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Dr. Matthew R. Evans, a lecturer with BTEC, has extensive teaching and research experience in the areas of microbiology, molecular biology, and food safety. Specifically, he has conducted research in the areas of microbial safety of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables and sanitizer efficacy in disinfecting contaminated fruits and vegetables at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Wyndmoor, PA.

He performed research to determine the efficacy of anti-fungal packaging films for DuPont®, while pursuing his bachelor's degree (1999) in Food Science at the University of Delaware. He completed his master's degree (2002) in Food Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where his research focused on occurrence and recovery of Listeria spp. from various ecological sources.

He has recently received a doctoral degree in Microbiology at North Carolina State University where he is conducting research in the areas of adaptive physiology, molecular evolution, and characterization of foodborne outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes as well as determining the roles of various redox-sensitive transcription regulators in the metabolism and virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.

Matt has participated in the BTEC curriculum development and teaching of courses which include aseptic techniques, environmental monitoring, microbial detection, cGMPs, cleaning and sanitation, bioprocessing, small-scale fermentations, and reactor sampling and product analysis. He is currently an instructor for BEC(MB) 320 - Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Culture and BEC(MB) 325 - Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Bio-transformations.