Biography

Mathew is the Collections Manager at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. He oversees the day-to-day management of the museum’s extensive vertebrate collections and the development of its computerized documentation systems to professional standards. Mathew also coordinates research inquiries, administers the specimen loans service, and supports specimen-based teaching within the Department of Zoology.

An Earth Science graduate from the University of Liverpool, Mathew has been based in Cambridge for 20 years. He began his museum career as a Palaeontological Assistant at Manchester Museum before moving to the Sedgwick Museum and finally the University Museum of Zoology in 2007 as Collections Manager.