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Amanda Smolinsky
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Amanda Smolinsky is an assistant professor of biology who focuses on helping students build skills to break down complex problems and make connections to real-world applications. Smolinsky’s research focuses on anatomical structure-function relationships. She uses 3D digital modeling to explore musculoskeletal adaptations for locomotion over ontogenetic and evolutionary timescales.

  • BIOL 120 Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
  • BIOL 121 Introduction to Organismal Biology
  • BIOL 220 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
  • BIOL 216 Human Anatomy and Physiology I

  • BB.S. – Biology, Roanoke College
  • M.Phil. – Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge
  • Ph.D. – Integrative Anatomy, University of Missouri
  • Graduate Certificate Science Outreach, University of Missouri
  • Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Gross Anatomy, Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • Vertebrate evolution
  • Functional morphology
  • Adaptations of the musculoskeletal system for locomotion
  • Skeletal plasticity
  • Science communication and outreach