Lab Members

Angela Horner, PhD

Associate Professor of Biology, CSU San Bernardino

ahorner -at- csusb -dot- edu

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Daisy Xiong, BS (Fall 2022 – present)

As an undergraduate, I worked with invertebrates and looked at the effects of organic substances, called chalcones, on parasitic nematodes. I am excited to start my graduate program and learn new things about animal morphology with the Horner Lab members. My thesis project still has to be determined but it will involve observations of sceloporus lizards in urban vs. natural environments.

Miles Valencia, MS (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022)

I find ecomechanics intriguing and am interested in studying the relationship between form and function in musculoskeletal systems, and how these relationships change in different environments. My current research investigates tendon remodeling in mice (Mus musculus) from exercise regimens with varying mechanical loading. Currently a PhD student with Dr. Manny Azizi at UC Irvine.

Alexander Beechko, MS (Fall 2015 – Spring 2019)

Research interests include functional morphology of vertebrates with special interests in muscle physiology and biomechanics. Currently working on the aging process in small mammalia; force-velocity production in mouse muscles. Recently presented at SICB (Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology) – “effects of aging on muscle shortening in Mus musculus”

Nicole Schwartz, MS (Fall 2015-Fall 2017)

Completed my graduate thesis on the effects of selection and exercise on nutrient foramen and other femoral properties in mice selected for high voluntary wheel running. I am interested in research in the functional morphology of vertebrates, particularly through the lens of osteology. Currently PhD student at UCR with Dr. Ted Garland.