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Dr. Erin Brandt

@arachnogal.bsky.social

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Postdoc studying spider locomotion at U Chicago with Jasmine Nirody. Interested in sexual selection, biomechanics, thermal ecology, and the tradeoffs between them. Spreading spider love figuratively and literally!

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Dr. Erin Brandt @arachnogal.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Really excited to be starting as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Grand Valley State University! Looking forward to get back to teaching and starting an undergrad-focused research program asking questions about how spiders move and communicate! Watch this space for updates!

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Dr. Erin Brandt @arachnogal.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

After an amazing day at the Georgia Aquarium, excited for #SICB2025 to get underway! I'll be speaking about jumping spider locomotion, and why it's weird (and cool) on Tuesday the 7th in the "Moving on Up" session at 10:30 am. Lots of great talks in that session!

Screengrab of a video showing a spider jumping. Spider is in the middle of the jump, in midair.

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Dr. Erin Brandt @arachnogal.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Any of my SICB pals going this year who might want to spend a day at the Georgia Aquarium? Planning to spend the day of the 6th at the aquarium, and I may be able to get a second discounted ticket!

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Dr. Erin Brandt @arachnogal.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Hello! I’m a postdoc at U Chicago studying biomechanics, and animal communication. My paper with @natashamhatre.bsky.social is out in PNAS! Read on for thrills of acoustic tools, chills of models that take a week to run, excitement of uncovering acoustics misconceptions! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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