Lindsay Waldrop

Lindsay Waldrop is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Waldrop specializes in computational modeling of biological systems with a focus on functional morphology and fluid dynamics.

• Education: B.S. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley)

Her research spans diverse biological systems, including tunicate cardiac dynamics, gliding flight performance landscapes, and odor-capture mechanisms in Pancrustacea. She employs interdisciplinary approaches combining mathematical modeling, computational simulations, and comparative biology to address evolutionary questions about form-function relationships.

Recent publications examine how physical properties of odorants affect detection dog performance (2024), action potential reversals in tunicate hearts (2020), and evolutionary optimization of gliding flight morphology (2020). While her work primarily appears in journals like Integrative and Comparative Biology and Physical Review E, it demonstrates consistent integration of physics and biology.

As a faculty member in Schmid College of Science and Technology, Waldrop contributes to biological sciences research and education at Chapman University, where she can be contacted via waldrop@chapman.edu.