Matt graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a degree in Pharmacology. Following graduation, he worked as a Senior Research Associate at Aptitude Medical Systems on the discovery and characterization of nucleic acid aptamers. Matt completed his PhD at Vanderbilt University in the laboratory of Ivelin Georgeiv, where he studied HIV-1 vaccine design and cross-reactive antibody discovery/ characterization. In his free time he likes to ride his bike.