ELIZABETH TUCKER

Ph.D. Candidate
1900 North 12th Street
Liz.tucker@temple.edu Philadelphia, PA 19122

EDUCATION

PhD Temple University, Biology 2017-Present

Dissertation: “Examining Lizards Running Over Complex Terrain and Quantifying
Their Stability”
Committee: S. Tonia Hsieh, Ph.D. (chair), Andrew Spence, Ph.D., Susan Patterson,
Ph.D.

MS Temple University, Kinesiology- Integrative Exercise Physiology May 2017

Thesis: “Compensatory Strategies of a Sprawled Bipedal Runner Over a Sudden
Drop”
Advisor: S. Tonia Hsieh, Ph.D.

BA University of Pennsylvania, Biology May 2014

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Student, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2014 to Present

Advisor: S. Tonia Hsieh, Ph.D.
• First author project: Compensatory Strategies for Traversing A Drop Perturbation in
A Bipedal, Sprawled Runner.
• First author project: Kinematic Comparison of Iguanid Lizards Running Through
Granular Media and Flat Solid Terrain.
• Second author project: Kinematic Comparison of Iguanid Lizards Running Up
Sloped Granular Media
• Management and Mentorship of four undergraduate workers

Perlman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 2012 to 2014

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Celeste Simon, Ph.D.
• Second author project: Ischemia Induces Quiescence and Autophagy Dependence in
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Tissue culture techniques used include growth curves, cytotoxicity assays,
preparation for NMR, western blot, QPCR, and immunofluorescence microscopy.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2012

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Paul Schmidt, Ph.D.
• Used Drosophila melanogaster as a model to research correlations between circadian
rhythms and a circ-annual rhythm, diapause, through the use of different temperatures

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 and photoperiods. Ovarian dissections were preformed to determine the presence of
diapause.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Biology and Kinesiology Departments Jan 2015 - Present
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
• Mammalian Anatomy (2 semesters)
• General Biology I (1 semester)
• General Biology II (1 Semester)
• Human Biology (2 semester)
• DNA Friend or Foe (1 semester)
• Anatomy and Physiology II (4 semesters)
• Anatomy and Physiology I (4 semesters)
•
Vice President, Biology Graduate Student Society Sep 2019 - Present
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications

Gade, T. P., Tucker, E., Nakazawa, M. S., Hunt, S. J., Wong, W., Krock, B., ... and
Simon, M.C. (2017). “Ischemia induces quiescence and autophagy dependence in
hepatocellular carcinoma.” Radiology.

Gade, T. P., Tucker, E., Nakazawa, M. S., Hunt, S. J., Wong, W., Krock, B., ... and
Simon, M.C. “Targeting the metabolic stress response in hepatocellular carcinoma to
potentiate TACE-induced ischemia.” Journal of Vascular and Interventional
Radiology.

PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES

Conference Talk, “Leg Length, Not Stiffness, Allows Bipedal Lizards to Navigate Drops,”
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2019.

Conference Talk, “Compensatory Strategies of a Sprawled Bipedal Runner Over a Sudden

Drop,” Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2017.

Poster, “Compensatory Strategies of a Sprawled Bipedal Runner Over a Sudden Drop,”

Neuromechanics Workshop (Tulane University), 2017.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Teaching in Higher Education Certificate

Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Temple University, 2018

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 Description: A university credential earned upon completion of course work in pedagogy in
order to become a well-rounded and more effective educator.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology

Society of Women Engineers

LANGUAGES

English: Native Language

Spanish: Intermediate Listener and Intermediate Speaker

COMPUTER SKILLS

Programming: MATLAB, R, Python, HTML, Bash

Applications: Cortex, Microsoft Office, XMA Lab, SPSS

REFERENCES

Dr. Tonia Hsieh

Biology
Temple University
1900 North 12th Street
Room 219A
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215-204-0617
Email: sthsieh@temple.edu

Dr. Andrew Spence

Bioengineering
Temple University
1947 N 12th St,
Room 814
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215-204-3056
Email: aspence@temple.edu

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