curriculum vitæ

Matt Luck

Experience

Education
Ph.D. Biology, University of New Mexico, 2007.
dissertation title: Scale-Dependence of Landscape Pattern: Interactions among Climate, Topography, and Latitudinal Gradients
supervisors: Bruce T. Milne and Vijay K. Gupta (University of Colorado at Boulder)

M.S. Biology, Arizona State University, 2001.
thesis title: A Landscape Analysis of the Spatial Patterns of Human–Ecological Interactions
supervisors: Jianguo Wu and Nancy B. Grimm

B.S. Ecology and Systematic Biology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1994.

Program in Freshwater Ecology, Institute of Limnology, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden, 1992-1993

Peer-reviewed Publications

  • 2013 Closser, S.H. et al., The Impact of Polio Eradication on Routine Immunization and Primary Health Care: A Mixed-Methods Study. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, accepted for publication.
  • 2012 Closser, S.H. et al., Methods for evaluating the impact of vertical programs on health systems: protocol for a study on the impact of the global polio eradication initiative on strengthening routine immunization and primary health care. BMC Public Health 12:728, doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-728 [PDF]
  • 2010 Luck, M.A., N. Maumenee, D. Whited, J. Lucotch, S. Chilcote, M. Lorang, D. Goodman, K. McDonald, J. Kimball, and J. Stanford, Remote sensing analysis of physical complexity of North Pacific Rim rivers to assist wild salmon conservation. Earth Systems Processes and Landforms 35(11): 1330–1343, doi:10.1002/esp.2044 [PDF]
  • 2008 Coats, R., M. Larsen, A.C. Heyvaert, J. Thomas, M.A. Luck, and J.E. Reuter, Nutrient and Sediment Production, Watershed Characteristics, and Land Use in the Tahoe Basin, California-Nevada, Journal of the American Water Resources Association 44(3): 754–770. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00203.x [PDF]
  • 2002 Luck, M.A. and J. Wu, A gradient analysis of urban landscape pattern: a case study from the Phoenix metropolitan region, Arizona, USA, Landscape Ecology 17(4): 327–339. doi:10.1023/A:1020512723753 [PDF]
  • 2001 Luck, M.A., G.D. Jenerette, J. Wu, and N.B. Grimm, The urban funnel model and the spatially heterogeneous ecological footprint, Ecosystems 4(8): 782-796. doi:10.1007/s10021-001-0046-8 [PDF]
  • 2000 Wu, J., D.E. Jelinski, M.A. Luck, and P.T. Tueller, Multiscale analysis of landscape heterogeneity: scale variance and pattern metrics, Geographic Information Sciences 6(1): 6–19. doi:10.1080/10824000009480529 [PDF]

Other Publications (Reports and working papers)

Data Sets

  • 2002 Luck, M., A. Heyvaert, and J. Reuter, Lake Tahoe Basin Land Cover and Land Use GIS Layer, CD set prepared for the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, South Lake Tahoe, CA. July 31, 2002.

Awards and Funding

  • 2008 Complex Systems Summer School in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, Santa Fe Institute, room, board, tuition, plus $2000 travel scholarship.
  • 2006 Professional Enhancement Award, NASA and Michigan State University, $500.
  • 2006 Research, Project, and Travel Grant, Office of Graduate Studies, University of New Mexico, $609.
  • 2002, 2005 Fellowship in Ecological Complexity, funded by NSF Biocomplexity Grant awarded to UNM Department of Biology, 2002–2003 and 2005–2006, $15,000 each school year.
  • 2000 Graduate Student Travel Support, Department of Biology, Arizona State University, $300.
  • 2000 Outstanding Poster Award, 2nd Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER Poster Symposium, $100.
  • 1998 Member of U.S. LTER graduate student delegation in visits to Taiwan and China LTER sites, funded by NSF.

