Jonathan Thompson

Jonathan Thompson is a 2025 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and is the principal investigator for the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and involving more than 100 scientists and students investigating the dynamics of the New England landscape. He also leads the New England Landscape Futures project, which collaborates with diverse stakeholders throughout the region to build and evaluate scenarios that show how land-use choices and climate change could shape the landscape over the next 50 years. His research focuses on long-term and broad-scale changes in forest ecosystems, with an emphasis on quantifying how land use—including harvest, conversion, and land protection—affects forest ecosystem processes and services.