Matt's research interests include the conservation ecology of threatened species, the factors that threaten them and the methods we can use to effectively conserve them. Matt has researched these conservation issues in Australia, South Africa and Poland on marsupials, rodents, reptiles, invertebrates, ungulates and large predators. Matt has published on predator-prey interactions, reintroduction biology, population dynamics, spatial ecology, intra-guild competition, diet, ecosystem services, conservation effectiveness and status assessments. Matt also has experience in conservation management (reintroduction, pest animal control, conservation fencing, fire management) and he has sat on several Australian threatened species recovery teams and is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (Marsupials and Monotremes; Translocation specialist groups).