I am an evolutionary biologist. I enjoy thinking about the processes that generate morphological diversity, which then enables behavioral and ecological diversity.
I am especially interested in anatomical “mysteries” — the enigmatic anatomical structures found throughout nature with unknown functions and evolutionary histories. My other primary scientific interest is animal locomotion, and my overall research objective is to learn how anatomical novelty enables new locomotor functions. You can read more about my current projects on my Research page.
PhD - Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle WA
ScB - Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge MA
See some animals I’ve seen here.
Contact: stanchak at uw.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar
Advisors: Bing Brunton & David Perkel
Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle