Lara Ferry

School Dir & Professor

Sustainability Scientist, Sustainability Initiative
Interim School Director & Professor, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, School of

1591 Citations
22 h-Index

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Research interests

Dr. Ferry's research is within the field called Functional Morphology. Quite simply, Functional Morphology is the study of organism structure (i.e., anatomy) and function (e.g., how it works in a particular context). Her research uses primarily fishes, the most diverse of all the vertebrates, and is focused in particular on traits/behaviors associated with the jaws, how they function, and why they evolved. Her work includes the study of prey acquisition and processing in diverse species, and how fish generate water flow into the head and over the respiratory structures.

Education/Academic qualification

PHD, University of California-Irvine

… → 1998

MS, San Francisco State University

… → 1994

BS, California State Polytechnic University

… → 1991

Keywords

functional morphology
anatomy
ichthyology
physiology
ecomorphology
biomechanics

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jaws Agriculture & Biology

kinematics Agriculture & Biology

Fishes Medicine & Life Sciences

Biomechanical Phenomena Medicine & Life Sciences

fish Agriculture & Biology

prey capture Earth & Environmental Sciences

Jaw Medicine & Life Sciences

Suction Medicine & Life Sciences

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Research Output 1996 2019

1591 Citations
22 h-Index
48 Article
5 Chapter
1 Editorial

1 Citation (Scopus)

Double-blind peer review—An experiment

Fox, C. W., Thompson, K., Knapp, A., Ferry, L., Rezende, E. L., Aimé, E. & Meyer, J., Jan 1 2019, In : Functional Ecology. 33, 1, p. 4-6 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

peers

experiment

5 Citations (Scopus)

Ontogeny of feeding mechanics in smoothhound sharks: Morphology and cartilage stiffness

Wilga, C. A. D., Diniz, S. E., Steele, P. R., Sudario-Cook, J., Dumont, E. R. & Ferry, L., Sep 1 2016, In : Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56, 3, p. 442-448 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

sharks

mechanics

cartilage

ontogeny

mechanical properties

3 Citations (Scopus)