Manny Azizi

Dr. Manny Azizi is Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences. He received his Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in Physical Science. His research is focused broadly on the physiology and mechanics of movement. The work in his lab strives to understand how the basic properties of skeletal muscle have been shaped by evolution and how shifts in these properties affect neuromuscular health and performance.