近日，由兰州大学和中国草学会主办的“任继周草地农业学术思想研讨会”在兰州大学举行。Grassland Research执行编辑、兰州大学萃英讲席教授、新西兰梅西大学名誉教授Cory Matthew应邀请参会并作题为《Grass plant architecture causes seasonal change in leaf-to-root allocation》的大会报告并向参会的各界人士宣传推介了Grassland Research。

Cory Matthew教授，现任梅西大学名誉教授、兰州大学教授、草业科学领域国际期刊Grassland Research执行编辑。Cory Matthew教授是新西兰著名的草地农业科学家，长期从事草地动态及草地植物生理生态学研究，并具有丰富的农学相关知识。他在放牧条件下多年生黑麦草地上与地下部分的关系及动态，光合作用与植物产量的关系等方面，取得了诸多成果，并应用于生产。

ResearchGate Statistics March 2023:
H-index 33; Citations 3559.

Career overview:
1967 – 1971 Sheep farmer, Te Kuiti New Zealand (With Diploma Study at Massey University);
1972 – 1974 Volunteer Service Abroad placement as a teaching staff member at Kabuloh Farm Institute, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia;
1975 – 1977 Theological study, Bible College of New Zealand with external examinations from Melbourne College of Divinity;
1978 – 1980 Farmhand/technician, DSIR Grasslands, Palmerston North and completed 1st year B Agr Sci with part-time study at Massey University;
1981 – 1982 Full time study and completion of 2nd – 4th year B Agr Sci (Hons);
1984 – 2003 Junior Lecturer / Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, Agronomy Department, Massey University (With part time PhD study 1986 – 1993);
2004 – 2016 Associate Professor in Pasture Science, Massey University;
2017 – 2018 Professor in Agronomy Massey University (Retired 31/12/2018);
2019 – 2022 Nursing care of partner;
2019 – present Honorary Research Fellow, School of Agriculture & Environment, College of Sciences, Massey University;
2023 – present Professor, Lanzhou University.

Languages:
English (Native speaker); Bahasa Malaysia (Basic reading and spoken); French (Basic reading and spoken with 100-level Massey course pass to support scientific collaboration); Chinese (Beginner spoken/reading/writing with 100-level Massey course pass to support scientific collaboration); New Testament Greek (Basic reading).

Professional Profile (Research & Scholarship):
Professor Matthew was employed at Massey University in 1984 as a Junior Lecturer in Agronomy and worked there for 35 years, retiring in 2018 as professor. He is a pasture agronomist with a national and international profile, specialising in pasture plant ecophysiology, but with professional versatility. Within New Zealand he was aligned with the forage plant improvement industry with major interests in understanding factors determining pasture shoot populations, perennial ryegrass water use efficiency, Epichlo?endophyte impact on ryegrass performance use of metabolic energy budgeting to optimise farm systems output and a collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University on aspects of environmental pollution. His professional contacts have included leading scientists in his field in UK, France, Germany, USA, China, Brazil and Argentina. He has published approximately 100 journal papers, co-authored approximately 10 book chapters, delivered some 50 industry conference papers within New Zealand and 25 international conference papers, and edited a special issue of Agriculture, ‘Forage plant Ecophysiology’. He was chief supervisor to 14 PhD and a number of Masters and Honours students. Professor Matthew delivered the Levy Oration at the 2018 New Zealand Grassland Association conference.

Undergraduate Teaching:
Professor Matthew typically contributed to the teaching of 7–10 undergraduate courses each calendar year with positive student feedback and a student-voted Faculty Best Teacher award in 2011. He produced a number of enduring on-line teaching resources for students including ‘Grassview – the form and function of grass’