Dr. Douglas Fudge leads the Comparative Biomaterials Lab in the Dept. of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph. Dr. Fudge got his B.A in Biological Sciences at CornellUniversity, his M.Sc. in Zoology at the University of Guelph, and hisPhD in Zoology at the University of British Columbia. He was an NSERCpostdoctoral research fellow in the Faculty of Medicine at theUniversity of British Columbia. Research in his lab focuses oncomparative animal biomechanics, with an emphasis on the materials thatanimals make. These include structural materials that cover a widerange of size scales, from nano-scale cytoskeletal filaments withincells up to large, tissue-based materials such as the keratinous platesof baleen whales. A special area of research focus is on biomaterialsconstructed from intermediate filament proteins, which occur both inliving cells and keratinized tissues such as hair, nail, and horn.

 

Dr. Fudge currently teaches two courses in Invertebrate Zoology,ZOO*2070 and ZOO*2080. In Winter 2008, he will teach a new coursecalled Invertebrate Morphology and Evolution (ZOO*2700) and in Fall 2009, he will teach another new course called Integrative Biology of Invertebrates (ZOO*3800). He also teaches a summer course at the Shoals Marine Laboratory called Research in Marine Biology.

 

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The easiest way to contact Dr. Fudge is through his contact form.

 

Mailing Address:

Dept. of Integrative Biology
488 Gordon St.
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario N1G-2W1
Canada
519-824-4120 x. 56418 (ph)
519-767-1656 (fax)

 

Links:

Article in At Guelph - "From Slime to Bio-Steel"

Biophysics Interdepartmental Group at the University of Guelph