Megan K Sullivan
@meganaceae.bsky.social
conservation scientist in tropical ecology
dynamics 🌾🌱🌳 & disturbance 🪚🪵
with a passion for plant-animal interactions 🐘🍈
currently: HMEI Postdoc @Princeton
alum: @Fulbright @Yale
she/her
https://meganksullivan.weebly.com/
dynamics 🌾🌱🌳 & disturbance 🪚🪵
with a passion for plant-animal interactions 🐘🍈
currently: HMEI Postdoc @Princeton
alum: @Fulbright @Yale
she/her
https://meganksullivan.weebly.com/
There is almost 5x as much research coming out of the Amazon as the Congo Basin, and the Amazon receives more than 6x the international funding that the Congo Basin does.
The rainforest the world forgot.
The Congo basin is the second largest rainforest on Earth, and a critical defence against climate breakdown and species loss.
Why then, is it so neglected?
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The Congo basin is the second largest rainforest on Earth, and a critical defence against climate breakdown and species loss.
Why then, is it so neglected?
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The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
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November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
There is almost 5x as much research coming out of the Amazon as the Congo Basin, and the Amazon receives more than 6x the international funding that the Congo Basin does.
Our research was featured in a Princeton news article from the High Meadows Environmental Institute! 🐘🌱
environment.princeton.edu/news/elephan...
environment.princeton.edu/news/elephan...
Elephants Shape African Forests By Eating - and Excreting - Seeded Fruits - High Meadows Environmental Institute
It’s no surprise that elephants rely on their ecosystems to thrive. But a new study finds that the relationship is reciprocal. The study—Context-dependent forest elephant seed dispersal: implications ...
environment.princeton.edu
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Our research was featured in a Princeton news article from the High Meadows Environmental Institute! 🐘🌱
environment.princeton.edu/news/elephan...
environment.princeton.edu/news/elephan...
[1/5] Elephants shape forests by moving seeds, and carbon, across landscapes. 🌳🐘
But how consistent are their impacts across sites?
📸 : Liam Jasperse-Sjolander
But how consistent are their impacts across sites?
📸 : Liam Jasperse-Sjolander
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
[1/5] Elephants shape forests by moving seeds, and carbon, across landscapes. 🌳🐘
But how consistent are their impacts across sites?
📸 : Liam Jasperse-Sjolander
But how consistent are their impacts across sites?
📸 : Liam Jasperse-Sjolander
Excited to see our meta-analysis on sacred forests & biodiversity conservation featured in the Christian Science Monitor! 🌿✨
Sacred natural sites play a powerful role in protecting species, check out the article to learn more.
@csmonitor.bsky.social @yalee360.bsky.social @yaleforestry.bsky.social
Sacred natural sites play a powerful role in protecting species, check out the article to learn more.
@csmonitor.bsky.social @yalee360.bsky.social @yaleforestry.bsky.social
Forest conservation has an unlikely ally: Faith
Sacred forests have long been shielded from destruction by their communities. Recognition of that reality is growing in conservation circles.
www.csmonitor.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Excited to see our meta-analysis on sacred forests & biodiversity conservation featured in the Christian Science Monitor! 🌿✨
Sacred natural sites play a powerful role in protecting species, check out the article to learn more.
@csmonitor.bsky.social @yalee360.bsky.social @yaleforestry.bsky.social
Sacred natural sites play a powerful role in protecting species, check out the article to learn more.
@csmonitor.bsky.social @yalee360.bsky.social @yaleforestry.bsky.social
Honored to be invited to speak at YSE's research day this year! Our GEC paper was the winner of this year's Bormann Prize 🌳 🪵
environment.yale.edu/news/article...
environment.yale.edu/news/article...
Research on Low-Intensity Logging in Gabon Forests Wins 2025 Bormann Prize
Megan Sullivan’s study, conducted while a doctoral student at the Yale School of the Environment, offers insights on forest management that supports both conservation goals and local livelihoods.
environment.yale.edu
April 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Honored to be invited to speak at YSE's research day this year! Our GEC paper was the winner of this year's Bormann Prize 🌳 🪵
environment.yale.edu/news/article...
environment.yale.edu/news/article...
Belated life update: I recently started a new postdoc position at HMEI at Princeton! My project involves collaborating with multiple institutions across several countries in Central and East Africa to explore how elephants impact plant dynamics.
environment.princeton.edu/people/megan...
environment.princeton.edu/people/megan...
