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Matthew Greenwell

Matthew Greenwell

Areas of interest

Expertise

Population genetics, landscape ecology, insect ecology, plant-insect interactions

Background

I first came to Reading almost ten years ago as an undergraduate studying Zoology. I stuck around to do a PhD in landscape ecology in the Social and Applied Ecology Research Group and am now a postdoctoral research associate in insect ecology with the Gripenberg Lab.

Awards and honours

  • NERC Digital Sprint Hackathon 3 (Ecosystem Services) – 2nd Place, 2020
  • Nominated for SBS PhD Researcher of The Year, University of Reading, 2020
  • University of Reading Celebrating Success Award – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2019
  • University of Reading 3 Minute Thesis - 1st place and national semi-finalist, 2019
  • University of Reading Research Video competition – 1st place, 2019

Websites/blogs

Connections

Selected publications

Papers:

Ecology

People and Nature

Systems Thinking

  • Oliver et al. (2022). A safe and just operating space for human identity: a systems perspective. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(11), e919-e927. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00217-0
  • Oliver et al. (2021). Systemic environmental risk – protocols to appraise interventions for complex risks. SysRisk project final report, December 2021. https://www.sysrisk.org.uk/resources/
  • Da Costa*, Dornelles*, Greenwell* et al. (2022). EMPOWER UK: Empowering citizen and community adaptation to systemic risks from climate change in Reading, Wallingford, and Oxford. EMPOWER project, UK case study report, March 2022. https://www.empower-project.org/resources/ *Joint first authors.

Under Review

  • Greenwell et al. Monitoring spatiotemporal patterns in the genetic diversity of a European butterfly species. Under Review in Insect Conservation and Diversity.
  • Oliver et al. Empowering community-led adaptation to systemic risks from climate change. Under Review in Nature Climate Change.

Publications