CV
Education
& Research
experience
2016- 2021
PhD in Biology, University of Turku, Finland
Supervised by Virpi Lummaa & Mirkka Lahdenperä,
funded by European Research Council.
Chapter 1
Investigating changes within the handling system of the largest semi-captive population of Asian elephants Crawley et al (2019) PLoS ONE.
Chapter 2
Influence of handler relationships and experience on health, stress and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants. Crawley et al (2021) Conservation Physiology.
Chapter 3
Taming-age mortality in semi-captive Asian elephants. Crawley et al (2020). Scientific Reports.
Chapter 4
2021
2019
2017
MBiolSci in Zoology, University of Sheffield, UK
2014
Visiting Researcher, University of Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, France
Secured funding (1000€) to visit Docent Antoine Stier at LEHNA group to learn and conduct qPCR analysis to estimate telomere length and mitochondrial density
Visiting Researcher, University of Sheffield, UK
Righ scholarship summer project
The first empirical assessment of elephant physiological stress during the traditional taming procedure.
2011-2015
1st class honours in integrated Master's.
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Master's project in how reproductive investment is associated with body size in the Asian elephant. Crawley et al (2017), Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Co-supervisory role in Oceane Liehrmann's Master's project
Co-supervisory role in Jonathan Webb's Master's project
2021
Maupertuis Program Grant
Short mobility grant for French-Finnish collaboration (€1000)
2020
Kaamos Symposium prize for best talk
Oulu University, Finland
University of Turku research grant
Grant for research materials (€2100)
Turku University Foundation grant
Young researcher grant (€7756)
BBG grant
Grant for completing doctoral studies (€5181)
2018
Universities Federation for animal welfare grant (co-author)
UFAW small project grant (€3430)
2015
Thomas Woodcock Prize
For performance in Master's year (£75)
2014
Righ Scholarship
For summer undergraduate Project (£2000)
Funding and Awards
School of Veterinary Science, University of Nottingham
Presentations
2022
2021
The elephant in the room: monitoring calves for the first time during their traditional taming procedure. Talk
2020
Composing Worlds with elephants (virtual)
Managing elephants in the modern world: insights into current elephant-handler relationships in Myanmar. Talk
Kaamos Symposium, Univeristy of Oulu (virtual)
How do handler relationships and experience influence elephants in a semi-captive context? Talk
ASAB winter conference (virtual)
Influence of handler relationships and experience on semi-captive Asian elephants. Talk
AURA Symposium, Turku University (virtual)
Elephant Professionals Lecture (virtual)
Myanmar's timber elephants: a tale of two PhDs Talk
Monitoring elephant calves during their taming process
2022
2021
2019
2017
Publications
ICCB conference (virtual)
2019
ICCB conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Taming age mortality in semi-captive Asian elephants. Talk
2018
(Un)Common-Worlds, Turku, Finland
Assessing recent changes to the ancient relationship between humans and elephants. Talk
ECCB, Jyväskylä, Finland
Managing elephants in the modern world. Talk
2017
OIKOS Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Size and Reproduction in Asian Elephants. Poster
Pint of Science, Sheffield, UK
The ancient bond between humans and elephants. Talk
ESEB conference, Groningen, Netherlands
Size and Reproduction in Asian Elephants. Poster
Invited Departmental Seminar on PhD research. Talk
2016
2015
Crawley J A H (In Press) Mahout-elephant relationships around the world: a review of the literature. Composing Worlds Conference Proceedings.
Won scholarship to complete summer project comparing methods to store faecal parasite samples.
Crawley et al (2016) Veterinary Parasitology