Meet the Team

Dr. Marty Matlock

Dr. Marty Matlock is a Professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department. He was elected to the Board of Agriculture and Natural Sciences of the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine in 2022 and served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at USDA from 2021-2022. Prior to that Dr. Matlock was Executive Director of the University of Arkansas Resiliency Center. He received his Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering from Oklahoma State University, is a registered professional engineer, a Board-Certified Environmental Engineer, and a Certified Ecosystem Designer. Dr. Matlock is the recipient of the 2018 CAST-Borlaug Agriculture Communications Award, the American Ecological Engineering Society 2022 Odom Award for Ecosystem Design, and more than 30 national and international design awards. Dr. Matlock has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Ecological Engineering Society, and the American Society of Civil Engineering. He served as Chairman of the Cherokee Nation Environmental Protection Commission for 16 years and as sustainability science advisor for three environmental conservation organizations and more than a dozen food and agricultural product companies.