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Research Interests
- The physiology and biomechanics of terrestrial locomotion:
(1) Partitioning of the rate of metabolic energy expenditure
into its biomechanical constituents; (2) The influences
of internal and external forces on the way humans and other
animals walk and run.
Education
- 1979-83, B.A., Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston,
IL.
- 1984-85, M.S., Biomechanics, Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA.
- 1986-91, A.M. and Ph.D., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Professional Experience
- 1992-1994, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative
Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
- 1994-2000, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative
Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
- 2000-2003, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology
and Applied Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO.
- 2003-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO.
- 2008, President, American Society of Biomechanics.
Recent Publications
- Browning RC, Kram R. Pound for pound: Working out how obesity influences the energetics of walking. Journal of Applied Physiology 106: 1755-1756, 2009.
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McGowan CP, Kram R, Neptune RR. Modulation fo leg muscle function in response to altered demand for body support and forward propulsion during walking. Journal of Biomechanics 42: 850-856, 2009.
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Weyand PG, Bundle MW, McGowan CP, Grabowski AM, Brown MB, Kram R, Herr HM. The fastest runner on artificial legs: different limbs, similar function? Journal of Applied Physiology in press.
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Zani PA, Kram R. Low metabolic cost of locomotion in ornate box turtles. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 3671-3676, 2008.
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