Justine Allen
ORCID 0000-0001-9974-4226
POSITIONS HELD
Adjunct Instructor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Brown University
Program Manager, NeuroNex Technology Hub, Neuroscience
Brown University
AWARDS
2014
Best Student Poster in the Division of Comparative Biomechanics at the 2014 SICB Annual Meeting
2013
Best Poster at the New England Society for Microscopy's Annual Spring Symposium
2010
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
2010
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
EDUCATION
1/1/2014
PhD
Brown University
1/1/2005
BS
SUNY Geneseo
Publications
Justine J. Allen, Derya Akkaynak, Alexandra K. Schnell, Roger T. Hanlon
Dramatic Fighting by Male Cuttlefish for a Female Mate
The American Naturalist 190
(2017)
Jorn A. Cheney, Justine J. Allen, Sharon M. Swartz
Diversity in the organization of elastin bundles and intramembranous muscles in bat wings
Journal of Anatomy 230
(2017)
Justine J. Allen, Derya Akkaynak, Arthur U. Sugden, Roger T. Hanlon
Adaptive body patterning, three-dimensional skin morphology and camouflage measures of the slender filefishMonacanthus tuckerion a Caribbean coral reef
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116
(2015)
Kendra C. Buresch, Kimberly M. Ulmer, Derya Akkaynak, Justine J. Allen, Lydia M. Mäthger, Mario Nakamura, Roger T. Hanlon
Cuttlefish adjust body pattern intensity with respect to substrate intensity to aid camouflage, but do not camouflage in extremely low light
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 462
(2015)
Derya Akkaynak, Tali Treibitz, Bei Xiao, Umut A. Gürkan, Justine J. Allen, Utkan Demirci, Roger T. Hanlon
Use of commercial off-the-shelf digital cameras for scientific data acquisition and scene-specific color calibration
Journal of the Optical Society of America A 31
(2014)
Justine J. Allen, George R. R. Bell, Alan M. Kuzirian, Sachin S. Velankar, Roger T. Hanlon
Comparative morphology of changeable skin papillae in octopus and cuttlefish
Journal of Morphology 275
(2013)
Justine J. Allen, George R. R. Bell, Alan M. Kuzirian, Roger T. Hanlon
Cuttlefish skin papilla morphology suggests a muscular hydrostatic function for rapid changeability
Journal of Morphology 274
(2013)
Derya Akkaynak, Justine J. Allen, Lydia M. Mäthger, Chuan-Chin Chiao, Roger T. Hanlon
Quantification of cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) camouflage: a study of color and luminance using in situ spectrometry
Journal of Comparative Physiology A 199
(2012)
Lydia M. Mäthger, George R. R. Bell, Alan M. Kuzirian, Justine J. Allen, Roger T. Hanlon
How does the blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) flash its blue rings?
Journal of Experimental Biology 215
(2012)
Kendra C. Buresch, Lydia M. Mäthger, Justine J. Allen, Chelsea Bennice, Neal Smith, Jonathan Schram, Chuan-Chin Chiao, Charles Chubb, Roger T. Hanlon
The use of background matching vs. masquerade for camouflage in cuttlefish Sepia officinalis
Vision Research 51
(2011)
Chuan-Chin Chiao, J. Kenneth Wickiser, Justine J. Allen, Brock Genter, Roger T. Hanlon
Hyperspectral imaging of cuttlefish camouflage indicates good color match in the eyes of fish predators
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108
(2011)
Alexandra Barbosa, Justine J. Allen, Lydia M. Mäthger, Roger T. Hanlon
Cuttlefish use visual cues to determine arm postures for camouflage
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279
(2011)
Justine J. Allen, Lydia M. Mäthger, Kendra C. Buresch, Thomas Fetchko, Meg Gardner, Roger T. Hanlon
Night vision by cuttlefish enables changeable camouflage
Journal of Experimental Biology 213
(2010)
Chuan-Chin Chiao, Charles Chubb, Kendra C. Buresch, Alexandra Barbosa, Justine J. Allen, Lydia M. Mäthger, Roger T. Hanlon
Mottle camouflage patterns in cuttlefish: quantitative characterization and visual background stimuli that evoke them
Journal of Experimental Biology 213
(2010)
Justine J. Allen, Lydia M. Mäthger, Alexandra Barbosa, Kendra C. Buresch, Emilia Sogin, Jillian Schwartz, Charles Chubb, Roger T. Hanlon
Cuttlefish dynamic camouflage: responses to substrate choice and integration of multiple visual cues
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277
(2009)
Justine J. Allen, Lydia M. Mäthger, Alexandra Barbosa, Roger T. Hanlon
Cuttlefish use visual cues to control three-dimensional skin papillae for camouflage
Journal of Comparative Physiology A 195
(2009)
Justine leads efforts to execute the innovation, dissemination, and education goals of the Hub. She provides scientific direction and maintenance of the Hub's website and database, coordinates the activities of program workshops, symposia, and emissaries, and develops curricula for education outreach activities at the elementary, high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels.