EDUCATION

1996	Ph.D. (Biology) Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
1993	A.M. (Biology) Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
1989	A.B. Magna cum laude, with Highest Honors in Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

POSITIONS HELD

2000-present

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine and Harvard University.

1998-1999	NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biosciences Related to the Environment, University of California, Irvine.
1996-1997	Instructor, Division of Biology and Medicine, and Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University.
1993	Teaching Assistant, School of Fisheries, University of Washington.
1990-1995	Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1998-present	Postdoctoral research with G.V. Lauder, University of California, Irvine and Harvard University: Experimental hydrodynamic analysis of fish locomotion through quantitative wake visualization.
1996-1997	Postdoctoral research with G.E. Goslow, Jr., Brown University: Histochemical characterization of locomotor musculature in ecologically distinct fishes.
1990-1996	Doctoral research, dissertation entitled "Mechanics of pectoral fin locomotion in the surfperches (Perciformes)"; Advisor, K.F. Liem. Study of the effects of body size and ecology on swimming performance in a family of bony fishes; analysis of the relationship between phylogenetic association and the musculoskeletal mechanics of paired fin swimming.
1990-1993	Research at the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories: Investigation of the biomechanics of pressure-differential adhesion by intertidal fishes.

HONORS

2000	T. Francis Ogilvie Young Investigator Lectureship Award in Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1993-1994	Merit Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University (tuition, fees, $5000 stipend).
1991-1992	An Wang Fellowship, Harvard University (tuition, fees).
1990, 1991	Distinction in Teaching Award, Harvard University.
1989	D. Dwight Davis Prize for Best Student Paper in Vertebrate Morphology, Honorable Mention, American Society of Zoologists.
1989	Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College.

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

2001-2003	National Science Foundation Grant: Experimental hydrodynamics and evolution: locomotor design and function of pectoral fins in fishes, $158,827. With G.V. Lauder, Harvard Univ.
1998-1999	NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biosciences Related to the Environment: Force transfer between swimming animals and the aquatic environment, $80,000. Sponsor: G.V. Lauder, Univ. of California, Irvine.
1995	Dissertation Research Grant, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ. ($1557).
1994	Putnam Expedition Grant: Scaling of labriform locomotion, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Univ. ($4000).
1994	Dissertation Research Grant, Graduate Student Council, Harvard Univ. ($450).
1993	Exploration Fund Grant of the Explorers Club ($950).
1993	Lerner-Gray Fund Grant for Marine Research, American Museum of Natural History ($685).
1993	Raney Fund Grant: Mechanics and evolution of lift-based pectoral fin locomotion in labroid fishes, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists ($950).
1993	Grant-in-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi ($950).
1991	Dissertation Research Grant, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ. ($2242).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2002	Mentor, Blinks Research Fellowship Program encouraging cultural diversity in the marine sciences, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington.
1996, 1997	Instructor, "Human Morphology", Brown University (lecture, prosection and laboratory).
1991, 1993, 1995	Teaching Fellow, "Biology of Fishes", Harvard University (lecture, laboratory, supervision of student research).
1993	Teaching Assistant, "Functional Morphology and Marine Ecology of Fishes", University of Washington (lecture, field work, supervision of student research).
1991	Teaching Fellow, "Vertebrate Structure and Physiology", Harvard University (led discussion and laboratory).
1990	Teaching Fellow, Introductory Biology, Harvard University (led discussion and laboratory).

FIELD WORK

1989, 1991, 1993-1995, 1997, 2002: Neah Bay, WA and Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
International Society of Vertebrate Morphologists
Sigma Xi
The Society for Experimental Biology
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society of Systematic Biologists

PEER REVIEW

National Science Foundation
Sea Grant College Program
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Copeia
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Journal of Experimental Biology
Journal of Zoology
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Marine Mammal Science
Zoology: Analysis of Complex Systems

PUBLICATIONS (follow red links for full-text PDF files or blue links for abstract)

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 2003. Function of pectoral fins in rainbow trout: behavioral repertoire and hydrodynamic forces. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 813-826.

Lauder, G. V., E. G. Drucker, J. C. Nauen and C. D. Wilga. 2003. Experimental hydrodynamics and evolution: caudal fin locomotion in fishes. In Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution (eds. V. L. Bels, J.-P. Gasc and A. Casinos), pp. 117-135. Oxford: BIOS Scientific Publishers.

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 2002. Wake dynamics and locomotor function in fishes: interpreting evolutionary patterns in pectoral fin design. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 997-1008.

Lauder, G. V., J. C. Nauen and E. G. Drucker. 2002. Experimental hydrodynamics and evolution: function of median fins in ray-finned fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 1009-1017.

Lauder, G. V. and E. G. Drucker. 2002. Forces, fishes, and fluids: hydrodynamic mechanisms of aquatic locomotion. News in Physiological Sciences 17: 235-240.

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 2002. Experimental hydrodynamics of fish locomotion: functional insights from wake visualization. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 243-257.

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 2001. Locomotor function of the dorsal fin in teleost fishes: experimental analysis of wake forces in sunfish. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 2943-2958. [Cover illustration / (PDF)] [JEB News and Views article]

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 2001. Wake dynamics and fluid forces of turning maneuvers in sunfish. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 431-442.

