Matthew is a graduate student in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Delaware with minor in Biochemical Engineering and Chemistry. During this undergraduate, he focused on designing PEG-peptide base hydrogels with different property that can be used to mimic human tissues, and study the changes in the extracellular matrix under different immune cell phenotypes with designed biomaterials. Additionally, he applied atomic force microscopy to characterize ultra-soft hydrogels to attempt to explore the paracellular region of cell-laden biomaterials.