Tom Daniel is Joan and Richard Komen University Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology, Member of the Neurobiology and Behavior Faculty, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, where he has served as a faculty member since his initial appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology in 1984.  Prior to that, he was the Myron A. Bantrell Postdoctoral Fellow in Engineering Sciences at the California Institute of Technology.  He earned his B.S. in Anthropology and Engineering and his M.S. in Zoology and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.  He received his Ph.D. degree in Zoology from Duke University.

Daniel has received notable honors and awards for his research and teaching, including selection as a MacArthur Fellow in 1996 and multiple teaching awards from the University of Washington. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Washington Foundation and the editorial boards of the Journal of Comparative and Integrative Biology and the Journal of Theoretical Biology.

Daniel’s research programs focus on biomechanics, addressing questions about the physics, engineering and neural control of movement in biological systems.

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