Jack Lewton

Driven Zoologist with knack for wildlife research, welfare, and conservation. Accomplished data professional with expertise in R, Python, and SQL, specialising in machine learning and data visualisation. Proficient in advanced statistics and web app development, with a strong foundation in science communication and animal welfare expertise. Committed to leveraging technical skills to drive innovative solutions and contribute to advancements in data-driven decision-making in welfare science.

• Key Concepts for Enhancing Zoo Animal Welfare: Coping, Comfort, Choice, Control, Challenge and Compassion, Rose P. & Lewton, J., 2025, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
• Behavioural biology methods and data collection in the zoo, Lewton, J. & Ward, S., 2022, The Behavioural Biology of Zoo Animals, 37-46, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003208471-6
• Social networks research in ex situ populations: Patterns, trends, and future directions for conservation‐focused behavioral research, Lewton, J. & Rose, P. E., 2021, Zoo Biology, https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2019.1573682
• Evaluating the social structure of captive Rothschild's giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi): Relevance to animal management and animal welfare, Lewton, J. & Rose, P. E., 2019, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2019.1573682

• Creator of R package: “agoratools” (ORX in house) Authors: Lewton, J., Boon, J., Lynch, O. (2025)
• Creator of R package: “qatools” (ORX in house) Authors: Lewton, J., Boon, J., Jelbert, M. (2023)
• Creator of R package: “awstools” (ORX in house) Authors: Lewton, J., Boon, J. (2022)
• Developer of R package: “Captive Index”; Authors: Norrey, J., Devenish, C., Lewton, J. (2019) https://github.com/JDNorrey/CaptiveIndex

• Lewton, J., Jansen, O., Howlett, J., Mills, M., Angell, S., Leung, T. K. C. (2020) Fish diversity and discharge rates in Bornean rainforest streams. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3926374
• Mills, M., Lewton, J., Jansen, O., Howlett, J., Angell, S., Leung, T. K. C. (2020) Investigating the relationship between tree stem respiration and growth rate. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3952832

Leung, T. K. C., Angell, S., Mills, M., Jansen, O., Lewton, J. (2020) 2020 SAFE Project Clidemia hirta survey data. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3976021

• Lewton, J. (2024) Using AI to enhance chimpanzee welfare. Poster at Primate Society of Great Britain Conference 2024.
• Lewton, J. (2017) The importance of social structure in captive Rothschild's giraffes. Oral Presentation at British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums Annual (BIAZA) Research Conference, Edinburgh, U.K.

Lewton, J. (2017) Dissemination of results and management recommendations to zoo stakeholders in BIAZA's quarterly magazine BIAZA News (Autumn Edition, 2017). https://www.flipr.co/BIAZA/autumn-2017/

• Primate Society of Great Britain Captive Care Grant 2024 (£1,250)
• Best research presentation at the BIAZA Annual Research Conference 2017 (Certificate and prize)