Dr. Marty Matlock is a Professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department. He served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at USDA from 2021-2022. Prior to that he was Executive Director of the University of Arkansas Resiliency Center. Matlock was elected to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s Board of Agricultural and Natural Resources in 2021. 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. 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.