Caroline Rinaldi, Ph.D.

Undergraduate

University of Oklahoma (1990), Zoology

Graduate School

University of Kansas (1999), Biology

• Functional Morphology; Growth and development of mineralized tissues, especially dentin, with the primary goal of developing applications for the study of paleobiology

Featured Publications

Microstructurally Driven Self-Sharpening Mechanism in Beaver Incisor Enamel Facilitates their Capacity to Fell Trees

Tyler C. Hunt, Tomas Grejtak, Deeksha Kodangal, Soumya Varma, Caroline E. Rinaldi, Siddhartha Pathak, Brandon A. Krick, Gregory M. Erickson Acta Biomaterialia 2023 158 412-422

Skeletal and Dental Development Preserve Evidence of Energetic Stress in the Moose of Isle Royale

Brown, C., C.E. Rinaldi, W.J. Ripple, and B.v. Valkenburgh Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2020

The annular ligament-revisited.

Barnes JW, Chouhan VL, Egekeze NC, Rinaldi CE, Cil A J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2017 Oct

Hibernation is Recorded in Lower Incisors of Recent and Fossil Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus)

Goodwin, H.T., G.R. Michener, D. Gonzalez, and C. Rinaldi Journal of Mammalogy 2005 2 86 323 - 332

Environmental Seasonality and Incremental Growth Rates of Beaver (Castor canadensis) Incisors: Implications for Paleobiology

Rinaldi, C. and T.M. Cole III Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 2004 206 289 - 301

A Record of Hibernation in the Incisor Teeth of Recent and Fossil Marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

Rinaldi, C. Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Dental Morphology 1999 112 - 119