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 2000. A hydrodynamic analysis of fish swimming speed: wake structure and locomotor force in slow and fast labriform swimmers. Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 2379-2393.

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 1999. Locomotor forces on a swimming fish: three-dimensional vortex wake dynamics quantified using digital particle image velocimetry. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 2393-2412. [Cover illustration / (PDF)]

Drucker, E. G. and J. S. Jensen. 1997. Kinematic and electromyographic analysis of steady pectoral fin swimming in the surfperches. Journal of Experimental Biology 200: 1709-1723.

Drucker, E. G. 1996. The use of gait transition speed in comparative studies of fish locomotion. American Zoologist 36: 555-566.

Drucker, E. G. and J. S. Jensen. 1996. Pectoral fin locomotion in the striped surfperch. I. Kinematic effects of swimming speed and body size. Journal of Experimental Biology 199: 2235-2242.

Drucker, E. G. and J. S. Jensen. 1996. Pectoral fin locomotion in the striped surfperch. II. Scaling swimming kinematics and performance at a gait transition. Journal of Experimental Biology 199: 2243-2252.

Galis, F. and E. G. Drucker. 1996. Pharyngeal biting mechanics in centrarchid and cichlid fishes: insights into a key evolutionary innovation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 9: 641-670.

Drucker, E. G. and J. S. Jensen. 1991. Functional analysis of a specialized prey processing behavior: winnowing by surfperches (Teleostei: Embiotocidae). Journal of Morphology 210: 267-287.

SUBMITTED

Drucker, E. G. and A. P. Summers. (publication August, 2004). Moving with fins and limbs: an historical perspective on the study of animal locomotion with paired appendages. In Fins into Limbs (ed. B. K. Hall). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

IN PREPARATION

Drucker, E. G. and J. A. Walker. Mechanics of paired fin propulsion. In: Fish Physiology: Biomechanics (eds. R. Shadwick and G. Lauder). Elselvier.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Drucker, E. G. 2000. Experimental hydrodynamics of fish locomotion: functional insights from wake visualization. American Zoologist 40(6): 1001.

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 2000. Function of the teleost dorsal fin: experimental analysis of wake forces in sunfish. American Zoologist 40(6): 1001.

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 1999. Vortex wake dynamics of turning in sunfish. American Zoologist 39(5): 55A.

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 1998. Wake dynamics and locomotor force in slow and fast swimming fishes. American Zoologist 38(5): 19A.

Drucker, E. G. and G. V. Lauder. 1997. Aquatic propulsion in fishes by vortex ring production. American Zoologist 37(5): 77A.

Drucker, E. G. 1995. Scaling of pectoral fin swimming performance in surfperches. American Zoologist 35(5): 3A.

Drucker, E. G. and J. S. Jensen. 1994. Effects of body size on kinematics of pectoral fin locomotion in striped surfperch. American Zoologist 34(5): 12A.

Galis, F. and E. G. Drucker. 1994. A comparison of pharyngeal biting mechanics in sunfishes and cichlids: implications of a structural and functional decoupling. American Zoologist 34(5): 55A.

Drucker, E. G. and J. S. Jensen. 1993. Kinematic and electromyographic analysis of pectoral fin locomotion in two species of surfperch. American Zoologist 33(5): 121A.

Drucker, E. G. 1991. Mechanics and function of adhesion by the northern clingfish during predation on limpets. American Zoologist 31(5): 18A.

Drucker, E. G. 1989. Oral winnowing in the black surfperch (Perciformes: Embiotocidae): a functional analysis of specialized prey processing. American Zoologist 29: 15A.

INVITED RESEARCH SEMINARS

2000	Dept. of Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2000	Friday Harbor Laboratories, Univ. of Washington.
2000	Natural Science Dept., Pepperdine Univ.
1999	Dept. of Integrative Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley.
1999	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California, San Diego.
1998	Dept. of Biological Science, California State Univ., Fullerton.
1997	Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown Univ.
1995	Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst.
1994	Concord Field Station, Harvard Univ.

INVITED SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS

2002	"Wake dynamics and locomotor function in fishes: interpreting evolutionary patterns in paired fin design" from symposium, Dynamics and Energetics of Animal Swimming and Flying, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
2001	"Experimental hydrodynamics of fish locomotion: functional insights from wake visualization" from symposium, Molecules, Muscles and Macroevolution: Integrative Functional Morphology, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
1998	"Force balance on a swimming fish determined by quantitative flow visualization" from symposium, Mechanisms of Metabolism and Locomotion in Fishes, Southern California Academy of Sciences.
1995	"Scaling of pectoral fin swimming performance in surfperches" from symposium, Aquatic Locomotion: New Approaches to Invertebrate and Vertebrate Biomechanics, American Society of Zoologists.

INVITED LECTURES ON FISH BIOLOGY

1999, 2000	Harvard Museum of Natural History Travel Program
1996	Harvard Univ. Extension School
1995	School of Fisheries, Univ. of Washington
1993	Boston Univ. Marine Program