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---
title: "People"
---
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## Kevin Middleton (he/him)
[<i class="fa-solid fa-envelope fa-2x"></i>](mailto:middletonk@missouri.edu) [<i class="ai ai-google-scholar-square ai-2x"></i>](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ziha7x8AAAAJ) [<i class="ai ai-orcid-square ai-2x"></i>](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4704-1064) [<i class="ai ai-pubmed-square ai-2x"></i>](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/kevin.middleton.1/bibliography/public/) [<i class="fa-brands fa-square-github fa-2x"></i>](https://github.com/Middleton-Lab) [<i class="fa-brands fa-github-alt fa-2x"></i>](https://github.com/kmiddleton) [<i class="ai ai-osf-square ai-2x"></i>](https://osf.io/fbh2k/)
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I am an Associate Professor in the [MU Division of Biological Sciences](https://biology.missouri.edu/). My interests include Bayesian inference, Functional morphology, Biomechanics, and Statistical teaching. I'm an active member of the informal [DataPhiles](https://elizabethking.org/dataphiles/) discussion group.
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Previously I was a faculty member in the [Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences in the University of Missouri School of Medicine](https://medicine.missouri.edu/departments/pathology-and-anatomical-sciences). From 2007-2012, I was in the [Department of Biology at California State University, San Bernardino](http://biology.csusb.edu/). Prior to that I was a postdoctoral researcher at Brown University and the University of California, Riverside. In deep time, I was an undergraduate at Wake Forest University and then a doctoral student in the [Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University](http://www.brown.edu/academics/ecology-and-evolutionary-biology/).
If you want to read about bird foot evolution, here's a link to my dissertation: [Morphology, evolution, and function of the avian hallux](http://www.worldcat.org/title/morphology-evolution-and-function-of-the-avian-hallux/oclc/54004056).
I firmly believe in (a modified version of) [Federico Ardila's](http://math.sfsu.edu/federico/) [basic axioms](https://www.ams.org/publications/journals/notices/201610/rnoti-p1164.pdf):
> Axiom 1. Quantitative biology potential is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
> Axiom 2. Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering quantitative biology experiences.
> Axiom 3. Quantitative biology is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
> Axiom 4. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
### Graduate Researchers
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## Interested in graduate studies?
If you an interested in graduate study in the Division of Biological Sciences, send me an email [<i class="fa-solid fa-envelope fa-1x"></i>](mailto:middletonk@missouri.edu).
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### Undergraduate Researchers
#### Adam Albright
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- Mechanisms of insect flight, Imaging and CT scanning, Genetics
- Biological Sciences Major
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#### Josh Fajardo
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- Locomotor biomechanics, machine learning, developing tools for studying mouse locomotion
- University of Missouri, 2022
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#### Maddy LaChance
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- Cranial morphology in mice, Geometric morphometrics
- MU Cherng Summer Scholar
- University of Missouri, 2022
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## Interested in undergraduate research?
If you an interested in undergraduate research, send me an email [<i class="fa-solid fa-envelope fa-1x"></i>](mailto:middletonk@missouri.edu).
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## Lab Alumni
### Graduate Researchers
#### Sarah Peacock
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- Effects of light on bone phenotypes, Modern human variation, Human craniofacial morphology, Forensic anthropology
- PhD University of Missouri, 2019
- Currently an Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University
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#### Amanda Smolinsky
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- Skeletal evolution, Locomotor evolution in vertebrates, Effects of loading on bone phenotypes, Functional morphology
- PhD University of Missouri, 2018
- Currently an Assistant Professor at St. Norbert College
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#### Brittney Coats
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- Energy regulation, Inflammatory role of adipose tissue
- MS CSU San Bernardino 2012
- PhD University of Chicago
- Currently at ITW David Speer Academy, Chicago, IL
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#### Lauren English
[<i class="ai ai-orcid-square ai-2x"></i>](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4440-1485)
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- Morphometrics of pterosaurs
- MS CSU San Bernardino 2012
- PhD University of Texas at Austin
- Currently a museum scientist at University of California, Riverside
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#### Susan Lujan
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- Effects of atmospheric oxygen on growth in alligators
- MS CSU San Bernardino 2012
- Currently a lecturer at CSU San Bernardino
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### Undergraduate Researchers
#### Kayla Robinson (2021-2022)
- MU DBS Honors Student
#### Alec Wilken (2016-2019)
- Currently doctoral student at the University of Chicago
#### Caitlyn Smith (2016-2018)
- Currently a student in the University of Missouri School of Medicine
#### Kendra Lewis (2018)
- MU School of Medicine Summer Research Intern from Washington University in St. Louis
#### Rebecca Meyer (2016-2018)
- Currently in medical school at the Kentucky College of Medicine
#### Nick Bira (2014-2018) [<i class="fa-solid fa-globe"></i>](https://sites.google.com/oregonstate.edu/nicholasbira/) [<i class="ai ai-google-scholar-square ai-1x"></i>](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-J8YrdAAAAAJ&hl=en) [<i class="fa-brands fa-linkedin"></i>](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasbira)
- C3 Hughes Research Fellow
- Completed PhD at Oregon State University, 2022
#### Kyle Kirkland (2015)
- MU School of Medicine Summer Research Intern from Michigan State University
#### Michael Sojka (2014-2015) [<i class="fa-solid fa-globe"></i>](https://www.michaelsojka.com/home) [<i class="fa-brands fa-linkedin"></i>](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sojkamichael/)
- C3 Hughes Research Fellow, MU School of Journalism
#### Tarrin Casey, MD (2014)
- Graduate from the University of Missouri School of Medicine
#### Diana Salas (2013)
- MU School of Medicine Summer Research Intern from Indiana University