Faculty Profiles
Katie Whitlow
Assistant Professor
Biology
268 Science Hall
Education
- Ph.D. University of Chicago
- M.S. Towson University
- B.S. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Areas of Expertise
- Comparative Biomechanics
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Ecology and Evolution
- XROMM (X-Ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology)
Research Interests
- Fish Feeding
- Animal Locomotion
- Performance and Metabolism
- Morphology and Biomechanics
Courses Recently Taught
- Human Physiology
- Foundations of Ecology and Evolution
Creative and Scholarly Work
- Whitlow, K.R., Ross, C.F., Gidmark, N.J., Laurence-Chasen, J.D., Westneat, M.W. 2022. Suction feeding biomechanics of Polypterus bichir: investigating linkage mechanisms and the contributions of cranial kinesis to oral cavity volume change. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243283
- Whitlow, K.R., Santini, F. and Oufiero, C.E. 2019. Convergent evolution of locomotor morphology but not performance in Gymnotiform swimmers. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13399
- Oufiero, C.E., and Whitlow, K.R. 2016. The evolution of plasticity in fish swimming. Current Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zow084
Professional Memberships
- Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
- American Association for the Advancement of Science