Matt Roberts is founder of the Kernmantle Group, an economics research and training consultancy. Dr. Roberts is a nationally renowned expert and speaker on the grain and energy markets. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, and Forbes, and has been interviewed on CNBC, Roberts received a B.A. in Economics from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, and a Ph.D. in Economics from North Carolina State University. Prior to graduate school, Roberts worked as a commodity and energy derivates broker in Vienna, Austria and as a market research consultant to the pharmaceutical industry in North Carolina. From 2001 through 2016, Roberts was an Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Roberts is also CEO of 5.Life, a chain of 4 indoor rock climbing gyms in Ohio and Pennsylvania.