Lindsay Murray

Dr. Lindsay Murray is an Associate Professor of Animal Psychology at the University of Chester's School of Psychology. She holds roles including Level 6 Year Tutor and serves on the Management Group for the Sustainability and Environment Research Institute. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, she maintains external affiliations with the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour and the Primate Society of Great Britain.

Her research specializes in primate behavior, focusing on personality, laterality, self-awareness, and social dynamics in chimpanzees and elephants. She leads longitudinal studies at Chester Zoo and explores comparative mirror self-recognition in gorillas and spider monkeys. Her publications address topics ranging from animal personality assessment to COVID-19's impact on ape cognition.

She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Animal Psychology and Individual Differences, supervising PhD candidates investigating human and nonhuman psychology. Her advisory roles include journal editorship and education committee membership for primate research societies.