Marcus Hollis, PhD, MS University of South Alabama

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Marcus Hollis, PhD, MSUniversity of South Alabama

• Dr. Marcus Hollis earned a BS (1979) in civil
  engineering from Clemson University, then an MS
  (1983) in biomedical engineering from UAB and a
  PhD (1988) in bioengineering from the University
  of California in San Diego. After seven years as
  an Assistant Professor in the Department of
  Orthopaedic Surgery and head of the Section of
  Biomechanics at the University of Arkansas for
  Medical Sciences, he accepted a position as
  Assistant Professor with the Department of
  Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of South
  Alabama (USA), and became president of Blue Bay
  Research Inc. in Mobile, AL. In 1996, Dr. Hollis
  earned the rank Associate Professor in the
  Department of Mechanical Engineering at USA, and
  became president of Vector Medical Inc. in 2000.
• Dr. Hollis current research interests include
  soft tissue injury biomechanics, injury
  causation, and other areas of biomechanics. He
  has published numerous journal articles, book
  chapters, abstracts and presentations.
• In his SCIB-sponsored research, Dr. Hollis is
  focusing on the determination of cervical spine
  substructure mechanical properties.
  Specifically, the study is designed to establish
  an efficient in vivo cadaveric biometrical
  experimental model of the spine as a method
  capable of quantifying both the gross structural
  properties of multiple and single motion segments
  of the spine, and the structural and material
  properties of the constraining soft tissue for a
  single specimen. This information will be made
  available for incorporation into spinal models,
  with the eventual goal of developing age, size
  and gender specific spinal injury models.

Marcus Hollis, PhD, MS University of South
Alabama Adjunct Associate Professor, Department
of Mechanical Engineering, USA Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery, USA President, Vector Medical
Inc. President, Blue Bay Research Inc.