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Matt Kirwan

Professor; Chair, Coastal & Ocean Processes

Email: [[kirwan]]
Phone: (804) 684-7054
Office: Andrews Hall 229
Section: Coastal & Ocean Processes
Interests: Coastal landscape evolution, geomorphology, ecology
Links: {{https://mattkirwanmarsh.com/, Lab Website}}, {{https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0nW57DUAAAAJ&hl=en, Google Scholar}}, {{https://twitter.com/theswampboss, Twitter}}

Education

  • B.S., William and Mary, 2002
  • Ph.D., Duke University, 2007

About

Matt Kirwan studies the impact of sea level rise on coastal ecosystems and their carbon pools. His research connects principles of geomorphology and ecology, and takes place largely in the marshes, forests, swamps, and rural communities that surround the Chesapeake Bay. Kirwan is a past recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award (2017) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2019), a contributing author to the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report (2021), longtime consultant on activities surrounding the Louisiana Coastal Master Plan, and a regular contributor to Kirwan resides with his wife and 2 children on Hell Neck in Gloucester, VA and is an enrolled member of the Nause Waiwash Band of Indians on his family’s native Eastern Shore.