Hello!
I'm Matthew. I'm currently a data graphics reporter and science writer at Columbia University. I've previously worked in condensed matter physics and as a radio DJ.
Who's been covered more on cable TV so far this year, Joe Biden or Donald Trump? As it turns out, that depends on which network you watch. [Published in Columbia Journalism Review, 2023]
This AI App ingests New York City Council meeting transcripts, suggests story angles for local reporters to follow up on, and answers questions about what happened during the meeting. [Class Project, 2023]
Numbers that end in a trail of zeros are hard to intuit. This iOS app visceralizes the sizes of carbon emissions associated with several hundred human activities. [Hobby Project, 2022]
A paper I wrote for a math class on how a peculiarity of how hyperbolic spaces transform onto themselves largely preclude them from being used for interactive data visualization. [Class Project, 2021]
Gender representation in best-of lists and festival lineups is, well, bad. This interactive essay in D3 essay explores the data behind the issue. [Class Project, 2020]
I used to be a research physicist. I developed techniques for studying strange and exciting materials at atomic resolution. [Research Project, 2018]
This was my final project for a computational physics course where I experienced the joys and horrors of coding in C++. [Class Project, 2018]