Matt Petrie
Title:
Graduate Student
Email Address:
Phone:
505.453.4706 Education:
Ph.D., Biology, University of New Mexico, 2014
M.A., Physical Geography, University of Kansas, 2010
B.S., Environmental Studies, University of Kansas, 2008
Curriculum Vitae:
Research Interests:
Matt is interested in how abiotic and biotic interactions integrate through time to influence ecosystem functioning, variability and changes in state. Although he is primarily interested in water-driven ecosystems (grasslands, deserts, etc.), any location with a dynamic climate tends to spark his interest. He also helped save an entire family from certain discomfort when their minivan got stuck in the Rio Grande bosque near the Sevilleta Field Station (see below).
Courses Taught:
Environmental Policy Analysis, University of Kansas
Field Ecology, University of Kansas
Environmental Law, University of Kansas
Scientific Principles of Environmental Studies, University of Kansas
Plant & Animal Form & Function, University of New Mexico
Recent Awards/Honors:
Certified graduate principal investigator, University of New Mexico, 2011-present.
Museum collections assistant, 2011.
Co-President, Sevilleta LTER tourist rescue and minivan reclamation, 2013
Recent Presentations:
Petrie, MD. 2013. University of New Mexico Department of Biology. Climate change and the ecology and hydrology of grasslands and shrublands during dry years.
Petrie, MD, Collins, SL and Litvak, ME. 2013. Ecological Society of America. Water-limited ecohydrology and carbon sink-source dynamics of desert grass- lands and shrublands during dry years, Chihuahuan Desert, USA.
Petrie, MD, Brunsell, NA, Vargas, R and Collins, SL. 2013. American Geophysical Union. A collaborative characterization of North American grasslands and rangelands: climate, ecohydrology and carbon sink-source dynamics.
Ladwig, LM, Ratajczak, Z, Hafich, K, Ocheltree, T, Churchill, AC, Fuss, CB, Kazanski, CE, Munoz, JD, Petrie, MD and Smith, JG. 2013. Ecological Society of America. The surprising sensitivity of ecosystem structure and function to winter climate anomalies.
Ladwig, L, Petrie, MD and Hudson, PJ. 2012. University of New Mexico. Grass- land Fires, Hydrology, and Tree Mortality: A Sampling of Graduate Student Research Associated with the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program.