Matthew is a passionate, enthusiastic scientist and leader. He focuses on excellence, originality, translation and impact; and he aims to initiate, inspire, lead and champion fundamental plant and crop science research for transformational yield improvements. Matthew is currently focused on a central mechanism that regulates sucrose allocation in plants and crops because of the importance of the fundamental science and the opportunities this presents for crop yield improvement. With external funding, the lab has pioneered the trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P) sugar signalling system since 1999 as a means to improve and combine crop yield potential with abiotic resilience.