2011-2017            Ph.D. Program in Ecology at Duke University

2006-2010           B.A. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, minor in French. Summa Cum Laude. CU-Boulder, CO.

2016
Grandd Prize AGU/NASA Data Visualization and Storytelling Competition ($6,000)
Fellow for Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Assessment
Finalist for Mozilla Fellowship for Open Science

2015
Third Place Duke Data Visualization Contest
Duke Data+ Mentor  ($2,500)
Gordon Research Conference Rising Star

2013
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship ($132,000)

2012
NSF IGERT for Wireless Intelligent Sensor Networks ($84,000)
Honorable Mention NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Ross, M.R.V., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S. Deep impact: Effects of mountaintop mining on surface topography, bedrock structure, and downstream waters. Environmental Science & technology 50.4, 2064-2074 (2016)                      *Covered in popular press outlets such as: NY Times, The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, and Charleston Gazette

Ross. M.R.V., Bernhardt, E.S., Doyle, M.W., Heffernan, J.B. Designer Ecosystems: Incorporating design approaches into applied ecology. Annual Reviews of Environment and Resources 40, 419-443 (2015)

Arnold, M. C., Friedrich, L. A., Lindberg, T. T., Ross, M.R.V., Halden, N. M., Bernhardt, E., & Di Giulio, R. T. Microchemical analysis of selenium in otoliths of two West Virginia fishes captured near mountaintop removal coal mining operations. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2015).

Ross, M. R., Castle, S. C. & Barger, N. N. Effects of fuels reductions on plant communities and soils in a Piñon-juniper woodland. Journal of Arid Environments 79, 84–92 (2012).

Nippgen, F, Ross, M.R.V., Bernhardt, E.S., McGlynn, B.L., Creating a more perennial problem? Mountaintop removal mining enhances and sustains baseflow of Appalachian watersheds. Environmental Science & Technology 51.15, 8324-8334

Pericak, A., Kroodsma, D., Thomas, C., Wasson M., Deal J., Amos, J., Franklin, Y., Burker, B., Clinton, N., Ross M.R.V., Bernhardt, E.S. Mapping yearly extent of surface coal mining in Appalachia since 1972 using Google Earth Engine. In review at PLOS ONE

Jaeger, K. Ross. M.R.V., Process domains in synthetic landscapes: slope-area relationships in the mountaintop mining region 
of Central Appalachia. In revision at Journal of Geophysical Research.

Ross, M.R.V., Nippgen, F., Hassett, B. McGlynn, B.L. Bernhardt, E.S., Surface mining for coal creates landscapes with exceptionally high weathering rates. In revision at Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Ross, M.R.V., Nippgen, F., Hassett, E. Moore, E. McGlynn, B.L. Bernhardt, E.S., Long-term changes in water and element flux across a range of mountaintop mines from 0-30 years old.

Ross, M.R.V.,  Marani, M., D’Alpaos, A., Bernhardt, E.S., Controls on soil oxygen by salt marsh plants in the Venice Lagoon.

Brooks, A., Ross, M.R.V., Nippgen, F., Hassett, B. Moore, E. McGlynn, B.L. Bernhardt, E.S Long-term increase in nitrogen flux out of mountaintop mined watersheds.

Nippgen, F., Ross, M.R.V., Bernhardt, E.S., McGlynn, B.L., Short and long-term effects of a large-scale critical zone disturbance on hydrologic response, UCOWR, Fort Collins, June 2017

Ross M.R.V., Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S., Disturb 1% of the land, generate 50% of the regional ion flux. Society for Freshwater Science, Raleigh, June, 2017.

Ross M.R.V., Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S., Tracing disturbance impacts on water quantity and quality through a stream network. European Geophysical Union, Vienna, April, 2017

Ross, M.R.V., Nippgen, F., Hassett B., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S. Melting mountains of Appalachia: exceptionally high weathering rates in mined watersheds, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2016

Nippgen F., Ross, M.R.V., Bernhardt, E.S., McGlynn, B.L. Mountaintop removal mining: from ephemeral to perennial streams, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2016

Brooks, A.C., Ross, M.R.V., Nippgen, F., Bernhardt, E.S., McGlynn, B.L. Old mountains, new nutrients: Mountaintop mining’s impact on watershed scale nitrogen export, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2016

Ross, M.R.V.,  Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S. Contaminants in time and space: Mountaintop mining impacts on stream hydrology, biogeochemistry and macroinvertebrates. Society for Freshwater Sciences, Sacramento, May 2016

Ross, M.R.V.,  Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S. Geomorphic signals of the Anthropocene:
Mountaintop Mining impacts on the  morphology of Central Appalachia. American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2016.

