Professor Matthew Tom Harrison is an award-winning scientist at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture in Launceston, Australia. His team uses systems thinking to develop skills, technologies, and practices to improve food production, enterprise profit, and social license to operate and agri-food sustainability. Professor Harrison integrated knowledge gained in his bachelor's degrees in civil engineering, applied science (biotechnology), and plant science in a Ph.D. conducted at the CSIRO in Canberra, Australia, where he conducted field and modeling experiments on “dual-purpose” crops. Professor Harrison is the Director of the Carbon Storage Partnership. This transdisciplinary initiative is developing inclusive, socially just, and environmentally contextualized pathways aimed at progressing the entire Australian livestock sector to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 ("CN30 Initiative"). The transdisciplinary work led by Professor Harrison will beneficially impact carbon removals, greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to
the climate crisis, and food security for decades to come. In 2023, Professor Harrison received the Premier's Tasmanian STEM Researcher of 2023, the highest scientific honor of the State of Tasmania. Professor Harrison is an Adjunct Professor at Lanzhou University, Yangtze University, and China Agricultural University; these positions are awarded in recognition of the long-term and beneficial collaboration with each of the institutions.
