Animal Behaviour; Statistics and Research Design; How science works.
BSc(Hons) Zoology, DPhil Zoology (Oxon).
Three completed PhD
Director of Studies 1 current PhD student
Supervisory panel 1 current PhD student
External examiner University of Lincoln, University of the West of Scotland, Bridgwater College (Oxford Brookes).
Currently University of Reading.
Analysing extinction risk across species using comparative and other methods.Sampling behaviour and decision-making in hoverflies and humans. Applications of wearable tchnology to human and animal behaviour.
J. Bek, J. Webb, E. Gowen, S. Vogt, TJ. Crawford, et al. MS. Sullivan, E. Poliakoff. (2016). Patients’ views on a combined action observation and motor imagery intervention for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s Disease. 2016,
LA. Stanton, MS. Sullivan, JM. Fazio (2015). A standardized ethogram for the felidae: A tool for behavioral researchers. Applied Animal Behaviour Science.
R. Cartwright, B. Gillespie, K. Labonte, T. Mangold, A. Venema, et al. K. Eden, M. Sullivan. (2012). Between a rock and a hard place: habitat selection in female-calf humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Pairs on the Hawaiian breeding grounds. PLoS One. 7(5),
J. Bek, J. Webb, E. Gowen, S. Vogt, TJ. Crawford, et al. MS. Sullivan, E. Poliakoff. (2016). Patients’ views on a combined action observation and motor imagery intervention for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s Disease. 2016,
LA. Stanton, MS. Sullivan, JM. Fazio (2015). A standardized ethogram for the felidae: A tool for behavioral researchers. Applied Animal Behaviour Science.
R. Cartwright, B. Gillespie, K. Labonte, T. Mangold, A. Venema, et al. K. Eden, M. Sullivan. (2012). Between a rock and a hard place: habitat selection in female-calf humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Pairs on the Hawaiian breeding grounds. PLoS One. 7(5),
R. Cartwright, M. Sullivan (2009). Behavioral ontogeny in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calves during their residence in Hawaiian waters. Marine Mammal Science. 25(3), pp.659-680.
M. Sullivan, R. Cartwright (2009). Associations with multiple male groups increase the energy expenditure of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female and calf pairs on the breeding grounds. Behaviour. 146(11), pp.1573-1600.
N. Mitsios, M. Saka, J. Krupinski, R. Pennucci, C. Sanfeliu, et al. M. Miguel Turu, J. Gaffney, P. Kumar, S. Kumar, M. Sullivan, M. Slevin. (2007). Cellular prion protein is increased in the plasma and peri-infarcted brain tissue after acute stroke. J Neurosci Res. 85(3), pp.602-611.
MS. Sullivan, IR. Swingland (2006). Extinction risk: Predicting and redressing the threat. Biodiversity and Conservation. 15(6), pp.2009-2016.
MS. Sullivan, MJ. Jones, DC. Lee, SJ. Marsden, AH. Fielding, et al. EV. Young. (2006). A comparison of predictive methods in extinction risk studies: Contrasts and decision trees. Biodiversity and Conservation. 15(6), pp.1977-1991.
MJ. Jones, A. Fielding, M. Sullivan (2006). Analysing Extinction Risk in Parrots using Decision Trees. Biodiversity and Conservation. 15(6), pp.1993-2007.
MS. Sullivan, SJ. Marsden (2006). Extinction risk: Predicting, assessing, prioritising and redressing. Biodiversity and Conservation. 15(6), pp.1857-1858.
Y. Golding, R. Ennos, M. Sullivan, M. Edmunds (2005). Hoverfly mimicry deceives humans. Journal of Zoology. 266(4), pp.395-399.
JP. Sutherland, MS. Sullivan, GM. Poppy (2001). Oviposition behaviour and host colony size discrimination in Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera : Syrphidae). BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 91(5), pp.411-417.
JP. Sutherland, MS. Sullivan, GM. Poppy (2001). Oviposition behaviour and host colony size discrimination in Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera: Syrphidae). Bull Entomol Res. 91(5), pp.411-418.
JP. Sutherland, MS. Sullivan, GM. Poppy (2001). Distribution and abundance of aphidophagous hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in wildflower patches and field margin habitats. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 3(1), pp.57-64.
MJ. Jones, MS. Sullivan, SJ. Marsden, MD. Linsley (2001). Correlates of extinction risk of birds from two Indonesian islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 73(1), pp.65-79.
RJ. Putman, MS. Sullivan, J. Langbein (2000). Fluctuating asymmetry in antlers of fallow deer (Dama dama): The relative roles of environmental stress and sexual selection. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 70(1), pp.27-36.
MS. Sullivan, F. Gilbert, G. Rotheray, S. Croasdale, M. Jones (2000). Comparative analyses of correlates of Red data book status: A case study using European hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Animal Conservation. 3(2), pp.91-95.
SJ. Marsden, MS. Sullivan (2000). Intersexual differences in feeding ecology in a male-dominated wintering Pochard Aythya ferina population. ARDEA. 88(1), pp.1-7.
MS. Sullivan, JP. Sutherland (1999). Geographical Variation in Morphology and Asymmetry in Episyrphus Balteatus Degeer (Diptera: Syrphidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 142(1-2), pp.327-331.
JP. Sutherland, MS. Sullivan, GM. Poppy (1999). The influence of floral character on the foraging behaviour of the hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 93(2), pp.157-164.
YC. Golding, MS. Sullivan, JP. Sutherland (1999). Visits to manipulated flowers by Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera: Syrphidae): Partitioning the signals of petals and anthers. Journal of Insect Behavior. 12(1), pp.39-45.
MS. Sullivan (1998). Fluctuating asymmetry inSemibalanus balanoides(Crustacea: Cirripedia) at different heights on the shore. Ecography. 21(6), pp.644-648.
MS. Sullivan, D. Burnham, B. Stevens-Wood, BC. Sheldon (1995). Sequential Assessment and Decision-Making in Humans. Behaviour. 132(7-8), pp.571-589.
MS. Sullivan (1994). Discrimination among Males by Female Zebra Finches Based on Past as Well as Current Phenotype. Ethology. 96(2), pp.97-104.
MS. Sullivan (1994). Mate choice as an information gathering process under time constraint: implications for behaviour and signal design. Animal Behaviour. 47(1), pp.141-151.
MS. Sullivan, N. Hillgarth (1993). Mating system correlates of tarsal spurs in the Phasianidae. Journal of Zoology. 231(2), pp.203-214.
MS. Sullivan, PA. Robertson, NA. Aebischer (1993). Fluctuating asymmetry measurement. Nature. 361(6411), pp.409-410.
MS. Sullivan (1991). Flock structure in red junglefowl. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 30(3-4), pp.381-386.
MS. Sullivan (1990). Assessing female choice for mates when the males' characters vary during the sampling period. Animal Behaviour. 40(4), pp.780-782.
. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2017). National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2017) Parkinson’s disease in adults. NICE guideline (NG71).
. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Parkinson’s disease. NICE quality standard (publication expected 2018).
Measuring Behaviour 2018.
Outreach theme: Passing on skills of finding and reading the scientific literature. With Parkinson's UK.
Fellow Higher Education Academy
NICE Scholar 2016-17.