Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Dr. Sullivan earned his BS degrees from Purdue University, his MS from Iowa State University, and his PhD from the University of Connecticut. He conducted his postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota, where he focused his efforts on modeling the impacts of climate change on temperate lake fisheries across the Midwest. Chris joined the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit as an Assistant Unit Leader in December 2024. Broadly speaking, Chris is a fisheries ecologist with an increasingly stronger focus on applied quantitative methods, allowing him to address complex ecological questions with practical, data-driven solutions. Chris uses multiple approaches to research including observational field studies, data syntheses, and rigorous statistical and simulation modeling approaches. His research is directly tied to state and federal agency needs, allowing him to foster and maintain and healthy and productive relationship with practitioners throughout and outside of the country.