I am an Assistant Professor at Wellesley College in the Department of Biological Sciences and an Adjunct Assistant Professor affiliated with the Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems, & Society (EEES) Doctoral Program at Dartmouth. My research and teaching concern feedbacks between climate change, land-use change, and ecosystem processes. For more details about the work going on in my lab, see the Research page.
Email: jmatthes [at] wellesley [dot] edu
Curriculum Vitae [PDF]
Education
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. Earth & Environment, Boston University
- Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, UC Berkeley
- A.B. Environmental Science and Public Policy, Harvard University
Professional Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, 2016 – present
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. Geography, Dartmouth College, 2016 – present
- Assistant Professor, Dept. Geography, Dartmouth College, 2014 – 2016
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Grad Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Dartmouth College, 2014 – 2016
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. Earth & Environment, Boston University, 2013-2014
- Graduate Researcher & Instructor, Dept. Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, UC Berkeley, 2009-2013
- Research Assistant, Dept. Organismal & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 2007-2009
- Research Scientist, Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, Bozeman, MT, 2006-2007
Courses
- BISC 111: Introduction to Organismal Biology, Wellesley College, Spring ’17, Spring ’18, Spring ’19
- BISC 201: Ecology with Lab, Wellesley College, Fall ’18
- BISC 204: Biological Modeling with Lab, Wellesley College, Spring ’17 & Spring ’18
- BISC 307: Ecosystem Ecology with Lab, Wellesley College, Fall ’16, Fall ’17, Fall ’18
- GEOG 8: Life in the Anthropocene, Dartmouth College, Winter ’15 & Winter ’16
- GEOG 3: The Natural Environment, Dartmouth College, Spring ’15