Dr. Alison Sweeney

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Contact Information:

Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of California at Santa Barbara
sweeney@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Education:

Illinois Wesleyan University: B.A. in Biology (2001)
Duke University: PhD in Biology (2007)

Research Interests:

Functional evolution in structural and lens proteins, deep-sea biology, visual ecology

Publications:

Sweeney, A., Haddock, S. H. D., and S. Johnsen (2007). Comparative visual acuity of coleoid cephalopods. Integrative and Comparative Biology (on-line)

Sweeney, A. M., Des Marais, D. L., Ban, Y. A., and S. Johnsen (2007). Evolution of graded refractive index in squid lenses. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface 4: 685-698.

Johnsen, S., Kelber, A., Warrant, E. J., Sweeney, A. M., Widder, E. A., Lee Jr., R. L., and J. Hernandez-Andres (2006). Crepuscular and nocturnal illumination and its effects on the color perception of the nocturnal hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 789-800. (with commentary by Kelber and Roth)

Sweeney, A. M., and S. A. Sanudo-Wilhelmy (2004). Dissolved metal contamination in the East River-Long Island sound system: potential biological effects. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48: 663-670.

Sweeney, A. M., Jiggins, C., and S. Johnsen (2003). Polarized light as a butterfly mating signal. Nature 423: 31-32.