Dr Matthew Taylor

Matt Taylor is a marine recreational fisheries scientist working across a spectrum of contemporary recreational fisheries research areas, but with a career-long specialisation in applied ecological research supporting fisheries enhancement and restoration. He holds a joint position as Research Professor in Fisheries Ecology and Management at University of New South Wales (UNSW), and Senior Principal Research Scientist at NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD-Fisheries). He has broad responsibilities with Government, including Program Leader—Recreational Fisheries Research, member of the EPA Technical Advisory Group (on contamination issues), and has stock assessment responsibility across seven species. His current program of work delivers the data and analysis that is necessary for evidence-based management of recreational fisheries across NSW, and other core research interests include general fisheries and crustacean ecology, estuarine ecology, aquatic ecotoxicology, aquatic impacts of electricity infrastructure, and cultural fisheries.

Within Government, he leads a team of 5 Senior Research Scientists, as well as supervising a postdoctoral researcher and 3 PhD students at UNSW. He has authored >236 scientific publications across a spectrum of disciplines, and authored or co-authored >$62m in funded research grants from competitive programs. He maintains a strong training focus in his research program, having supervised >20 PhD students to completion, and holds additional honorary positions as a Conjoint Professor with University of Newcastle, and Adjunct Professor with University of Queensland.