Elizabeth L. Brainerd (born 1963) is an American biologist who has contributed to our understanding of the evolution of breathing[1] and the biomechanics of vertebrates. She is one of the inventors of XROMM (X-ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology),[2] a technique for making 3D movies of internal structure that combines CT scanning with biplanar x-ray movies. She is one of the authors of Great Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution.[3]
Brainerd is the Robert P. Brown Professor of Biology professor of Biology[4] and of Medical Science in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
^Brainerd, Elizabeth L.; Baier, David B.; Gatesy, Stephen M.; Hedrick, Tyson L.; Metzger, Keith A.; Gilbert, Susannah L.; Crisco, Joseph J. (2010). "X-ray reconstruction of moving morphology (XROMM): precision, accuracy and applications in comparative biomechanics research". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 9999A (5): 262–79. Bibcode:2010JEZA..313..262B. doi:10.1002/jez.589. ISSN1932-5223. PMID20095029.
^Great transformations in vertebrate evolution. Dial, Kenneth Paul; Shubin, Neil; Brainerd, Elizabeth L. Chicago. 20 July 2015. ISBN9780226268118. OCLC894026103.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)