Matthew Greenwell

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Postdoctoral Research Associate
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
Publications
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Oliver, T.
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Bazaanah, P.
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Da Costa, J.
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Deka, N.
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Dornelles, A.
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Greenwell, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 , Nagarajan, M. , Narasimhan, K. , Obuobie, E. , Osei, M. , Gilbert, N. (2023) Empowering citizen-led adaptation to systemic climate change risks. Nature Climate Change , 13 pp. 671-678. ISSN: 1758-6798 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01712-6
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Evans, L.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8649-0589 , Greenwell, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 , Boult, V.
ORCID: 0000-0001-7572-5469 , Johnson, T. (2023) Characterizing the trophy hunting debate on Twitter. Conservation Biology ISSN: 1523-1739 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14070
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Greenwell, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 and Johnson, T. (2023) Is it all talk: do politicians that promote environmental messages on social media actually vote-in environmental policy?. Energy, Ecology and Environment , 8 pp. 17-27. ISSN: 2363-8338 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40974-022-00259-0
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Johnson, T.
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Greenwell, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 (2022) Are companies using Twitter to greenwash and hide bad environmental performance?. Energy, Ecology and Environment , 7 (3). pp. 213-226. ISSN: 2363-8338 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40974-021-00237-y
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Oliver, T.
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Doherty, B.
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Dornelles, A.
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Gilbert, N.
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Greenwell, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 , Harrison, L. , Jones, I.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7738-2516 , Lewis, A. , Moller, S. , Pilley, V. , Tovey, P. , Weinstein, N.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2200-6617 (2022) A safe and just operating space for human identity: a systems perspective. The Lancet Planetary Health , 6 (11). pp. e919-e927. ISSN: 2542-5196 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00217-0
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Johnson, T.
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Hordley, L.
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Greenwell, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 , Evans, L.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8649-0589 (2021) Associations between COVID-19 transmission rates, park use, and landscape structure. Science of the Total Environment , 789 ISSN: 1879-1026 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148123
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Greenwell, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 (2021) Modelling the functional connectivity and population dynamics of butterflies using population and genetic data. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.48683/1926.00106216
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Greenwell, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 , Botham, M.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5276-1405 , Bruford, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6357-6080 , Day, J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5483-4487 , Evans, L.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8649-0589 , Gibbs, M.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4091-9789 , Middlebrook, I.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0448-9144 , Roy, D.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5147-0331 , Watts, K.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1832-9475 , Oliver, T.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4169-7313 (2021) The influence of chalk grasslands on butterfly phenology and ecology. Ecology and Evolution , 11 (21). pp. 14521-14539. ISSN: 2045-7758 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8111
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Greenwell, M.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5406-6222 , Brereton, T. , Day, J. , Roy, D. , Oliver, T. (2019) Predicting resilience of ecosystem functioning from coâvarying species' responses to environmental change. Ecology and Evolution , 9 (20). pp. 11775-11790. ISSN: 2045-7758 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5679