Jonathan Newman

Jonathan Newman is Professor of Biology and Vice President: Research at Wilfrid Laurier University. Trained as an ecologist (PhD, SUNY Albany), his work spans grassland ecology, climate change biology, invasive species, and plant–fungal interactions, with a parallel research program in philosophy of ecology and environmental ethics. He is the co-author of Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics (Cambridge University Press) and has published widely on the conceptual foundations of biodiversity, ecosystem function, and species interactions. His interdisciplinary scholarship integrates empirical ecological research—particularly on climate-driven species distributions and grass–endophyte symbioses—with philosophical analysis of intrinsic value, mutualism, and the nature of ecological communities. He currently serves as Co-Editor of Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology.