John P. Sullivan

John P. Sullivan is a Taxonomist Contractor at NCBI-GenBank, where they curate organismal names in the NCBI Taxonomy Database for non-arthropod animal taxa. Additionally, they serve as a Zoologist Systematist Curator at Computercraft Corporation, engaged in updating animal nomenclature and interacting with researchers. John has a rich academic background, holding a PhD in Zoology from Duke University and a BA in Philosophy, Mathematics, Language, and Physics from St. John's College. Their previous roles include Digitization Specialist at Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates and Research Associate at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, where they published research on catfish phylogenetics. John maintains courtesy titles at two institutions and runs a website focused on mormyrid weakly electric fishes.