ProfessorMatthew Wilson

Matt has directed the Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau since 2018. He has grown it into a cross-university multidisciplinary institute with ten core staff, research associates from across the University, and about 40 partners across government, industry and iwi.

• IEEE IGARSS 2028, Auckland: Technical Programme Chair, and a member of the team whose bid brought the symposium to New Zealand.
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society: Founding Vice-Chair (elected) of the NZ Chapter; co-chair of MIGARS 2024; organising team for the NZ Radar Remote Sensing School (2026).
• National roles: Standards NZ NZS 9421 committee; MBIE Endeavour and Smart Ideas assessment college (since 2018).
• Editorial: PeerJ editorial board; Guest Editor of a special issue of Water.
• Research development: led a 2019 bid for a national Geospatial Centre of Research Excellence, bringing together 84 researchers from seven institutions.
• University service: promotions committee and appointment panels; chair of the GRI Seminar Series; UC hub for the Spatial Data Science Symposium.
• International: affiliate of ODI’s Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI).