
Since the very beginning of Integrative Organismal Biology, we have prided ourselves on publishing a wide array of authors who have a unique range of expertise.
Get to know just a few of our authors from each year since our start.
2019 (year 1)

Post-Doc Interviews in the Life Sciences: An Often-Overlooked Process that Is Susceptible to Bias
N P Burnett, S A Combes
https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obz027
Get to know co author Stacy Combes
connect with Stacy

2020

Bifunctional Role of the Sternohyoideus Muscle During Suction Feeding in Striped Surfperch, Embiotoca lateralis
J J Lomax, T F Martinson, Y E Jimenez, E L Brainerd
https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa021
read more about submitting author J.J. Lomax
see Jeremy Lomax’s SICB YouTube clip on storytelling
&
connect with Jeremy

2021

Crayfish Eating in Snakes: Testing How Anatomy and Behavior Affect Prey Size and Feeding Performance
Noah D Gripshover, & B C Jayne
https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obab001
Noah is a member of https://www.coxevolab.org/

connect with Noah

2022

A Shrewd Inspection of Vertebral Regionalization in Large Shrews (Soricidae: Crocidurinae)
Stephanie M Smith, Kenneth D Angielczyk
https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac006
Aside from being a coauthor on the above work, Stephanie is also an artist .

and extensive teaching and outreach. Connect on her site as well.

2023

Beyond Janzen’s Hypothesis: How Amphibians That Climb Tropical Mountains Respond to Climate Variation
R P Bovo, M N Simon, D B Provete, M Lyra, C A Navas, D V Andrade
https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad009
Connect with assistant project scientist, and coauthor on the above work, Rafael Bovo

2024

Sample Size and Geometric Morphometrics Methodology Impact the Evaluation of Morphological Variation
Andrea D. Rummel, E T Sheehy, E R Schachner, B P Hedrick
https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae002
be sure to check out Andrea’s site to learn more about her research.


2025

The Carnivoran Adaptive Landscape Reveals Trade-offs among Functional Traits in the Skull, Appendicular, and Axial Skeleton
Chris J Law, L J Hlusko, Z J Tseng
https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaf001
Aside from being a scientist, Chris is also a minimalistic design artist

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