Jenna Crowe-Riddell

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

Jenna's research focuses on the evolution of cutaneous senses in sea snakes. Her research takes integrative approaches to understand the evolution of complex sensory traits. She completed her PhD in 2019, focusing on two major sensory systems mediated by the skin: the sense of touch (mechanoreception) and the rare ability to sense light in the skin (dermal photoreception).

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Jenna's research focuses on the evolution of cutaneous senses in sea snakes. Her research takes integrative approaches to understand the evolution of complex sensory traits. She completed her PhD in 2019, focusing on two major sensory systems mediated by the skin: the sense of touch (mechanoreception) and the rare ability to sense light in the skin (dermal photoreception)

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Appointments

Date Position Institution name
2016 Adminstrative assistant University of Adelaide
2015 PhD University of Adelaide
Awards and Achievements

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2016 Scholarship Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship — — —

Date	Position	Institution name
2016	Adminstrative assistant	University of Adelaide
2015	PhD	University of Adelaide

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2016	Scholarship	Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship	—	—	—

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2015 - 2019	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
2014 - 2014	University of Adelaide	Australia	Ba of Science (1st Class Honours)
2008 - 2011	Australian National University	Australia	Ba of Science

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Animal Cell and Molecular Biology Animal Neurobiology Evolutionary Biology Vertebrate Biology

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Year	Citation
2019	Crowe-Riddell, J., Simões, B., Partridge, J., Hunt, D., Delean, S., Schwerdt, J., . . . Sanders, K. (2019). Phototactic tails: evolution and molecular basis of a novel sensory trait in sea snakes. Molecular Ecology, 28(8), 1-16. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2019	Lillywhite, H., Sheehy, C., Sandfoss, M., Crowe-Riddell, J., & Grech, A. (2019). Drinking by sea snakes from oceanic freshwater lenses at first rainfall ending seasonal drought. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0212099. DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
2019	Crowe-Riddell, J., Williams, R., Chapuis, L., & Sanders, K. (2019). Ultrastructural evidence of a mechanosensory function of scale organs (sensilla) in sea snakes (Hydrophiinae). Royal Society Open Science, 6(4), 16 pages. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2019	Crowe-Riddell, J., D'Anastasi, B., Nankivell, J., Rasmussen, A., & Sanders, K. (2019). First records of sea snakes (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) diving to the mesopelagic zone (>200 m). Austral Ecology, 44(4), 752-754. DOI Scopus2 WoS3
2018	Udyawer, V., Barnes, P., Bonnet, X., Brischoux, F., Crowe-Riddell, J., D'Anastasi, B., . . . Voris, H. (2018). Future directions in the research and management of marine snakes. Frontiers in Marine Science, Nov 2018(5), 1-16. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2016	Crowe-Riddell, J., Snelling, E., Watson, A., Suh, A., Partridge, J., & Sanders, K. (2016). The evolution of scale sensilla in the transition from land to sea in elapid snakes. Open Biology, 6(6), 160054-1-160054-12. DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC2
2012	Langmore, N., Feeney, W., Crowe-Riddell, J., Luan, H., Louwrens, K., & Cockburn, A. (2012). Learned recognition of brood parasitic cuckoos in the superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus. Behavioral Ecology, 23(4), 798-805. DOI

Filesets

Year	Citation
—	Crowe-Riddell, J., & Sanders, K. (n.d.). Supplmentary data: Ultrastructural evidence of a mechanosensory function of scale ‘sensilla’ in sea snakes (Hydrophiinae). DOI
—	Crowe-Riddell, J., Simoes, B., Schwerdt, J., Ludington, A., Breen, J., & Sanders, K. (n.d.). Phototactic tails manuscript ESM-Files. DOI

Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship 2016, Fulbright, 8-10 months exchange in the USA

$42,100 over 2 years, Hermon-Slade Foundation, Tail photoreception: Discovering a novel sensory system in Australian sea snakes, awarded jointly with Dr Kate Sanders

$10,960, Environment Institute Seed Grant, Tail photoreception: Discovering a novel sensory system in Australian sea snakes, awarded jointly with Dr Kate Sanders

$1000 travel grant, Carl Gans Fund, World Congress of Herpetology, the 8th Conference in Hangzhou, China 2016

$200 travel grant, Australian Society of Herpetology, Tasmania 2016 conference

$25,849 over 3 years, Australian Government, Australian Postgraduate Award

$1200 over 6 weeks, University of Adelaide, Summer Scholarship

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Memberships

Date Role Membership Country
2015 - ongoing — Sea snake specialist group —

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2015 - ongoing	—	Sea snake specialist group	—

Email: jenna.crowe-riddell@adelaide.edu.au

Jenna Crowe-Riddell

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