Biography

Dr. David Matters is a staff member in the Nuclear Science Division at LBNL, where he works in the Nuclear Data Program on developing projects and activities that address applications needs, including national security, nonproliferation, fusion energy, and isotope production. His research interests include gamma-ray spectroscopy, modeling neutron-capture and inelastic scattering reactions, and nuclear structure.

David attended UC Berkeley before being commissioned as a U.S. Army officer in 2004. Prior to joining LBNL, he completed a 20-year military career that culminated in assignments as a federal program manager at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and DOE/NNSA. David has a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the Air Force Institute of Technology, where his dissertation research was on the nuclear structure of rhenium-186.

Outside of the laboratory, David is an avid cyclist, sailor, and trail runner.