanced Special Topic: Biomedical Technology, Public Policy, and Reproduction
- SCI/HUM/SST 395: Advanced Special Topic: Control of Reproduction
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