2001-present Senior Lecturer, Biosciences, University of Exeter 1991-2001 Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter 1990-1991 Visiting Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, USA 1990-1991 University of Michigan

My research deals with the performance and sustainability of the pollination systems that maintain crop yield and the biodiversity of wild plants. I study pollination at scales from the individual to the landscape using experiments and mathematical models to provide explanations and forecasts based on an understanding of mechanism.

Current foci are: (a) the impacts of agrochemicals on bees; (b) the impact of agricultural intensification and changing land use on pollination services; and (c) computer simulations of landscape-scale pollinator movements and cross-pollination. Besides using the conventional tools of pollination biology, I develop interdisciplinary collaborations with specialists in molecular bioscience, neuroscience, computer science and mathematics.

My main base is at Exeter Biosciences, but I am also a member of the Centre for Pollination Studies (CPS) at the University of Calcutta, India. I aim to teach students to think and to enjoy the creativity of science. I have broad teaching interests in ecology and environmental change.

Collison E, Hird H, Cresswell J, Tyler C (2016). Interactive effects of pesticide exposure and pathogen infection on bee health – a critical analysis. Biological Reviews, 91(4), 1006-1019. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 41 Gill RJ, Baldock KCR, Brown MJF, Cresswell JE, Dicks LV, Fountain MT, Garratt MPD, Gough LA, Heard MS, Holland JM, et al (2016). Protecting an Ecosystem Service: Approaches to Understanding and Mitigating Threats to Wild Insect Pollinators. , 54, 135-206. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 38 Cresswell J, Goulson D (2015). In response: Current evidence and implications--An academic perspective. Environ Toxicol Chem, 34(7), 1454-1456. Author URL. Cresswell JE, Robert FXL, Florance H, Smirnoff N (2014). Clearance of ingested neonicotinoid pesticide (imidacloprid) in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Pest Management Science, 70(2), 332-337. Abstract. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 12 Cresswell JE, Robert FX, Florance H, Smirnoff N (2014). Clearance of ingested neonicotinoid pesticide (imidacloprid) in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Pest Manag Sci, 70(2), 332-337. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 12 Laycock I, Cotterell KC, O'Shea-Wheller TA, Cresswell JE (2014). Effects of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam at field-realistic levels on microcolonies of Bombus terrestris worker bumble bees. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 100(1), 153-158. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 21 Laycock I, Cotterell KC, O'Shea-Wheller TA, Cresswell JE (2014). Effects of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam at field-realistic levels on microcolonies of Bombus terrestris worker bumble bees. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, 100, 153-158. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 21 Cresswell J (2014). On the natural history of neonicotinoids and bees. Functional Ecology, 28(6), 1311-1312. Article has an altmetric score of 11 Dicks LV, Abrahams A, Atkinson J, Biesmeijer J, Bourn N, Brown C, Brown MJF, Carvell C, Connolly C, Cresswell JE, et al (2013). Identifying key knowledge needs for evidence-based conservation of wild insect pollinators: a collaborative cross-sectoral exercise. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 6(3), 435-446. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 21 Laycock I, Cresswell JE (2013). Repression and recuperation of brood production in Bombus terrestris bumble bees exposed to a pulse of the neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid. PLoS One, 8(11). Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 7 Van Engelsdorp D, Lengerich E, Spleen A, Dainat B, Cresswell J, Baylis K, Nguyen BK, Soroker V, Underwood R, Human H, et al (2013). Standard epidemiological methods to understand and improve Apis mellifera health. Journal of Apicultural Research, 52(1). Abstract. Cresswell JE, Thompson HM (2012). Comment on "A common pesticide decreases foraging success and survival in honey bees". Science, 337(6101). Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 19 Cresswell JE, Desneux N, vanEngelsdorp D (2012). Dietary traces of neonicotinoid pesticides as a cause of population declines in honey bees: an evaluation by Hill's epidemiological criteria. Pest Management Science, 68(6), 819-827. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 48 Cresswell JE, Desneux N, vanEngelsdorp D (2012). Dietary traces of neonicotinoid pesticides as a cause of population declines in honey bees: an evaluation by Hill's epidemiological criteria. Pest Manag Sci, 68(6), 819-827. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 48 Cresswell JE, Page CJ, Uygun MB, Holmbergh M, Li Y, Wheeler JG, Laycock I, Pook CJ, de Ibarra NH, Smirnoff N, et al (2012). Differential sensitivity of honey bees and bumble bees to a dietary insecticide (imidacloprid). Zoology Laycock I, Lenthall KM, Barratt AT, Cresswell JE (2012). Effects of imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid pesticide, on reproduction in worker bumble bees (Bombus terrestris). Ecotoxicology, 21(7), 1937-1945. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 44 Laycock I, Lenthall KM, Barratt AT, Cresswell JE (2012). Effects of imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid pesticide, on reproduction in worker bumble bees (Bombus terrestris). Ecotoxicology, 21(7), 1937-1945. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 44 Laycock I, Lenthall KM, Barratt AT, Cresswell JE (2012). Erratum to: Effects of imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid pesticide, on reproduction in worker bumble bees (Bombus terrestris). Ecotoxicology, 21(7). Article has an altmetric score of 7 Dicks LV, Abrahams A, Atkinson J, Biesmeijer J, Bourn N, Brown C, Brown MJ, Carvell C, Connolly C, Cresswell JE, et al (2012). Identifying key knowledge needs for evidence-based conservation of wild insect pollinators: a collaborative cross-sectoral exercise. Insect Conservation and Diversity Cresswell JE (2011). A meta-analysis of experiments testing the effects of a neonicotinoid insecticide (imidacloprid) on honey bees. Ecotoxicology, 20(1), 149-157. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 13 Cresswell JE (2010). A mechanistic model of pollinator-mediated gene flow in agricultural safflower. BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, 11(5), 415-421. Author URL. Full text.