Alison Patteson

Research Interests
- Non-equilibrium dynamics of bacterial suspensions
- Cytoskeletal polymers in animal cell migration
- Engineering microfluidic technologies for cell culture assays
- Rheology of active cellular materials
Research Spotlight

Immunofluorescence image of mouse embryo fibroblasts showing DNA (blue), actin (red), and vimentin intermediate filaments (green), which form a perinuclear cage.
Education
2016 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2016 M.A. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2011 B.S. Physics
B.S. Mathematics
Kutztown University
Awards & Professional Honors
- 2018 Dissertation Award in Statistical and Non-linear Physics, American Physical Society
- 2012 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
- 2011 Syed R. Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Selected Publications
A. E. Patteson*, A. Gopinath*, and P. E. Arratia. Active colloids in complex fluids. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 21 86-96, arXiv:1602.02693 (2016).
A. E. Patteson, A. Gopinath, P. K. Purhot, and P. E. Arratia. Particle diffusion in active fluids is non-monotonic in size. Soft Matter 12 2365, arXiv:1505:05803 (2016).
A. E. Patteson, A. Gopinath, M. Goulian, and P. E. Arratia. Running and tumbling with E. coli in polymeric solutions. Scientific Reports 5 15761, arXiv:1511.00708 (2015).
A. E. Koser, L. Pan, N. C. Keim, and P. E. Arratia. Measuring material relaxation and creep recovery in a microfluidic device Lab on a Chip. 13 1850 (2013).
*Denote equal contribution
News
(April 19, 2022)
Research could have implications on human health and medicine.
(Nov. 23, 2021)
The five-year awards will fund Alison Patteson’s and Davoud Mozhdehi’s protein research.
(Feb. 10, 2021)
A&S physicists are leading a team of researchers who are one of the first to pinpoint a novel method of using anti-vimentin antibodies to block cellular uptake of the coronavirus.
(May 2, 2018)
The new research assistant professor of physics comes to Syracuse from the University of Pennsylvania