Matt Green, PhD Candidate co-advised by Dr. John Morse
MS, Biology
Appalachian State University, 2016
BA, General Anthropology
North Carolina State University, 2011
Current Project: Developing a phylogeny and identifying larval-adult associations in the caddisfly genus Pycnopsyche, and investigating factors associated with shifts in aquatic insect functional feeding groups.
Matt’s prior research has focused on how tailwater rivers influence the development, voltinism, and biodiversity of aquatic insects with special emphasis on Ephemerella invaria (sulphur mayfly). Matt also conducted field and laboratory research to determine how the invasive algae, Didymosphenia geminata (rock snot), affects the diversity and abundance of aquatic invertebrates in the South Holston River Tailwater, Bristol, Tennessee.
When not conducting research, Matt is an avid fly fisherman having concentrated his fishing efforts in the Great Appalachian Valley (from Pennsylvania to Tennessee) to pursue selective trout. He is a published author and has been featured in many fly-fishing and outdoor publications including Wildlife in North Carolina, Southern Trout Magazine, The Virginia Sportsman, and Fly fisherman. He has presented at numerous Trout Unlimited and fishing club meetings across the Southeast United States in addition to The Fly Fishing Show and the Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Expo.
MS, Biology
Appalachian State University, 2016
BA, General Anthropology
North Carolina State University, 2011
Current Project: Developing a phylogeny and identifying larval-adult associations in the caddisfly genus Pycnopsyche, and investigating factors associated with shifts in aquatic insect functional feeding groups.
Matt’s prior research has focused on how tailwater rivers influence the development, voltinism, and biodiversity of aquatic insects with special emphasis on Ephemerella invaria (sulphur mayfly). Matt also conducted field and laboratory research to determine how the invasive algae, Didymosphenia geminata (rock snot), affects the diversity and abundance of aquatic invertebrates in the South Holston River Tailwater, Bristol, Tennessee.
When not conducting research, Matt is an avid fly fisherman having concentrated his fishing efforts in the Great Appalachian Valley (from Pennsylvania to Tennessee) to pursue selective trout. He is a published author and has been featured in many fly-fishing and outdoor publications including Wildlife in North Carolina, Southern Trout Magazine, The Virginia Sportsman, and Fly fisherman. He has presented at numerous Trout Unlimited and fishing club meetings across the Southeast United States in addition to The Fly Fishing Show and the Western North Carolina Fly Fishing Expo.
