Matthew Daum PhD

Matthew Daum, PhD

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Professor and Director
School of Packaging

Matthew Daum, Ph.D., is Associate Provost and Dean of the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR).

Daum was named Dean of CANR, effective June 13, 2025, after serving as interim dean of the college since July 1, 2024. Prior to being named interim dean in 2024, Daum served as director of the MSU School of Packaging and assistant dean of corporate relations and strategy for CANR.

Prior to his return to his alma mater in 2020, Daum held a 25-year-career at HP Inc. (formerly Hewlett Packard) based in Boise, Idaho. In 2016, Daum became HP’s Director of Engineering for the LaserJet toner supplies business. He was responsible for new product research and development, current product engineering, supplies security strategy and product/package serialization strategy and implementation. Since July 2019 he also held the position of Product Marketing Director for the LaserJet supplies business.

He began his career at HP as a Packaging Engineer and eventually moved into management roles including Packaging, Supply Chain and Big Data Global Analytics. Most recently he held executive manager positions in Product Marketing and Product Research and Development for the HP LaserJet supplies business.

In addition, since 2007 Daum has served as adjunct associate professor at Clemson University in the Department of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences where he advises graduate students. He has also guest lectured on the topics of supply chain and packaging at Clemson and the College of Idaho.