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Jesse Young
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
455 Points

Contributions by role

Author 135
Reviewer 120
Editor 200

Contributions by subject area

Neuroscience
Neurology
Animal Behavior
Biogeography
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Anthropology
Evolutionary Studies
Anatomy and Physiology
Kinesiology
Orthopedics
Zoology
Developmental Biology
Histology
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Biomechanics

Jesse W Young

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

I am an organismal biologist with broad interests in understanding the developmental and evolutionary biomechanics of the mammalian locomotor system. More specifically, I investigate the morphological and mechanical factors that constrain locomotor performance in mammals, and how these constraints determine the ecological capabilities of an organism across multiple time scales (i.e., over evolutionary time, developmentally during ontogeny, and instantaneously to accomplish a task at hand).

My undergraduate research focused on human motor development. I then changed course to pursue graduate research in anthropology, obtaining a Ph.D. in Anthropological Sciences at Stony Brook University. My doctoral and postdoctoral work focused on growth and motor development in small primates and marsupials. Through these efforts I acquired extensive experience studying the biomechanics of gait in quadrupedal mammals, from infancy through maturity.

Since beginning my tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), my research efforts have centered on two broad foci: 1) understanding the functional, and possibly adaptive, links between somatic growth and locomotor development in mammals and 2) the evolutionary biomechanics of primate arboreal locomotion.

Anthropology Biomechanics

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Seattle Pacific University

Work details

Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Northeast Ohio Medical University
August 2009
Anatomy and Neurobiology
I am an Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Northeast Ohio Medical University. My research program centers on two foci, 1) understanding the functional, and possibly adaptive, links between somatic growth and locomotor development in mammals and 2) the evolutionary biomechanics of primate arboreal locomotion.

Identities

@@jessewyoungyoung

Websites

  • Young Lab Website
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 1
  • Reviewed 3
August 11, 2015
A novel biomechanical analysis of gait changes in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson’s disease
Werner J. Geldenhuys, Tamara L. Guseman, Ilse S. Pienaar, Dean E. Dluzen, Jesse W. Young
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1175 PubMed 26339553

Academic Editor on

January 4, 2022
Predicting continuous ground reaction forces from accelerometers during uphill and downhill running: a recurrent neural network solution
Ryan S. Alcantara, W. Brent Edwards, Guillaume Y. Millet, Alena M. Grabowski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12752 PubMed 35036107

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June 11, 2018
Cortical bone adaptation and mineral mobilization in the subterranean mammal Bathyergus suillus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae): effects of age and sex
Germán Montoya-Sanhueza, Anusuya Chinsamy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4944 PubMed 29910978
February 22, 2017
Gait changes in a line of mice artificially selected for longer limbs
Leah M. Sparrow, Emily Pellatt, Sabrina S. Yu, David A. Raichlen, Herman Pontzer, Campbell Rolian
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3008 PubMed 28243533
March 10, 2016
Microgeographic variation in locomotor traits among lizards in a human-built environment
Colin Donihue
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1776 PubMed 26989616