Matthew Hayek is an Assistant Professor at New York University's Department of Environmental Studies and Affiliated Faculty at the NYU Center for Data Science. His research quantifies greenhouse gas emissions from food production and opportunities for mitigating climate change across food systems. He received his PhD at the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science, where he performed atmospheric measurements over the Amazon rainforest to better understand forest carbon exchange, ecosystem health and resilience to climate change. Now, with a focus on food systems, Dr. Hayek works at the intersections between ecosystem biogeochemical cycling, land use, atmospheric pollution, dietary demand, and human health.