2026 Dr. John P. DeLong

Dr. John P. DeLong is a Professor of Biology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Director of Cedar Point Biological Station in western Nebraska. He got his start in predator biology by working with migratory raptors in New Mexico, and he went on to spend 14 years in migration research. Eventually, he began studying predatory protists, copepods, mammalian carnivores, and spiders, as well. His study systems keep getting smaller, and he now focuses mostly on ciliates that forage on bacteria, viruses, or other ciliates. His key focus is on the evolution of predator-prey interactions and the eco-evolutionary dynamics that emerge from these interactions.