If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

– John von Neumann

God created the natural numbers, the rest is the work of man.

– Leopold Kronecker

My name is Matt. I use math to study complex systems and group dynamics, particularly how groups make decisions (mathematical democracy) and how group structure influences group behavior (network science).

I earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Dartmouth College under Feng Fu for my thesis titled, “Evolutionary Dynamics of Collective Action Problems.” From 2022 to 2024, I was a postdoctoral associate at Yale University working with Nicholas Christakis in the Yale Institute for Network Science and the Human Nature Lab. After that I spent a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of the Holy Cross.

I am currently an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Colby College.