Faculty & Staff
Jesse Young, Ph.D.
Graduate Faculty III College of Graduate Studies
I am an organismal biologist with broad interests in understanding the developmental and evolutionary biomechanics of the mammalian locomotor system.
More specifically, I investigate the morphological and mechanical factors that constrain locomotor performance in mammals, and how these constraints determine the ecological capabilities of an organism across multiple time scales (i.e., over evolutionary time, developmentally during ontogeny, and instantaneously to accomplish a task at hand).
Research in my lab focuses on evolutionary, comparative and developmental aspects of mammalian locomotion. Our work is question-driven and is focused on two topics:
- the biomechanics of arboreal locomotion, particularly in primates, and
- the interaction between musculoskeletal growth and locomotor development.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, 2009
Ph.D., Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University, 2008
B.A., Psychology, Indiana University
B.A., Anthropology, Indiana University
Course Director, Body and Brain, M1 – College of Medicine
Associate Editor – Journal of Human Evolution
Associate Editor – PeerJ Life and Environment
2020 Outstanding Faculty Research Award, NEOMED
2015 Junior Faculty Award, NEOMED