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Jon Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pest-Management and Conservation at Lincoln University, New Zealand. His research focuses on ecological monitoring of invasive and native species, with a particular emphasis on citizen science approaches. He is one of the team that operates iNaturalist NZ and serves as the NZ site administrator in the global iNaturalist Network.
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
- BSc(Hons), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Sullivan has been amassing a large, long-term ecological monitoring dataset along 176 km of transects in the greater Ōtautahi-Christchurch and Lincoln area since 2003. His work helps document how the natural world responds to environmental changes driven by human activities. He has a particular interest in the spread and impact of weeds in wildlands and the insects that feed on NZ wild plants. His research spans community ecology, population ecology, biosecurity science, and ecological impacts of climate change.
His recent publications demonstrate a diverse research portfolio spanning ecological monitoring, invasive species management, citizen science applications, and public health implications of ecological systems. His work often bridges fundamental ecology with practical conservation applications, showing particular strength in long-term monitoring approaches and the integration of citizen science data.
Sullivan actively supervises postgraduate students, with numerous completed research projects covering topics from vegetation change in urban environments to biological control of invasive plants. He teaches courses including Advanced Field Research, AgroEcology, Applied Ecology and Conservation, and Insect Ecology and Diversity.
He is heavily involved with several collaborative networks including iNaturalist NZ, WildCounts, and EcoLincNZ (Lincoln University's ecology and environment blog), demonstrating his commitment to making ecological research accessible and applicable to broader communities.
