Carolyn M. Eng
Departments of Human Evolutionary Biology and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Research interests
Carolyn M. Eng
Doctoral candidate
Departments of Human Evolutionary Biology and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Peabody 53F
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
Teaching
I am interested in muscle and tendon physiology and factors affecting the behavior of muscle in vivo. Specifically, I am interested in the development, plasticity, and functional relevance of muscle architecture and its contribution to dynamic muscle function. I am also interested in the interaction between muscles and tendons and how this influences energy storage and ultimately, locomotor efficiency.
I am a teaching fellow for OEB 139: Evolution of the Vertebrates, HEB 1420: Human Evolutionary Anatomy, and LS 2: Evolutionary Human Physiology and Anatomy.
Publications
Links
Eng CM, Ward SR, Vinyard CJ, Taylor AB. The morphology of the masticatory apparatus facilitates muscle force production at wide jaw gapes in tree-gouging common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Journal of Experimental Biology 2009; 212: 4040-4055. pdf
Taylor AB, Eng CM, Anapol F, and Vinyard CJ. The functional correlates of jaw-muscle fiber architecture in tree-gouging and nongouging callitrichid monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2009; 139(3): 353-367. pdf
Ward S, Eng CM, Smallwood LR, Lieber RL. Are Current Measurements of Lower Extremity Muscle Architecture Accurate? Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 2009; 467: 1074-1082. pdf
Ward SR, Kim CW, Eng CM, Gottschalk LJ, Tomiya A, Garfin SR, Lieber RL. Architectural analysis and intraoperative measurements demonstrate the multifidus’ unique design for lumbar spine stability. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2009; 91: 176-185. pdf
Eng CM, Smallwood LH, Rainiero MP, Lahey M, Ward SR, Lieber RL. Scaling of muscle architecture and fiber types in the rat hindlimb. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2008; 211: 2336-2345. pdf
Eng CM, Abrams GD, Smallwood LH, Lieber RL, Ward SR. Muscle geometry affects accuracy of forearm volume determination by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Journal of Biomechanics 2007; 40: 3261-3266. pdf
