Matt Catalano

Matt Catalano

  • Associate Professor
  • School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
334-844-7366
mjc0028@auburn.edu
217 Swingle Hall
Quantitative Fisheries Lab

Matt is from the Lake Erie port city of Lorain, Ohio.  He obtained a B.S. in zoology at Miami University.  After brief stints at Yellowstone National Park and the Illinois Natural History Survey, he received an M.S. in fisheries at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where I studied the effects of dam removal on riverine fish communities.  Matt obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Florida where he investigated gizzard shad population dynamics.  More recently, he completed a post-doctoral position at the Quantitative Fisheries Center at Michigan State University where he conducted research on management and assessment of several fish stocks including Chinook and chum of western Alaska, Lake Erie walleye, Illinois River bighead and silver carp, and a few others.

Research

My research is focused on population dynamics and fisheries management. I am interested in demographic responses to harvesting, factors affecting recruitment of fishes, stock assessment and quantitative methods, management policy evaluation, risk analysis, structured decision making and adaptive management, and the ecosystem-level effects of exploitation.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Fisheries Society
  • Auburn Chapter, American Fisheries Society

Honors and Awards

  • Dean’s Grantsmanship Award, 2016, College of Agriculture, Auburn University.
  • Director’s Award for Research – Junior Faculty, 2016, College of Ag., Auburn University.
  • Dean’s Grantsmanship Award, 2015, College of Agriculture, Auburn University.
  • Dean’s Grantsmanship Award, 2014, College of Agriculture, Auburn University.
  • Honorable Mention, 2010, AT&T MSU Award Competition in Instructional Technology for online course: Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Natural Resources and Ecology, Michigan State University
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2009, Program for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida
  • Best Student Presentation Award, 2009, Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Conference
  • Ph.D. Student of the Year Award, 2008, University of Florida, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Roger Rottmann Scholarship, Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 2008
  • Best Paper Award, 2007, North American Journal of Fisheries Management
  • University of Florida Alumni Fellowship, 2005-2009
  • Graduate Cum Laude, Miami University, 1997