Matt Cottrell

Matt Cottrell is the Quality Manager and Microbiologist at the Lord Hobo Brewery in Woburn, MA where he has enjoyed living in coastal New England for two years. Matt started his career in the brewing industry in 2016 after completing the Siebel Institute’s International Brewing Technology Program. During his first career as a Microbial Oceanographer, he was instrumental in the utilization of single cell microscopy to explore links between microbial diversity and carbon cycling in the ocean. His attraction to microbial ecology stemming from the complexity of interactions among ocean processes is matched by his affinity for working in the brewery, where there is no limit to the number of moving parts. Matt is always on the lookout for challenges to address and questions to demystify, whether they be in the brewery lab, the packaging department, the cellar, or the brew house.