Physiology and Behavior encompasses a systems level, quantitative approach to the study of the behavior of an organism and its constituent parts. As physiology is the study of the physical and chemical processes of life, we use both experimental and theoretical techniques to quantify and model the mechanisms that make life possible. Our focus is to apply quantitative analytical and modeling techniques to challenging problems that vertically integrate across organizational levels, from tissue function to organismal behavior. Organisms of interest span animals to humans, with applications to sensing in complex environments, response to stimuli and stress, robotics, and biologically-inspired design.
Physiology and Behavior
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Excitation-Contraction Coupling, Ryanodine Receptors
Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Locomotion, Neuromechanics, Motor Control, Neurophysiology
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics
Computational Neuroscience, Neural Coding, Neural Networks, Mathematical Biology, Dynamical Systems
Professor, School of Physics
Complex Systems, Pattern Formations, Physics of Living Systems
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Evolution, Ethics, Genomics, Animal Behavior
Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Biofluidics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Locomotion, Behavior
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Quantitative Genetics, Behavior, GPCR-ligand Binding, Epistasis
Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Motor Control, Spinal Cord Physiology, Biomechanics
Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Sensory Control of Locomotion, Peripheral Nerve Injury, Osseointegrated Limb Prostheses, Artificial Sensory Feedback, Neuromechanical Modeling
Assistant Professor, School of Physics
I study how shape and mechanical interactions inform function and locomotion in living systems at scales ranging from the molecular and cellular to the organismal. I also have an interest in living systems as statistical physics, incorporating phenomena such as criticality and entropy production.
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Terrestrial Locomotion, Neuromechanics, Wearable Robotics, Human Augmentation, Elastic Mechanisms
Associate Professor, School of Psychology
Attention, Cognitive Control, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Memory
Dunn Family Associate Professor, School of Physics
Neuromechanics, Neurophysiology, Dynamics of Locomotion, Multiscale Physics of Muscle
Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Developmental biology, neuroscience, cell biology, gene regulation, genome engineering
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Motor Control, Neuroimaging, Signal Processing, Cortical Networks, Action Encoding
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics
Collective behavior; Nonlinear dynamics; Fluid dynamics