Jonathan has been named a Research Associate for the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity in Gainesville, Florida. This is the second largest Lepidoptera collection in the world. The Natural History Museum of London is first. As part of this position he will review Lepidoptera research papers for the Museum.

Further, a Peruvian lepidopterist has named a Chinese butterfly for Jonathan, the Buddha Arctic Oeneis buddha pelhami (Lamas, 2010).