Communication Fellow
Postdoc
Matthew is currently an NSF MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Fellow mentored by Nuh Gedik and Donnie Keathley. He has broad research interests, having worked on many projects across chemistry, materials science, physics, and electrical engineering. After receiving his bachelor’s from the University of Southern California, he went to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he worked on synthesizing hybrid organic-inorganic coordination polymers and studying their structural properties. Later, he worked at a nanotechnology startup that focused on nanotexturing various materials to achieve anti-fogging surfaces and using nanocrystals to boost the efficiency of commercial silicon solar cells. At MIT, his Ph.D. thesis focused on scalable nanoantenna-based lightwave electronics (often referred to as PHz electronics). This work effectively integrated optics and electronics by leveraging the sub-cycle information contained within the ultrafast oscillations of light fields, as experimentally demonstrated through practical device implementations.
His main focus now is applying the nanoantenna-based devices demonstrated in his thesis to study ultrafast dynamics in condensed matter systems. In his free time, he enjoys trying out the latest food trends, exploring new activities and places, and finding new things to add to his bucket list.