Jacob Harrison, Ph.D.

Welcome! I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Bhamla Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

I am interested in how physics, development, and ecology constrain biomechanical systems. I leverage the development of organisms to explore how mechanical systems vary across ontogeny. I then seek to connect these constraints back to the ecology and behavior of the organism. I take an interdisciplinary approach that includes high-speed imaging, materials testing, behavioral studies, morphometrics, and mathematical modeling.

My current research explores the early-life history of spring-actuated mechanisms and tests predictions about the scaling of ultrafast, repeatable movements. 

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about my research!