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

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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