Matt is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Foundation for Biodiversity Research (France) in collaboration with the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) and the FOME lab. His research focus is at the intersection of ecosystem modelling and environmental governance. He is particularly interested in ecosystem-related climate risk assessment to ensure model outputs can support evidence-based decision-making. Matt completed his PhD on climate change and pelagic socio-ecological systems at the University of Plymouth in 2026, and is now working on FishMIP's Ocean System Pathways project.