Matt Golding is manager of the Food Structure Team at the Fonterra Research and Development Centre. Previously he was Professor of Food Colloids and the Fonterra Dairy Chair in Food Structure Design within the School of Food Technology and Natural Sciences at Massey University.
He has additionally served as Principal Investigator to the Riddet Institute, and for the Transforming the Dairy Value Chain Primary Growth Partnership. His research interests have included the application of food structure design in relation to product performance, with particular focus on colloidal systems, and he has also undertaken research in the behaviour of food systems during digestion and the application of novel ingredient systems in foods.
He is a currently Fellow of the NZIFST and Adjunct Professor at Massey University.