Matthew Schumm
Population dynamics and trait distributions in (mostly aquatic and marine) species under environmental change
Population dynamics and trait distributions in (mostly aquatic and marine) species under environmental change
I'm an Assistant Professor of Practice (non-tenured teaching faculty) at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (as of 8/2025). Previously, I was a PhD candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in Dr. Dan Okamoto's lab and co-advised by Dr. Kim Hughes. I have a Masters in STEM Teaching from FSU's Office of STEM Teaching Activities. During grad school I was a Visiting Student Researcher at University of California, Berkeley, and I was a Ten-Week Graduate Student Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in DC. You can reach me at matthew.schumm@siu.edu.
Florida State University:
PhD (defended 7/2/2025, graduated 8/2/25), Biological Science (Ecology and Evolution), Fall 2019-Summer 2025
Visiting Student Researcher at University of California, Berkeley, Jan.-Apr. 2025
Master of Science, College STEM Teaching, awarded Spring 2024
The University of Chicago:
BS, General Honors, Biology specializing in Ecology and Evolution, with minor in Statistics, 2019