Matthew is a marine biologist who studies the distribution and abundance of marine organisms and uses long-term datasets to understand how marine communities are changing in response to climate change and anthropogenic pressures. His current work is focused on contributing to a large-scale environmental assessment of North-East Atlantic biodiversity to support ecosystem-based management. He completed his undergraduate degree at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and completed his Master's and PhD at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

-Pelagic Habitats Expert Group (PHEG) of the UK's Healthy & Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG)

-Pelagic Habitats Expert Group (PHEG) of OSPAR's Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Coordination of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring (ICG-COBAM)