Matt earned his undergraduate degree from UTK in 2021 with a dual major in neuroscience and microbiology. During his undergraduate years he worked as a lab manager in Dr. Gordon Burghardt’s reptile ethology lab and Dr. Matthew Cooper’s behavioral neuroscience lab. After graduating, he moved to Boston to work at Boston University in Dr. Benjamin Wolozin’s neurodegeneration lab. He is currently pursuing a Master’s of Public Health (MPH) and working as a research technician for the nutrition department.