Elmer Julius Lund (December 13, 1884 – 1969) was an American

physiologist Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out chemical and ...

who is considered one of the early pioneers in the fields of

Bioelectricity Developmental bioelectricity is the regulation of cell, tissue, and organ-level patterning and behavior by electrical signals during the development of embryonic animals and plants. The charge carrier in developmental bioelectricity is the io ...

and

Electrophysiology Electrophysiology (from ee the Electron#Etymology, etymology of "electron" ; and ) is the branch of physiology that studies the electrical properties of biological cell (biology), cells and tissues. It involves measurements of voltage change ...

. He was also the founder of the Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) at Port Aransas, and taught

Zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

at the

University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 2 ...

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* ''The relations of Bursaria to food I. Selection in feeding and in extrusion'' (1914) * ''Reversibility of morphogenetic processes in Bursaria'' (1917) * ''The relative electrical dominance of growing points in the Douglas fir'' (1929) * ''Internal distribution of the electric correlation potentials in the Douglas fir'' (1930) * ''The unequal effect of O2 concentration on the velocity of oxidation in loci of different electric potential, and glutathione content'' (1931) * ''Bioelectric fields and growth'' (1947) * ''Momentum transfer at the high-latitude magnetopause and boundary layers'' (Date missing; reprinted in 2008)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Elmer J. 1884 births 1969 deaths American physiologists University of Texas at Austin faculty

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