Matthew Wilson, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Agriculture, Food, and Wine at Adelaide University in Australia. He has a diverse research background in food quality and preservation, horticulture, new crop development, plant physiology, and sustainability. Dr. Wilson has over 10 years of experience exploring the intersection between the environmental conditions influencing primary production and the resulting influences on food chemistry and sensory perception. This has led to an acute understanding of the factors determining food quality, as measured by microbiological, instrumental, and human-based means. As an education specialist, Dr. Wilson teaches in the Food and Nutrition Science program and is part of the Haide College teaching team. He teaches and assists with the development and delivery of several undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
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