May 5, 2021
Alison Sweeney, associate professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics, speaks about giant clams, pollen, and squid eyes with Yale News. Sweeney joined the Yale faculty in 2019. Her lab focuses on the evolution of biological soft matter and the mechanisms by which they assembled themselves over time. Understanding those mechanisms, she says, may offer the means for creating new biofuels, chemicals, and materials that help sustain planet Earth.
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