Dr. Matthew Bright has a long history of working in the field of environmental protection. He began his career in 2009 as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland. He then worked for the National Park Service as a Biological Science Technician.  In 2011, he began working as a Graduate Research Associate at The Ohio State University.  In 2017, he became a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Maryland College Park.   In 2018, he joined the U.S. House of Representatives as an AAAS Congressional Policy Fellow, covering the environment, energy, agriculture, and science portfolio for Rep. Cheri Bustos. In 2020, he became a Policy Advisor for Carbon Capture and Industrial Decarbonization at Third Way. In 2021, he joined the Clean Air Task Force as a Policy Manager for Carbon Capture and the Global CCS Institute as a Senior Advocacy & Communications Adviser. Most recently, in 2023, he became the Director of External Affairs for CarbonCapture Inc.

Matthew Bright received his A.A. with honors from Montgomery College in 2006-2008, followed by B.S. magna cum laude from the University of Maryland in 2008-2011. In 2014, he attended MICROTROP: Advanced Training in Tropical Microbiology, Soil Microbial Ecology and Ecosystem Services. In 2015, he attended the Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security (Purdue University Center for Global Food Security). Finally, he received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Environmental Science (Soils) from The Ohio State University in 2011-2017.