Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Interim Curator of Mammalogy in the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Director of Graduate Studies · Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences · Harvard University
Quick answer: Stephanie E. Pierce is Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Interim Curator of Mammalogy in the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Director of Graduate Studies at Harvard University. Stephanie E. Pierce shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027
Research interests
My scholarly interests are focused on assessing the link between form and function of the vertebrate musculoskeletal system – especially with respect to muscle-skeletal interactions during feeding and locomotor behaviours in modern and extinct animals.
Selected publications (since 2023)
Brocklehurst R, P Fahn-Lai , S Regnault and SE Pierce. 2022. Musculoskeletal modelling of sprawling and parasagittal forelimbs provides insight into synapsid postural transition. iScience 25(1):103578
Simões TR and SE Pierce. 2021. Sustained high rates of morphological evolution during the rise of tetrapods. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5(10):1403-1414
Whitney MR and SE Pierce. 2021. Osteohistology of Greererpeton provides insight into the life history of an early Carboniferous tetrapod. Journal of Anatomy 239(6):1256-1272
Jones KE, BV Dickson, KD Angielczyk and SE Pierce. 2021. Adaptive landscapes challenge “lateral-to-sagittal’ paradigm for mammalian vertebral function. Current Biology 31:1883-1892.e7
Molnar JL, JR Hutchinson, R Diogo, JA Clack and SE Pierce. 2021. Evolution of forelimb mu
Is Stephanie E. Pierce hiring PhD students at Harvard University?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Stephanie E. Pierce's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027.
What does Stephanie E. Pierce research?
My scholarly interests are focused on assessing the link between form and function of the vertebrate musculoskeletal system – especially with respect to muscle-skeletal interactions during feeding and locomotor behaviours in modern and extinct animals.
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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