Matt Waterhouse
Matt Waterhouse
My love of nature comes from spending much of my childhood getting muddy in the backwoods of Maine. My undergraduate experience transformed my life. I developed a deep passion ecology and conservation biology. After undergrad, I worked for conservation agencies from Maine to Hawaii and most places in between. I’ve always loved genetics, so I pursued research questions that used genetic tools to answer ecological and conservation questions during my graduate degrees. I finally got the opportunity to teach during my PhD program and found it deeply rewarding. To me, it's the perfect win-win of being able to pursue my passion for conservation biology while also helping people improve their lives.
Education
PhD in Biology from the University of British Columbia 2017
MSc in Natural Resources from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point in 2011
BSc in Environmental Science from the University of Maine at Farmington in 2005
Publications
- Waterhouse, M., L. Erb, E. Beever, and M. Russello (2018). Adaptive population divergence and directional gene flow across steep elevational gradients in a climate-sensitive mammal. Molecular Ecology, 27:2512-2528.
- Waterhouse, M.D., B. Sjodin, C. Ray, L. Erb, J. Wilkening, and M.A. Russello (2017). Individual-based analysis of hair corticosterone reveals factors influencing chronic stress in the American pika. Ecology and Evolution, 12:4099-4108.
- Waterhouse, M.D., C. Blair, K. Larsen, and M.A. Russello (2017). Generic variation and fine-scale population structure in American pika across a human-modified landscape: a legacy of reclamation? Conservation Genetics, 18:825-835.
- Waterhouse, M.D., B.L. Sloss, D.A. Isermann (2014). Relationships among walleye population characteristics and genetic diversity in northern Wisconsin lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 143:744–756.
