Contact Information
608 East Healey Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Research Interests
Comparative evolutionary biomechanics in both vertebrates and invertebrates, particularly to examine how the laws of physics and mechanics influence evolutionary processes; combining kinematics and fracture mechanics to examine the evolution of biological cutting/puncture systems; biomechanical and morphological diversification in deep-time; evolution of multi-part biomechanical systems; paleobiomechanics
Education
PhD: University of Chicago, IL
BA: Carleton College, MN
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Associate Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
External Links
Recent Publications
Scott, B. R., & Anderson, P. S. L. (2023). Examining competition during the agnathan/gnathostome transition using distance-based morphometrics. Paleobiology, 49(2), 313-328. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2022.32
Anderson, P. S. L., & Kawano, S. M. (2022). Different Traits at Different Rates: The Effects of Dynamic Strain Rate on Structural Traits in Biology. Integrative and comparative biology, 62(3), 683-699. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac066
Anderson, P. S. L. (2022). Shifts in morphological covariation and evolutionary rates across multiple acquisitions of the trap-jaw mechanism in Strumigenys. Evolution, 76(9), 2076-2088. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14557
Cook, A., Pandhigunta, K., Acevedo, M. A., Walker, A., Didcock, R. L., Castro, J. T., O'Neill, D., Acharya, R., Saad Bhamla, M., Anderson, P. S. L., & Ilton, M. (2022). A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems. Integrative Organismal Biology, 4(1), Article obac032. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac032
Deakin, W. J., Anderson, P. S. L., den Boer, W., Smith, T. J., Hill, J. J., Rücklin, M., Donoghue, P. C. J., & Rayfield, E. J. (2022). Increasing morphological disparity and decreasing optimality for jaw speed and strength during the radiation of jawed vertebrates. Science Advances, 8(11), Article abl3644. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abl3644