Elizabeth Tucker- Ph.D.

Candidate
Department of Biology- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA – Liz.Tucker@temple.edu
Education
2017-Present Ph.D. Candidate- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Advisor: Dr. S. Tonia Hsieh
2017 Master of Science in Exercise Physiology- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Bachelor of Arts in Biology- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistantships
Spr. 2015, Sum. 2016 Anatomy and Physiology I, Temple University
Fall 2015, Spr.2016, Sum. 2016 Anatomy and Physiology II, Temple University
Fall 2017 DNA Friend or Foe, Temple University
Spr. and Fall 2017 Human Biology, Temple University
Fall 2018 General Biology I, Temple University
Spr. 2019, 2020 General Biology II, Temple University
Fall 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 Mammalian Anatomy, Temple University
Awards and Fellowships
2021 Mark A. Nathanson Memorial Research Award, College of Science and Technology, Temple
University, $1500
Selected Presentations
2022 Tucker E.L., Mantilla D.C., Granatosky M.C., Hsieh, S.T. Subsurface foot kinematics appear to
correlate with running speed on granular media. Society for the Integrative and Comparative
Biology Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. January
2021 Tucker E.L., Mantilla D.C., Hsieh, S.T. Kinematics of running across hard and granular surfaces
in specialist and generalist lizards. Society for the Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual
Meeting. Washington, D.C. January
2020 Tucker E.L., Hsieh, S.T. Leg length, not stiffness, allows bipedal lizards to navigate drops.
Society for the Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. January
2020 Tucker E.L., Hsieh, S.T. Leg length, not stiffness, allows bipedal lizards to navigate drops.
Biological Student Society Symposium. Binghamton, PA. January
2017 Tucker E.L., Hsieh, S.T. Compensatory strategies of a sprawled bipedal runner over a sudden
drop. Society for the Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. January
Peer Reviewed Publications
Gade, T. P., Tucker, E., Nakazawa, M. S., Hunt, ... Simon, M.C. 2017. “Ischemia induces quiescence and
autophagy dependence in hepatocellular carcinoma.” Radiology. DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2017160728
Tucker, E.L., Hsieh, S.T. in prep. Compensatory strategies of sprawled bipedally running lizards across
drops in terrain.
Mantilla, D.C., Tucker, E.L., Chang, B., Hsieh, S.T., in prep. Surface kinematics of sand specialist and
non-specialist lizards running on level and incline granular media.
Quinn, B., Tucker, E.L., Hodges, J., Hsieh, S.T., in prep. Bending rules for terrestrial locomotion.
Societies
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Society of Women Engineers
Certificates
2018 Teaching in Higher Education, Temple University