Campbell Rolian

Campbell Rolian is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, specializing in evolutionary biology and biomechanics. His research focuses on skeletal morphology, limb development, and the role of developmental mechanisms in evolutionary novelty.

• Email: cprolian@ucalgary.ca

His work involves artificial selection experiments in mice to study evolutionary processes, particularly in bone growth, locomotor adaptation, and craniofacial development. Publications span topics like semicircular canal morphology, limb modularity, and feeding biomechanics in hominins.

Recent trends in his research include:

• Using mouse models to simulate skeletal evolution
• Investigating bone repair physiology under selection
• Reconstructing locomotor behaviors from morphology
• Exploring the genomic basis of rapid evolutionary responses

His contributions to databases like MusMorph provide standardized morphological datasets for meta-analyses, advancing studies in evolutionary developmental biology.