Biography
Dr. Matthews earned a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, in 2010. Her dissertation research examined water stress conditioning and sensitivity analysis of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance models. As an undergraduate she participated in a cooperative education experience at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, where she supported efforts of the Earth Observing System (EOS). Following completion of her master’s degree, from 2004 through 2010 she worked as a biomathematician for SRA International, Inc., primarily modeling agents under study by the National Toxicology Program. Dr. Matthews joined the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCICS; www.ncics.org) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in 2010 and moved to a Research Scholar position in 2015. Her research interests focus on models of physical and biological phenomenon, the underlying mathematical principles, and the associated uncertainty quantification methodologies.