
Caroline Rinaldi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School Medical School
Department Surgery
Education
- Undergraduate
- University of Oklahoma (1990), Zoology
- Graduate School
- University of Kansas (1999), Biology
Research Interest
- Functional Morphology; Growth and development of mineralized tissues, especially dentin, with the primary goal of developing applications for the study of paleobiology
Publications
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