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**Jess Cramp** is an American [marine biologist](/source/Marine_biology) and [shark](/source/Shark) researcher. She is the founder of Sharks Pacific, a non-profit organization focused on compiling and providing data collected during expeditions on [sharks](/source/Shark) and [rays](/source/Stingray) in the [Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands).

## Career

Cramp worked as a biologist in a drug discovery laboratory in [San Diego](/source/San_Diego) for almost ten years.[1] She volunteered for marine-related initiatives in Central America before moving to the Pacific in 2011.[2] While living in the Cook Islands, Cramp managed the Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative (PICI).[2][1] She was instrumental in the community campaign that resulted in the [Cook Islands Shark Sanctuary](/source/Cook_Islands_Shark_Sanctuary).[3][4] This is the largest shark sanctuary in the world, measuring 772,204-square-miles.[2][3]

Cramp completed a Ph.D. at [James Cook University](/source/James_Cook_University) in Australia, where she studied the effectiveness of large-scale marine reserves on wide-ranging sharks.[2] In 2015, Cramp was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer.[4] This included a three week long trip, where Cramp visited the northern islands of [Darwin](/source/Darwin,_Northern_Territory) and [Wolf](/source/Wolf_Island) to study sharks.[2] In 2017, Cramp was awarded a [National Geographic](/source/National_Geographic) grant on "Evaluating the effectiveness of large-scale marine reserves on highly migratory sharks."[4]

Cramp now specializes in conservation policy and engaging communities in ocean management. Cramp founded Sharks Pacific, a non-profit research, policy, and outreach organization that is focused on compiling and providing data collected during expeditions on [sharks](/source/Shark) and [rays](/source/Stingray) in the [Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands). The data her team collects are used to establish baselines around species distribution and population size.[5] This information is crucial for researchers who are trying to measure changes and impacts to [marine habitats](/source/Marine_habitats) over space and time.[6][7]

In 2019, Cramp was named an AAAS If/Then Ambassador, a program created by the [American Association for the Advancement of Science](/source/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science) to bring together 125 women from different [STEM](/source/STEM) careers to serve as role models for middle school girls.[4][8] In 2020, Cramp was featured as part of the IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit, an exhibit of over 120 3-D printed statues featuring the AAAS If/Then Ambassadors.[9]

## Awards and honors

- [AAAS](/source/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science) IF/THEN Ambassador, 2019[10]
- National Geographic Emerging Explorer, 2015[4][10]

## Selected publications

- Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks. [Nature](/source/Nature_(journal)). 2020.[11]
- Are we ready for elasmobranch conservation success? John K Carlson, Michelle R Heupel, Chelsey N Young, **Jessica E Cramp**, and Colin A Simpfendorfer. Environmental Conservation. 2019.[12]
- Benzothiophene containing Rho kinase inhibitors: Efficacy in an animal model of glaucoma. Robert L Davis, Mehmet Kahraman, Thomas J Prins, Yan Beaver, Travis G Cook, **Jessica Cramp**, Charmagne S Cayanan, Elisabeth MM Gardiner, Marsha A McLaughlin, Abbot F Clark, Mark R Hellberg, Andrew K Shiau, Stewart A Noble, Allen J Borchardt. [Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters](/source/Bioorganic_%26_Medicinal_Chemistry_Letters). 2010.[13]
- Beware silent waning of shark protection. **Jessica E Cramp**, Colin A Simpfendorfer, Robert L Pressey. [Science](/source/Science_(journal)). 2018.[14]
- Cyclic Tetranuclear and Hexanuclear Palladium (II) Complexes and Their Host−guest Chemistry. Judith A Walmsley, Shourong Zhu, Antonio Matilla, Tiffanee G Donowick, **Jessica E Cramp**, Jose Manuel Tercero, and Tatyana Dalrymple. [Inorganic Chemistry](/source/Inorganic_Chemistry_(journal)). 2007.

## References

1. Revkin, Andrew C. (2013-02-11). ["A Closer Look at the Creation of a Vast Pacific Shark Sanctuary"](https://archive.nytimes.com/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/a-closer-look-at-the-creation-of-a-vast-pacific-shark-preserve/). *Dot Earth Blog*. Retrieved 2024-02-04.

