#  Biomechanics Faculty 

 



We employ physical, chemical and engineering principles to analyze the way organisms function and to shed light on the ecological significance and evolutionary history of organismal design. We perform both laboratory and field experiments using a range of species, from microbes to plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates.



 

  [### Peter R. Girguis

 ](/people/peter-r-girguis) <pgirguis@oeb.harvard.edu>Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Co-Director of the Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative

 

 

 

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   [### Noel Michele Holbrook

 ](/people/noel-m-holbrook) <holbrook@oeb.harvard.edu>Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry

Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum

Affiliate of Environmental Science and Engineering

 

 

 

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   [### George V. Lauder

 ](/people/george-v-lauder) <glauder@oeb.harvard.edu>Henry Bryant Bigelow Professor of Ichthyology

Curator of Ichthyology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

 

 

 

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   [### L. Mahadevan

 ](/people/l-mahadevan) <lm@seas.harvard.edu>Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics

Faculty Dean of Mather House of Harvard College

 

 

 

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   [### Stephanie E. Pierce

 ](/people/stephanie-e-pierce) <spierce@oeb.harvard.edu>Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Interim Curator of Mammalogy in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Director of Graduate Studies

 

 

 

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