December 4, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Belated life update: I recently started a new postdoc position at HMEI at Princeton! My project involves collaborating with multiple institutions across several countries in Central and East Africa to explore how elephants impact plant dynamics.
environment.princeton.edu/people/megan...
environment.princeton.edu/people/megan...
Tune in Weds, Sept 4th! 🍈🌳🦧
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August 27, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Tune in Weds, Sept 4th! 🍈🌳🦧
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Coverage from @mongabay.bsky.social on our most recent article on sustainble logging & ecosystem services impacts in Gabon! 🪵🌳🇬🇦
news.mongabay.com/2024/08/logg...
news.mongabay.com/2024/08/logg...
Logging done sustainably doesn’t have to harm ecosystem services, study finds
Researchers have found that low-intensity logging of a tropical forest has no negative impacts on key ecosystem services such as the carbon storage and food availability for wildlife. But even at a sm...
news.mongabay.com
August 23, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Coverage from @mongabay.bsky.social on our most recent article on sustainble logging & ecosystem services impacts in Gabon! 🪵🌳🇬🇦
news.mongabay.com/2024/08/logg...
news.mongabay.com/2024/08/logg...
Marantaceae forests as alternative stable states in tropical forests... very cool paper!! 🌿🌳🤓
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The puzzling ecology of African Marantaceae forests
Marantaceae forests are tropical rainforests characterized by a continuous understory layer of perennial giant herbs and a near absence of tree regeneration. Although widespread in West-Central Afric....
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 20, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Marantaceae forests as alternative stable states in tropical forests... very cool paper!! 🌿🌳🤓
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
I will be giving a webinar talk tomorrow on some of my PhD work on understory forest dynamics in Gabon. Please join in at the link below if you're interested! @CoEBrwanda
April 5, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Deadline extended! Celebrate ATBC's 60th Annual Meeting! #ATBCKigali2024 🌿 🌍 🇷🇼
Join us in Kigali! Submit your session proposals! Session Types: Symposia, Open Format Sessions, Workshops, and Short Courses. NEW DEADLINE to submit proposals: March 6th, 2024! Submit: conta.cc/3O9Hxjn
Join us in Kigali! Submit your session proposals! Session Types: Symposia, Open Format Sessions, Workshops, and Short Courses. NEW DEADLINE to submit proposals: March 6th, 2024! Submit: conta.cc/3O9Hxjn
Call for Sessions| ATBC2024
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February 27, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Deadline extended! Celebrate ATBC's 60th Annual Meeting! #ATBCKigali2024 🌿 🌍 🇷🇼
Join us in Kigali! Submit your session proposals! Session Types: Symposia, Open Format Sessions, Workshops, and Short Courses. NEW DEADLINE to submit proposals: March 6th, 2024! Submit: conta.cc/3O9Hxjn
Join us in Kigali! Submit your session proposals! Session Types: Symposia, Open Format Sessions, Workshops, and Short Courses. NEW DEADLINE to submit proposals: March 6th, 2024! Submit: conta.cc/3O9Hxjn
I will be giving a webinar talk tomorrow on some of my PhD work on understory forest dynamics in Gabon. Please join in at the link below if you're interested! @CoEBrwanda
November 28, 2023 at 8:24 AM
I will be giving a webinar talk tomorrow on some of my PhD work on understory forest dynamics in Gabon. Please join in at the link below if you're interested! @CoEBrwanda
#HiSciSky 👋 I'm a postdoc / research affiliate at the University of Rwanda studying how climate change affects flower🌸 and fruit🍈 phenology in a montane tropical forest⛰🌳. Passionate about vegetation dynamics 🌾🌱🌳 & natural🐘 and human🪚🪵 disturbance.
Let's chat!!
#AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM
Let's chat!!
#AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM
November 5, 2023 at 11:58 AM
#HiSciSky 👋 I'm a postdoc / research affiliate at the University of Rwanda studying how climate change affects flower🌸 and fruit🍈 phenology in a montane tropical forest⛰🌳. Passionate about vegetation dynamics 🌾🌱🌳 & natural🐘 and human🪚🪵 disturbance.
Let's chat!!
#AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM
Let's chat!!
#AcademicSky #WomenInSTEM