1. ["Essential Travel Tips from National Geographic Explorer Jessica Cramp"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220324232433/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/explorer-tips-jessica-cramp-marine-conservationist). *Travel*. National Geographic. 20 August 2015. Archived from [the original](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/explorer-tips-jessica-cramp-marine-conservationist) on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

1. ["Huge shark sanctuary created"](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwi-man-helps-create-huge-shark-sanctuary/VWRJIK4XCSAMKJHY4QDUXQZP3A/) (in en-NZ). *NZ Herald*. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

1. ["Jess Cramp - National Geographic Society"](https://explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org/jess-cramp). *www.nationalgeographic.org*. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

1. ["Shark Week: Meet Marine Conservationist Jess Cramp"](https://www.sharks4kids.com/post/2018/07/27/shark-week-meet-marine-conservationist-jess-cramp). *sharks4kidsnew*. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

1. ["Research"](https://sharkspacific.org/research/). *Sharks Pacific*. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

1. Doucette, Kitt. ["Adventure Dream Jobs: Shark Researcher"](https://www.redbull.com/us-en/adventure-jobs-river-guide-2017-18-02-2017-18-02). *Red Bull*. Redbull.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

1. ["AAAS IF/THEN® Ambassadors"](https://www.aaas.org/programs/inclusive-stemm-ecosystems-equity-diversity-iseed/aaas-ifthenr-ambassadors)

1. Young, Michelle (2020-08-18). ["All-Female Statue Exhibit #IfThenSheCan Pops Up in Central Park Zoo"](https://untappedcities.com/2020/08/18/all-female-statue-exhibit-ifthenshecan-pops-up-in-central-park-zoo/). *Untapped New York*. Retrieved 2024-02-04.

1. ["#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit"](https://ifthenexhibit.org/). *ifthenexhibit.org*. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

1. MacNeil, M. Aaron; Chapman, Demian D.; Heupel, Michelle; Simpfendorfer, Colin A.; Heithaus, Michael; Meekan, Mark; Harvey, Euan; Goetze, Jordan; Kiszka, Jeremy; Bond, Mark E.; Currey-Randall, Leanne M.; Speed, Conrad W.; Sherman, C. Samantha; Rees, Matthew J.; Udyawer, Vinay (July 2020). ["Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks"](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2519-y). *Nature*. **583** (7818): 801–806. [Bibcode:2020Natur.583..801M](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020Natur.583..801M). [doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y). [hdl:10754/664495](https://hdl.handle.net/10754/664495). [ISSN 1476-4687](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1476-4687). [PMID 32699418](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32699418)

1. Carlson, John K.; Heupel, Michelle R.; Young, Chelsey N.; Cramp, Jessica E.; Simpfendorfer, Colin A. (December 2019). ["Are we ready for elasmobranch conservation success?"](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/abs/are-we-ready-for-elasmobranch-conservation-success/A170A655784D284B26F876189A015644). *Environmental Conservation*. **46** (4): 264–266. [Bibcode:2019EnvCo..46..264C](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019EnvCo..46..264C). [doi:10.1017/S0376892919000225](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892919000225). [ISSN 0376-8929](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0376-8929)

1. Davis, Robert L.; Kahraman, Mehmet; Prins, Thomas J.; Beaver, Yan; Cook, Travis G.; Cramp, Jessica; Cayanan, Charmagne S.; Gardiner, Elisabeth M. M.; McLaughlin, Marsha A.; Clark, Abbot F.; Hellberg, Mark R.; Shiau, Andrew K.; Noble, Stewart A.; Borchardt, Allen J. (2010-06-01). ["Benzothiophene containing Rho kinase inhibitors: Efficacy in an animal model of glaucoma"](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960894X10004804). *Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters*. **20** (11): 3361–3366. [doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.04.020](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.04.020). [ISSN 0960-894X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0960-894X). [PMID 20434334](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20434334)

1. Cramp, Jessica E.; Simpfendorfer, Colin A.; Pressey, Robert L. (2018-05-18). ["Beware silent waning of shark protection"](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aat3089). *Science*. **360** (6390): 723. Sills, Jennifer (ed.). [doi:10.1126/science.aat3089](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat3089). [ISSN 0036-8075](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0036-8075). [PMID 29773738](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29773738)

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