Prior to joining SMU in 2010, Matt was a Research Associate at The University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, where he also completed a 2-year postdoc. He obtained a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Wyoming in 2004 and an A.B. in Physics at Hamilton College in 1998. When he’s not working or spending time with his wife and two young boys, he enjoys sleeping.