Matt is a Project Scientist and Research Data Services Specialist in the NCAR/UCAR Library. His work is focused on research and service development related to research data curation. His research interests include metadata practices and standards, data curation education, data citation and identity, and social and institutional aspects of research data. He is also a member of the Board on Data Stewardship within the American Meteorological Society, and the current chair of the Data Stewardship Committee within the Federation of Earth Science Information Parters (ESIP), an inter-agency consortium of Earth science data facilities.