Presentations
Oral

  • 2009 Eppstein, M.J., M.A. Luck, and J. Bongard, Using GP to co-estimate model structure and parameters of ODEs from sparse, noisy data sets, Genetic Programming Theory and Practice (GPTP), Ann Arbor, MI, May 2009.
  • 2007 Luck, M.A. and B.T. Milne, Spatial gradients reveal universality classes in the relation between drainage networks and climate, Annual Meeting of International Association for Landscape Ecology, Tucson, AZ.
  • 2006 Luck, M.A., B.T. Milne, V.K. Gupta, and R. Mantilla, Scaling and variation in properties of hydrological basins, Annual Meeting of International Association for Landscape Ecology, San Diego, CA.
  • 2006 Milne, B.T. and M.A. Luck, Ecohydrological foundations for sustainable landscapes, Annual Meeting of International Association for Landscape Ecology, San Diego, CA.
  • 2005 Luck, M.A., B.T. Milne, V.K. Gupta, R. Mantilla, and E. Nonaka, Scale dependence and transitions in drainage network density as functions of the surface water and energy balance, Annual Meeting of International Association for Landscape Ecology, Syracuse, NY.
  • 2000 Luck, M.A., G.D. Jenerette, J. Wu, and N.B. Grimm, Determining the size of urban landscapes: the urban funnel model and estimation of ecological footprint, Annual Meeting of International Association for Landscape Ecology, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Symposia

  • 2003 Milne, B.T., N. Baum, and M.A. Luck, Individuals compose patches: resource partitioning in landscapes, Symposium on Scaling Complex Landscapes, Annual Meeting of International Association for Landscape Ecology, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
  • 2000 Grimm, N.B., M.A. Luck, and G.D. Jenerette, Multiple-scale analyses of ecosystem function and human–ecological interaction in an urban setting, the central Arizona–Phoenix ecosystem, Symposium on Urban Ecosystem Ecology, Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT.

Invited seminars

  • 2007 Department of Geosciences, Boise State University.

Posters

  • 2009 University of Vermont EPSCoR Complex systems modeling for environmental problem solving, Complex systems modeling for environmental problem solving, NSF EPSCoR National Conference, October 2009.
  • 2008 Luck, M.A., N. Maumenee, N., J. Stanford, J. Kimball, D. Whited, and S. Chilcote, Physical complexity of salmon-producing rivers of western North America using Landsat and ancillary data, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
  • 2003 Luck, M.A. and B.T. Milne, Tradeoffs between biotic and abiotic control of resource flows in landscapes, Annual Meeting of International Association for Landscape Ecology, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
  • 2001 Jenerette, G.D., M.A. Luck, J. Wu, N.B. Grimm, D. Hope, and W. Zhu, Linking spatial pattern of soil organic matter to ecological processes in an urban landscape, Annual Meeting of International Association for Landscape Ecology, Tempe, AZ.
  • 2001 Grimm, N.B., L.A. Baker, D. Hope, W. Zhu, J. Anderson, A. Coppola, J. Edmonds, S. Grossman-Clarke, G.D. Jenerette, A.P. Kinzig, J. Klopatek, D.B. Lewis, M.A. Luck, M. Sommerfeld, P. Westerhoff, J. Wu, and Y. Xu, Biogeochemical processes in an urban ecosystem, metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER Poster Symposium, Tempe, AZ.
  • 2001 Jenerette, G.D., K. Gade, N.B. Grimm, D. Hope, M.A. Luck, W. Marussich, and W.J. Roach, The ecological footprint workshop: creating an ecological and social sciences interface, Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER Poster Symposium, Tempe, AZ.
  • 2001 Jenerette, G.D., M.A. Luck, J. Wu, N.B. Grimm, D. Hope, and W. Zhu, Spatial patterns of soil organic matter in central Arizona, Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER Poster Symposium, Tempe, AZ.
  • 2001 McCartney, P., C. Gries, and M.A. Luck, Ecological informatics at CAP LTER, Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER Poster Symposium, Tempe, AZ.
  • 2001Wu, J. J.L. David, G.D. Jenerette, M.A. Luck, and S. Berling-Wolff, Modeling land use change and ecosystem processes of the Phoenix metropolitan landscape, Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER Poster Symposium, Tempe, AZ.
  • 2000 Luck, M.A. G.D. Jenerette, and N.B. Grimm, The spatial scale of human – ecological interactions: An analysis of effective urban size, Central Arizona–Phoenix