Researcher
Matthew Shawkey
- Disciplines:Ecophysiology and ecomorphology, Animal morphology, anatomy and physiology
Affiliations
- Biology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2015 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 15
- Bioinspired Materials for Selective Radiation ReflectanceFrom15 Aug 2023 → TodayFunding: Other international institutions, not mentioned elsewhere
- Optimising Acoustic Camouflage through Characterisation and Biomimicry of Moth ScalesFrom15 Aug 2023 → TodayFunding: Other international institutions, not mentioned elsewhere
- Structurally coloured melanin-based thermal management textilesFrom14 Feb 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- GENomics and Evolution of Structural, Iridescent Signals (GENESIS)From1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Mechanisms and evolution of mammalian hair colorFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Convergent evolution of functional surfaces in biology: surface structure complexity of lizard skinFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Biomechanics and Biomimicry of Reptile Eggs: Insights into their functions and evolutionFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Elucidating the development of biological optical nanostructuresFrom1 Jun 2019 → 31 May 2023Funding: Other European institutions (outside EU)
- Biomimetic optical nanostructures from melanin and melanin compositesFrom15 Aug 2018 → 14 Aug 2023Funding: Other international institutions, not mentioned elsewhere
- Biomimetic optical nanostructuresFrom1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
Publications
31 - 40 of 133
- Differential effects of early growth conditions on colour-producing nanostructures revealed through small angle X-ray scattering and electron microscopy(2020)
Authors: Katarzyna Janas, Anna Latkiewicz, Andrew Parnell, Dorota Lutyk, Julia Barczyk, Matthew Shawkey, Lars Gustafsson, Mariusz Cichon, Szymon M. Drobniak
- Characterization of broadband complex refractive index of synthetic melanin coatings and their changes after ultraviolet irradiation(2020)
Authors: Weiyao Li, Anvay Patil, Xuhao Zhou, Zhao Wang, Ming Xiao, Matthew Shawkey, Nathan C. Gianneschi, Ali Dhinojwala
- Selenomelanin : an abiotic selenium analogue of pheomelanin(2020)
Authors: Wei Cao, Naneki C. McCallum, Qing Zhe Ni, Weiyao Li, Hannah Boyce, Haochuan Mao, Xuhao Zhou, Hao Sun, Matthew P. Thompson, Claudia Battistella, et al.
Pages: 12802 - 12810 - Bioinspired melanin‐based optically active materials(2020)
Authors: Ming Xiao, Matthew Shawkey, Ali Dhinojwala
- Evidence corroborates identity of isolated fossil feather as a wing covert of Archaeopteryx(2020)
Authors: Ryan M. Carney, Helmut Tischlinger, Matthew Shawkey
- Signal evolution and morphological complexity in hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae)(2020)
Authors: Chad M. Eliason, Rafael Maia, Juan L. Parra, Matthew Shawkey
Pages: 447 - 458 - Exposure to UV radiance predicts repeated evolution of concealed black skin in birds(2020)
Authors: Michaël Nicolaï, Matthew Shawkey, Sara Porchetta, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
- Bioinspired chemoenzymatic route to artificial melanin for hair pigmentation(2020)
Authors: Claudia Battistella, Naneki C. McCallum, Bram Vanthournout, Christopher J. Forman, Qing Zhe Ni, James J. La Clair, Michael D. Burkart, Matthew Shawkey, Nathan C. Gianneschi
Pages: 9201 - 9210 - Multiple components of feather microstructure contribute to structural plumage colour diversity in fairy-wrens(2019)
Authors: Marie Fan, Liliana D'Alba Altamirano, Matthew Shawkey, Anne Peters, Kaspar Delhey
Pages: 550 - 568 - Experimental and theoretical evidence for molecular forces driving surface segregation in photonic colloidal assemblies(2019)
Authors: Ming Xiao, Ziying Hu, Thomas E, III Gartner, Xiaozhou Yang, Weiyao Li, Arthi Jayaraman, Nathan C Gianneschi, Matthew Shawkey, Ali Dhinojwala