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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.
- 2006-Present, President-elect, American Society of Biomechanics.
Recent Publications
- Bartlett JL, Kram R. Changing the demand on specific muscle groups affects the walk-run transition speed. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 1281-1288, 2008.
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Browning RC, Kram R. Effects of obesity on the biomechanics of walking at different speeds. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 39:1632-1641, 2007.
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Browning RC, Modica JR, Kram R. The effects of adding mass to the legs on the energetics and biomechanics of walking. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 39:515-525, 2007.
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Chang YH, Kram R. Limitations to maximum running speed on flat curves. Journal of Experimental Biology 210:971-982, 2007.
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Teunissen LPJ, Grabowski A, Kram R. Effects of independently altering body weight and body mass on the metabolic cost of running. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 4418-4427, 2007.
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