Matt studied chemistry at the University of Hull, obtaining his MChem in 2010. He further studied for a PhD at the same institution under Professor Paul Watts, Dr M.Grazia Francesconi, and Dr Charlotte Wiles at the same institution, completing research into the “Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Flow” using commercial microreactor systems in collaboration with Chemtrix.BV. Having completed his PhD he subsequently worked as a microfluidic scientist at Abingdon Health ltd., designing a variety of point of care medical diagnostics sensors for the determination of a variety of diseases including myeloma, e.coli and salmonella.  

Returning to academic research in 2016, he took up a position of Research Assistant at the University of Oxford, developing novel dehydratable/rehydratable freestyle fluidic systems working under Professor Edmund Walsh. Subsequently taking up a position at a position at the University of York in 2017 as a Research Associate in Microfluidics and Biosensors working with Dr Steven Johnson, to produce devices capable of detecting and monitoring AMR bacteria, and the development of sensor systems for the monitoring radiopharmaceutical synthesis in flow. 

Matt joined the University of Leeds in 2020 to work as a research fellow in the School of Chemical and Process Engineering on the Horizon2020 project Safety by Design of Nanomaterials (SABYDOMA). Designing a continuous synthesis system for the production of nanoparticles with online analysis and process automation. Generating data on nanomaterials physical and toxicological properties and using these to inform their synthesis and use.