Rate My Professor Nicholas Green

Nicholas Green is an Associate Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Kennesaw State University. He joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2020 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2025. Green leads the Green Quantitative Ecology Lab (QuantEco), where he applies advanced statistical and mathematical tools to investigate relationships between living organisms and their environments, particularly the effects of human activities such as urbanization and climate change on fish and wildlife across all levels of biological organization. His research specializations include urban ecology of small mammals like white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus), fish communities in watersheds such as the Etowah River, climate change impacts on hydrology and water quality, osmoregulation in American alligators, and marine food webs. Grounded in field ecology and mammalogy, his approaches encompass field sampling, physiological measurements, DNA extraction, necropsy, craniometry, microscopy, data analysis, and simulation modeling. He earned a PhD in Biology from Baylor University in 2012 and a BS in Biology from the University of Louisville in 2006. Prior to joining Kennesaw State University, he held various government and industry positions focused on quantitative ecology and statistics.

Green teaches Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (BIOL 4350K/6350) and Applied Biological Data Analysis (BIOL 7410), and supervises directed research through courses like BIOL 3110L and BIOL 4400. He mentors Master of Science in Integrative Biology students and undergraduates on projects examining spatial ecology, population genetics, health, and dynamics of urban small mammals, as well as fish community responses to environmental changes. His peer-reviewed publications include 'Understanding predator-prey-competitor dynamics between Lower Missouri River Macrhybopsis and Scaphirhynchus using a combined population—bioenergetics model' (Ecological Modelling, 2025), 'Variations in stand structure, composition, and fuelbeds drive prescribed fire behavior during mountain longleaf pine restoration' (Forest Ecology and Management, 2025), 'Survey effort and targeted landbird community metrics at Indiana lowland forest restoration sites' (Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2024), 'Natural and anthropogenic factors and their interactions drive stream community integrity in a North American river basin at a large spatial scale' (Science of the Total Environment, 2022), and 'Enumerating white-tailed deer using unmanned aerial vehicles' (Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2021). He serves on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and was honored by the College of Science and Mathematics for external research funding.