Rate My Professor Anna-Lee Jessop

Throughout her career, Jessop has contributed to collaborative projects across institutions including the University of Salzburg and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Her research employs techniques such as serial block-face scanning electron microscopy, hyperspectral imaging, and small-angle X-ray scattering to analyze nanostructures in butterfly wings, moth scales, deep-sea crustacean eyes, and sea urchin spines. Notable publications include "Hierarchical woven fibrillar structures in developing single gyroids in butterflies" (PNAS, 2025), "A leaf-mimicking moth uses nanostructures to create 3D leaf shape appearance" (Current Biology, 2025), "Elucidating nanostructural organization and photonic properties of the green scale of a leaf-mimicking moth" (Interface Focus, 2024), "Functional differences between the extraordinary eyes of deep-sea hyperiid amphipods" (Proc. R. Soc. B, 2024), "Composite material in the sea urchin Cidaris rugosa" (J. R. Soc. Interface, 2024), and "A morphological basis for path-dependent evolution of complex eyes" (Science, 2024). Jessop's work has been featured in Murdoch University news articles, Phys.org, and the university's 2024 Annual Report. In 2024, she led a workshop at Murdoch University on how butterflies create colours to inspire young minds.