Curriculum Vitae

Education

2007        PhD Biology (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior) City University of New York, NY

2003        BSc (Marine Biology, Hons 1st Class) University of Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Employment

2008 -    Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science

              Center at Houston, TX

2007 -    Summer Research Associate, Marine Biological Laboratory, MA

2006      Research Technician, Psychology Dept, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, NY

2004       Adjunct Scientist, Biology Dept, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, NY

Publications

Crook, R.J., Lewis, T., Hanlon, R.T and Walters, E.T. (2011). Peripheral injury increases responsiveness to tactile and

            visual stimuli in squid, Loligo pealei. J. Exp. Biol. 214 3173-3185.

Bedi, S.S., Lago, M., Masha, L., Crook, R. J., Grill, R., Walters, E.T. (2011). Spinal cord injury triggers an intrinsic    growth promoting state in nociceptors. J Neurotrauma. In press

Crook, R.J. and Walters, E.T. (2011). Nociceptive behavior and physiology in Molluscs: Animal welfare implications.

            ILAR. In press.

Bedi, S.*, Yang, Q.*, Crook, R.J.*, Du, J, Wu, Z., Fishman, H., Grill, R., Carlton, S., and Walters, E.T. (2010). Chronic spontaneous activity generated in the somata of small dorsal root ganglion neurons is associated with pain-related behavior following spinal cord injury. (*equal contribution) J. Neurosci. 30(44) 14870-14882

Crook, R.J., Hanlon, R.T and Basil, J.A. (2009). Memory of visual and topographical features suggests spatial learning in the ancient cephalopod, nautilus (Nautilus pompilius L.). J. Comp. Psych. 3 264-274

Crook, R.J, and Basil, J. (2008). A role for nautilus in studies of the evolution of brain and behaviour. Comm. Int. Bio. 1: 61-62

Crook, R. and Basil, J.A. (2008). A biphasic memory curve in the Chambered Nautilus, Nautilus pompilius L. (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) J. Exp. Biol. 211: 1992-1998

Crook, R., Patullo, B.W., Macmillan, D.L. (2004). Multimodal Individual Recognition in the Freshwater Crayfish Cherax destructor. Mar. Fresh. Behav. Physiol. Vol 37, No. 4: 271-285

Other Experience

2009 -      Curator, Nautiloidea, Cephalopoda, Encyclopedia of Life

                Reviewer, Cell and Tissue Research, Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, Current

                Biology, Journal of Experimental Biology.

                 Member, Society for Neuroscience, Animal Behaviour Society, Society for Comparative Cognition,

                 American Malacological Society

2008 -     Consulting Statistician, Dept, of Otolaryngology, Univ. Texas Houston

2008     Teaching Assistant ‘Biostatistics’ Graduate Center of the City University of New York

2004-8 Instructor, ‘Modern Life and Biology’ Biology Dept, Brooklyn College

2002     Teaching Assistant, ‘Invertebrate Biology’ Zoology Dept, University of Melbourne

2002     Teaching Assistant, ‘Vertebrate Biology’ Zoology Dept, University of Melbourne

Awards

2011          Ann E Kammer Fellowship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Mass.

2010-11     Baxter Pharmaceuticals Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

2010       Bang Summer Research Fellowship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Mass.

2008     University Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate Centre, CUNY, N.Y.

2007     Grass Fellowship for Neuroscience, Marine Biological Laboratories, Mass.

2006     Sue Rosenberg Zalk award for student travel, Graduate Centre, CUNY, N.Y.

2006     Graduate Teaching Fellowship in Biology, Brooklyn College, N.Y.

2005      Alfred Alberts Award for Biochemistry, Brooklyn College, N.Y.

2004      Science Fellowship for commencing students, City University of New York, N.Y.