Matt and his research group at PSU use dual-polarization radar observations and numerical models to study precipitation physics. He is interested in better understanding microphysical structures and processes in a variety of high-impact weather events, including hailstorms, tornadic storms, and winter storms, and how the microphysics affects the storm’s behavior and evolution. Ultimately, this will lead to an improvement in the way we parameterize these processes in numerical weather prediction models. Matt recently won an American Meteorological Society award for his contributions to advancing our understanding of precipitation physics using novel applications of dual-polarization radar.