Nippgen, F., Ross, M.R.V., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S., Mountaintop mining effects on watershed hydrology, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2015 (Invited)

Ross, M.R.V., Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S. When everything changes: Catchment scale biogeochemical impacts of mountaintop mining. Gordon Research Seminar, Hanover, NH, June, 2015

Ross, M.R.V., Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S. Watershed scale biogeochemical impacts of mountaintop mining. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Baltimore, MG August 2015

Ross, M.R.V., Bernhardt, E.S. Not just scratching the surface: Estimating the deep impacts of mountaintop mining. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, May, 2014.

Ross, M.R.V., Bernhardt, E.S., Marani, M. Controls on soil oxygen by salt marsh plants in the Venice Lagoon. Duke Wireless Sensor Network IGERT seminar. Durham, NC. October, 2013.

Ross, M.R.V., Sensing rivers and streams. Gordon Research Conference, Lewiston, ME, June 2017

Ross, M.R.V., Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S. When everything changes: Catchment scale biogeochemical impacts of mountaintop mining. Gordon Research Conference, Hanover, NH, June, 2015

Jaeger KL, Ross M.R.V., Process domains in synthetic landscapes: slope-area relationships in the mountaintop mining region of central Appalachia. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. (12/2014)

Ross, M.R., Lindberg, T.T., Voss, K., Bernhardt, E.S., Impacts from valley fill design and age on water quality in mountaintop mined watersheds. American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco Dec 3-7 2012

Ross, M.R.V., Nippgen, F., McGlynn, B.L., Bernhardt, E.S. When everything changes: Catchment scale biogeochemical impacts of mountaintop mining. Gordon Research Conference, Hanover, NH, June, 2015

Ross, M.R.V, Visualizing complex spatiotemporal data using R and ShinyR. Duke Data+ Seminar Series. July 2016.

Ross, M.R.V, Berdanier, A., Interactive mapping with R and Shiny. Duke Data Visualization Series.  October 2015.

2016-2017 – Reproducible spatiotemporal data analysis and visualization in R. Developing and teaching a semester long master’s and PhD level course to introduce students to R

2014-2016 – R at Night. Co-taught a monthly 4 hour meeting and night/course introducing students of any skill level to R programming.

2016 – Ecology. Teaching assistant and guest lecturer prepared and delivered a course on global nitrogen cycle and redox biogeochemistry.

2015 – Introduction to Environmental Science: Planned, prepared and taught portions of a 4-week learning module based on interactive data modules with real environmental data.

2010-2011 – English. Taught English at Lycée Polyvalent Emmanuel Chabrier, Yssingeaux, France

2015-2016            Helped build and test Duke University wide support for production of interactive data visualizations

2014-2017            PhD Liaison for Student Association for Geospatial Analysis (SAGA)

Summer 2015     Duke Data+ Mentor, mentored two undergraduates in advanced data visualization for 10 weeks.

2014-2015            Coordinator of Duke Ecology Symposium (3 day symposium of ~100 ecology presentations)

2013-2015            Field Assistant for Water Resources Course at Durham School of Math and Science, NC

2011-2012            Science Olympiad Coach at Smith Middle School, Chapel Hill, NC

Grimbert, Pierre., The Secret of Ji: The Shadow of the Ancients. Translated by Matt Ross. Amazon Crossing, Seattle, 2014

Grimbert, Pierre., The Secret of Ji: The Orphans’ Promise. Translated by Matt Ross and Eric Lamb. Amazon Crossing, Seattle, 2013

Grimbert, Pierre., The Secret of Ji: The Six Heirs. Translated by Matt Ross and Eric Lamb. Amazon Crossing, Seattle, 2012.