Jared joined the Orthopaedic Research Laboratories in 2020 where he works with the research groups of Drs. Heath Henninger and Andrew Anderson. Jared’s activities cover the range of research in the ORL and include supporting the research of undergraduate and graduate students, assisting human-subjects motion capture studies, conducting benchtop experiments, and developing tools for data processing and analysis. Before joining the ORL, Jared earned his Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering degree from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. As an undergraduate research assistant in Prof. Victor Barocas’ laboratory, he studied the mechanics of the intervertebral disc and facet capsular ligament of the lumbar spine. Also, during his time in Minnesota, Jared worked as a student technician for the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Tissue Mechanics Laboratory. In 2014, he came to the University of Utah to pursue his PhD in Biomedical Engineering, under the mentorship of Prof. Jeff Weiss, investigating basic mechanisms of mechanical damage in tendons. Through interdisciplinary collaboration with groups at the U of Utah and MIT, Jared’s research employed a novel triple-helical peptide hybridization method to detect denatured collagens and identified mechanical unfolding of the collagen triple-helix as a fundamental mechanism of damage in tendons. In his free time, Jared enjoys exploring Utah’s mountains and deserts with his wife and dog and singing in a local community choir.