Dr. Alexander M. Kirk

Lecturer

Dr. Alexander M. Kirk
Room SCI 2139, Science Building (SCI)
Office Hours

Wednesday 1-2pm

Degree Information

  • PHD, University of South Florida (2024)
  • BS, University of South Florida (2017)

Areas of Expertise

Skeletal anatomy, kinematics, digital/3D reconstruction and analyses.

Publications

 

Cieri, R.L., Turner, M.L., Carney, R.M., Falkingham, P.L., Kirk, A.M., Wang, T., Jensen, B., Novotny, J., Tveite, J.,

Gatesy, S.M. and Laidlaw, D.H., (2021). Virtual and augmented reality: New tools for visualizing, analyzing, and

communicating complex morphology. Journal of Morphology, 282(12), pp.1785-1800.

 

Brown, C. E., & Kirk, A. M. (2023). Cha...

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Cieri, R.L., Turner, M.L., Carney, R.M., Falkingham, P.L., Kirk, A.M., Wang, T., Jensen, B., Novotny, J., Tveite, J.,

Gatesy, S.M. and Laidlaw, D.H., (2021). Virtual and augmented reality: New tools for visualizing, analyzing, and

communicating complex morphology. Journal of Morphology, 282(12), pp.1785-1800.

 

Brown, C. E., & Kirk, A. M. (2023). Characterizing lift, drag, and pressure differences across wandering

salamanders (Aneides vagrans) with computational fluid dynamics to investigate aerodynamics. Journal of Morphology, 284, e21583.

https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21583

 

Samuelson E, Kirk AM, Kaplan H, & Carney RM. (2023). Digital Dinosaurs: bringing dinosaurs back to life in the college

classroom with VR/AR. Chapter in Ethical Considerations of Virtual Reality in the College Classroom:

Cross-Disciplinary Case Studies of Immersive Technology Implementation. Edited by Bowdon M, Yee K, & Dorner W. Published by

Routledge.

 

KIRK, Alexander M.; BAINES, Alec; KAPLAN, Howard; CARNEY, Ryan M. (Accepted 2025) “Creating 3D models

using macrophotogrammetry and multimodal compositing” Palaeontologia Electronica

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Courses

BIOL 2011 - Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab