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 Results 1-6 of 6 1