Jonathan Pruitt

Jonathan Neal Pruitt is a former academic researcher. He was an Associate Professor of behavioral ecology and Canada 150 Research Chair in Biological Dystopias at McMaster University. Pruitt's research focused primarily on animal personalities and the social behavior of spiders and other organisms.

In early 2020, some of Pruitt's research was identified as having data irregularities, and Pruitt was alleged to have manipulated data. An investigation by McMaster found that he had "engaged in fabrication and falsification.” In 2021 it was reported that Pruitt "had a dozen papers retracted following allegations of data fraud" and that his doctoral dissertation had also been withdrawn. He resigned from McMaster in 2022 after receiving confidential settlement terms. Provided by Wikipedia