Brown University Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Professor
(401) 863-3770
Stephen_Gatesy@brown.edu

Stephen M. Gatesy
Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University

My research is directed at understanding the evolution of the vertebrate locomotor system. More specifically, I am interested in the functional consequences of changing morphology and evaluating how elements of the locomotor complex interact to facilitate or constrain evolutionary transformation.

Education

1989	Ph.D. Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, dissertation title “Archosaur Neuromuscular Evolution”
1989	A.M. Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
1983	B.A. Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Biology, Minor in Geology, Colgate University

Professional Appointments

2009-present 2001-2009	Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University
1996-2001	Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor of Biology, Brown University
1995-2001	Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University
1994-pres.	Research Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
1993-1995	Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University
1992-1993	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
1991-1992	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana
1989-1991	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine

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