# Emeritus Faculty [### Andrew Biewener ](/people/andrew-biewener) Charles P. Lyman Research Professor of Biology Charles P. Lyman Professor of Biology, Emeritus former Director of the Concord Field Station Prof. Biewener’s research focuses on understanding the biomechanics, neuromuscular control and energetics of animal movement on land and in the air. His goal is to understand general principles that govern the biomechanical and physiological design of... ![a person standing outside with green and yellow foliage in the background](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-01/A_Biewener2_Oct2019v2.jpg?itok=iqXDt7bU) [### Alfred W. Crompton ](/people/alfred-w-crompton) Fisher Professor of Natural History, Emeritus Prof. Crompton, former Curator of Mammalogy, was the Director of the MCZ from 1970 to 1982, having served as Director of both the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University and the South African Museum in Capetown. His primary research interests... ![a person standing in a room](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-01/AX229_7416_9.JPG?h=61da2acf&itok=xC_dQ83Y) [### James Hanken ](/people/james-hanken) Research Professor of Biology Professor of Biology, Emeritus Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus former Curator in Herpetology Prof. Hanken utilizes laboratory-based analyses and field surveys to examine morphological evolution, developmental biology and systematics. Current areas of research include the evolution of craniofacial patterning; the developmental basis of... ![James Hanken](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mcz/files/jim_hanken_2-18-15_0.jpg?itok=LsjLCBVI) [### Robert M. Woollacott ](/people/robert-m-woollacott) Professor of Biology, Emeritus former Curator of Marine Invertebrates Prof. Woollacott’s research focuses on aspects of marine invertebrate life history, such as synchronization of reproductive events and ecology and physiology of larvae. Topics of particular interest include larval dispersal and population connectivity, as... ![Robert Woolacott](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mcz/files/woollacott_0.jpg?itok=RsNBZICo)