PhD, University of Washington BS, California State University, Long Beach

Functional Anatomy, Biomechanics, Biomimetics, and Biomaterials

Paig-Tran, E.W.M. and Summers, A.P. (2013). Comparison of the structure and composition of the branchial filters of suspension feeding elasmobranchs. The Anatomical Record. 701-715. Paig-Tran, E.W.M., Kleinteich, T. and Summers, A.P. (2013). The filter pads and filtration mechanisms of the devil rays: variation at macro and microscopic scales. J MORPH. 274(9): 1026-1043. Paig-Tran, E.W.M., Bizzarro, J.J., Strother, J.A. and Summers, A.P. (2011). Bottles as models: predicting the effects of varying swimming speed and morphology on size selectivity and filtering efficiency in fishes. J EXP BIOL 214: 1643-654.