Matt loves outer space, electronics, hiking, biking, playing on his work softball team, skiing the slopes, and camping in the family pop-up camper. Has been working for the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as a engineer designing spacecraft communication systems since August of 2004. With two wonderful children Claire and Cooper, and lovely wife Lauren, he enjoys living in Columbia, Maryland where he gets to enjoy all the seasons of the year.
1986-1991 Cub Scout - Davidsville, PA
1991 Cub Scout - Arrow of Light
2024-2025 Den Leader (Lion) - Pack 617
2025-2026 Den Leader (Tiger) - Pack 617
2026-2027 Cub Master - Pack 617
May 2002 Graduated from Penn State University with a BS in Electrical Engineering
Intern at Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California and in Chandler, Arizona
May 2004 Graduated from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Masters in Electrical Engineering specializing in Electromagnetics
2004 to Present - Worked on STEREO, ORS/TACSAT4, Van Allen Probes, Parker Solar Probe, Emirates Mars Mission, DART, IMAP, Dragonfly, PExT, and DAVINCI spacecraft