Faculty Profiles

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Portrait of Dr. Michael Clay Green

Dr. Michael Clay Green

  • Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering
  • Professor at The Graduate College, The Graduate College

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 112. August 2021 - Present.
  • Chair, United Methodist Men. June 2021 - Present.
  • Chair, Heron Specialist Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory. 2012 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Reddish Egret Working Group. 2008 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Director of School of Health Administration Search Committee. August 2024 - May 2025.
  • Member, Texas Colonial Waterbird Society Board. 2006 - 2025.
  • Member, Gulf Coast Joint Venture Waterbird Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Team. 2005 - 2025.

2024

  • Presidential Fellow, Presidential Fellow. August 2023 - May 2024.

2023

  • Member, Task Force, Organizational Review of the College of Science and Engineering. August 2023 - December 2023.
  • Past-President (Member of Executive Council), The Waterbird Society. January 2020 - December 2023.
  • Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Texas State University. June 2015 - December 2023.
  • Program Director, Ph.D. in Aquatic Resources Program, Department of Biology, Texas State University. August 15, 2013 - December 31, 2023.

2019

  • President, The Waterbird Society. January 2018 - December 2019.
  • Co-Chair, Heron Specialist Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2015 - 2019.
  • Training and Weapons Officer, Coastal Riverine Squadron Ten. 2014 - 2019.

2018

  • Chair, Board of Delegates, United Campus Ministry-Wesley. 2013 - 2018.
  • Chair, Tenure-Track Faculty Search Committee (Human Dimensions in Wildlife). August 2017 - May 2018.

2017

  • Vice President, The Waterbird Society. 2016 - 2017.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, The Waterbird Society Annual Meeting (Scientific Program). January 2016 - December 2017.

2016

  • Member, Research Compliance Director Search Committee, Texas State University. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of King Saud – Science. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Black-capped Vireo for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Restoration Ecology. 2015 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Midland Naturalist. 2014 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Wetlands. 2013 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Conservation Genetics Resources. 2012 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Southwestern Naturalist. 2010 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Waterbirds. 2007 - 2016.

2015

  • Organizer, “3-Minute Thesis” Doctoral Student Competition, Department of Biology, Texas State University. 2014 - 2015.
  • Regional Vice Chair, Heron Specialist Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2010 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Field Ornithology. 2007 - 2015.
  • Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Texas State University. 2006 - 2015.
  • Secretary, Executive Council of The Waterbird Society. 2006 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, North American Wetland Conservation Act grant proposals. 2006 - 2015.

2014

  • Co-Organizer, Occupancy Modeling Workshop at University of Nuevo Leon. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Condor: Ornithological Applications. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ecology and Evolution. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ecosphere. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ornithologia Neotropical. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, PLoS One. 2014.
  • Executive Officer, Submarine Force Undersea Warfare. 2012 - 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Conservation Genetics. 2010 - 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 2007 - 2014.

2013

  • Chair, Reddish Egret Monitoring Workshop. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Forest Ecology and Management. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Genetica. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Texas Journal of Agricultural and Natural Resources. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Wildlife Society Bulletin. 2012 - 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Southeastern Naturalist. 2011 - 2013.
  • Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 112. 2011 - 2013.

2012

  • Member, Freeman Center Management Plan Committee, Texas State University. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Animal Behaviour. 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Mammalogy, 5th edition. 2012.

2011

  • Reviewer / Referee, Cotinga. 2011.
  • Chief, Joint Visitors Bureau Protective Services Detail. 2010 - 2011.
  • Member, Comal County Biological Advisory Team. 2008 - 2011.

2010

  • Reviewer / Referee, Ecological Engineering. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Raptor Research. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reddish Egret for the Florida Wildlife Commission. 2010.
  • Commanding Officer, Naval Security Force Reserve Unit. 2008 - 2010.
  • Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 112. 2008 - 2010.
  • Co-Chair, Vehicle Use Committee, Department of Biology, Texas State University. 2005 - 2010.

2008

  • Wildlife Ecology/Conservation Biologist Search Committee. 2008.
  • Chair, Local Planning Committee for 2008 Annual Meeting of Waterbird Society. 2007 - 2008.
  • Commanding Officer, Naval Security Force Reserve Unit. 2007 - 2008.
  • Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Biology, Texas State University. 2005 - 2008.
  • Chair, Publications Committee, The Waterbird Society. 2005 - 2008.
  • Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 112. 2005 - 2008.

2006

  • Reviewer / Referee, Ardea. 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Mammalogy. 2006.
  • Councilor, Executive Council of The Waterbird Society. 2005 - 2006.
  • Researcher, Naval Science and Technology Reserve Program. 2005 - 2006.

2004

  • Member, Membership Committee, The Waterbird Society. 2003 - 2004.
  • Executive Officer, Naval Support Activity Bahrain detachment Headquarters, United States Naval Reserve. 2000 - 2004.
  • Cubmaster, Cub Scout Pack 158. 2000 - 2004.

2003

  • Departmental Representative, Graduate Student Organization, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 2002 - 2003.

1998

  • President, Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Sul Ross State University. 1997 - 1998.
  • President, Student Chapter of the Society for Range Management, Sul Ross State University. 1997 - 1998.
  • President, Range Animal Science Graduate Student Association, Sul Ross State University. 1997 - 1998.