Matt Carr, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO). Prior to his leadership role at ABO, Matt headed industrial biotechnology policy and advocacy at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). Before joining BIO, Matt was an American Meteorological Society Congressional Fellow on the Senate Agriculture Committee for Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), where he contributed to the development of the biomass provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Matt began his career as an environmental reporter for the Dallas Morning News after earning a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington and a B.Sc. in Atmosphere & Ocean Sciences from McGill University. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife and two children.