Prof Terry joined Cranfield University in 2002 and became Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation in 2021. His personal scholarship has been driven by a need to preserve and maintain the quality of food to reduce losses. He has personally led 110+ research projects with funding largely coming from industry, government (Defra, UKRI [BBSRC, NERC, IUK, EPSRC], MoD) or charitable organisations. He has published over 140 publications and 5 patents and supervised 40 PhD students. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and the Institute of Agricultural Engineers.