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Alison Sweeney

Associate Professor; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Physics
Research Interests: Self-assembly and optical properties of molecular structures, biophysics, evolution of deep sea squid camouflage, combining theory with experiment

Research Area(s)

Properties, structure, and composition of biological systems

Sweeney Lab

PEB Students

  • Allison Culbert

    Physics (Sweeney Lab)

  • Halona Dantes

    Physics (Sweeney Lab)
    Research Interests: Elucidating nature’s fascinating optical systems using hyperuniformity as a tool

  • Anjana Kammath

    Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (Sweeney Lab)
    Thesis Title: Delineating the Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Squid Iridocyte Protein

  • Charles Lomba

    Physics (Sweeney Lab)
    Research Interests: I am interested in electron and x-ray diffraction methodology for the characterization of complex biomaterials such as self-assembling proteins and polysaccharides in and out of their native environment

  • Mengwen Shi

    Physics (Sweeney Lab)
    Research Interests: My research focuses on unraveling the self-assembly behavior of squid eye tissue to gain insights into its unique structural and functional properties

  • Sara Siwiecki

    Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (Sweeney lab)
    Thesis Title: The Unexpected Biochemistry and Biophysical Structure of Extracellular-Matrix-Dominant Ctenophore Bodies