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Hire Dr. Matthew B.

United States

Versatile scientist with a track record of award-winning communication and policy results in complex environments

Profile Summary

I love digging into complex datasets to get the real story and guide business decisions and public policy. My background is deep in water resources trends, population and economic analyses, and land use change, among many others. For almost any natural resource or environmental topic and everything around the edges, I'm your expert.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ STEM
• ☆ Biology/Life Sciences
• ☆ Agronomy & Crop Science
• ☆ Soil Science
• ☆ Remote Sensing
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Geographic Information Systems
• ☆ Sedimentology
• ☆ Oceanography & Marine Science
• ☆ Climate Science
• ☆ Hydrology
• ☆ Environmental Policy
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Ecological Restoration
• ☆ Conservation Biology
• ☆ Grasslands
• ☆ Regional Planning & Development
• ☆ Local Politics & Government
• ☆ Public Policy & Administration
• ☆ Land Use Planning
• ☆ State Policy & Legislation
• ☆ Public Water Supply
• ☆ Environmental History
• ☆ Community Development
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ News Writing
• ☆ Sustainable Development

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

CEO & Principal Scientist

Simfero Consultants

2016 - Present

Science and Policy Director

SWC

January 2015 - July 2016

Research Fellow

Texas A&M University

November 2014 - June 2015

U.S. Department of Agriculture Leadership Development Program Fellow

Texas A&M University

September 2010 - May 2014

Water Resources Program Specialist

Texas AgriLife Extension Service

September 2006 - August 2010

Education

Ecosystems Science and Management/Hydrology

Texas A&M University, Texas, USA

September 2010 - May 2014

PhD (Ecosystem Science and Management)

Texas A&M University

September 2010 - May 2014

Master of Science (Rangeland Ecology and Management)

Texas A&M University

August 2003 - August 2006

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2018). Peak flow trends highlight emerging urban flooding hotspots in Texas . Texas Water Journal.

(2016). Deciphering rangeland transformation—complex dynamics obscure interpretations of woody plant encroachment . Landscape Ecology.

Matthew D. Berg, Franco Marcantonio, Mead A. Allison, Jason McAlister, Bradford P. Wilcox, William E. Fox(2016). Contrasting watershed-scale trends in runoff and sediment yield complicate rangeland water resources planning . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 20. (6). p. 2295--2307. Copernicus {GmbH}

Matthew D. Berg, Sorin C. Popescu, Bradford P. Wilcox, Jay P. Angerer, Edward C. Rhodes, Jason McAlister, William E. Fox(2016). Small farm ponds: overlooked features with important impacts on watershed sediment transport . JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 52. (1). p. 67--76. Wiley-Blackwell

Matthew D. Berg and Michael G. Sorice and Bradford P. Wilcox and Jay P. Angerer and Edward C. Rhodes and William E. Fox(2015). Demographic Changes Drive Woody Plant Cover Trends—An Example from the Great Plains . Rangeland Ecology & Management. 68. (4). p. 315 - 321.

OTHER

M. D. Berg, F. Marcantonio, M. A. Allison, J. McAlister, B. P. Wilcox, W. E. Fox(2016). Contrasting watershed-scale trends in runoff and sediment yield complicate rangeland water resources planning . Copernicus {GmbH}