Education

PhD, Geology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2023

MS, Geology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2022

BS, Marine Biology-Evolution, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2018

Biography

Aidan Sweeney is a current MS student in Museology. Motivated by a strong fascination with the natural world, she has served as a volunteer coordinator, research assistant, instructor, and program manager for a variety of projects & courses primarily in the life sciences. She hopes to apply her skills in education, research, design, and management to her work in museums.

Areas of Interest

Collection management

Community engagement

Education

Projects, Publications and Presentations

Sweeney, A. & Sumrall, C.D. 2023. Pleurocystites? scylla, a new species of pleurocystitid rhombiferan, and comments on echinoderm teratologies. Journal of Paleontology 97(3):631–638. DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2023.17.

Sweeney, A. In preparation. Exploratory Morphometric Analysis of Brockocystis Mesotem Element.

Sweeney, A. In preparation. Computational Fluid Dynamics and Glyptocystitoid Life Postures.

Sweeney, A. 2022. A computational fluid dynamic approach to posture modeling in glyptocystitoid rhombiferans (Echinodermata). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 54(5). DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022AM-380091.

​Sweeney, A. & Sumrall, C.D. 2019. Modern ecology and ancient stemmed echinoderms: Reviewing rhombiferan stem morphology through the lens of organismal ecology. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 51(5). DOI: 10.1130/abs/2019AM333880.

Sweeney, A. & Sumrall, C.D. 2019. Morphology and function of the spiraling pivot points in the proximal stem of glyptocystitoid rhombiferan echinoderms. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 51(3). DOI: 10.1130/abs/2019SE-327060