Matt was born in Fremont, Ohio and graduated from Fremont Ross High School. Later, he attended Ohio University where he earned a BS in Mathematics Education with a minor in History. After graduating, Matt moved to Cleveland and attended John Carroll University where he earned an MS in Mathematics. He then taught at Northern Virginia Community College outside of DC for a year before moving to Columbia, South Carolina where he pursued a PhD in Mathematics at the University of South Carolina under the advisement of George Androulakis. He obtained his PhD in 2015. Afterwards, Matt moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to start work as an Assistant Teaching Professor at Drexel University, where he is still located. Matt, his wife, and two dogs live in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Matt is an Associate Teaching Professor of Mathematics at Drexel University. His primary area of expertise is Functional Analysis. In particular, he is interested in operator algebras, semigroups of operators, Operator Theory, and their applications to Mathematical Physics. His research has primarily focused on quantum Markov semigroups, which are used to model irreversible open quantum systems.
Matt has taught at the collegiate level for more than fifteen years. First, as an instructor at Northern Virginia Community College outside of DC, then as a teaching assistant and instructor at the University of South Carolina, and now at Drexel. Matt has taught nineteen different courses while at Drexel ranging from MATH 101 to MATH 422, including independent study courses in Measure Theory and Fractal Geometry. He is also active in the Math Department’s analysis seminar and enjoys giving talks and learning from his colleagues and the department’s graduate students. Matt is currently a member of Drexel’s Standing Committe on Artificial Intelligence.
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