Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Associate Professor
Professor Taylor's research focuses on the biomechanics of marine invertebrates, with a special interest in crustacean exoskeletons and molting. She employs physiological and engineering tools to study the form and function of animals from different habitats. Her overarching research goals are to integrate the functional morphology of animals with their behavior, ecology, and evolution, and to determine how anthropogenic environmental impacts affect the form and function of animals.
Bio
Professor Taylor received a B.A. in Biology from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She subsequently held an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley (2007-2010). Before joining the Scripps community in 2013, she served as an assistant professor at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne (2010-2012).