Great at office hours, kind person, flexible and responsive via email. Great lecturer and well-structured slides. Fair grader and moderately difficult exams. However, easily the most course work I have ever had for a class. He's the heavy weight of the department for sure.

I'm not sure if I'm the only person in class, but his exams are rough. The mid is free-response, and I believe the final will be the same. I felt under-prepared compared to my peers as in I wish we had more information on what to focus on for free-response. Quizzes are ok but they can take multiple hours to study plus the long labs that never end.

The labs take forever, the midterm is so long and free response, he doesn't even release the midterm key after students have taken it, he doesn't upload any lectures online, he writes all his lectures out on the board. HE IS TERRIBLE / TOUGH, this should be a 5 unit class with the way he teaches it. DO NOT TAKE HIM

Geomaterials is a very difficult class and the labs are unnecessarily long, however, Matt is the hardest professor to teach this class. He tests you every week on chemical formulas (not that bad but he pulls formulas from week 1 in week 8), the labs are so long and the TAs grade very hard, and the midterm was 5 pages of free response! AVOID

Matt is the most caring professor I've ever had the pleasure of learning from. He knows when the class isn't understanding a concept and is willing to re-explain until we get it. His exams are fair and he is willing to answer all of your questions during the lecture and if not, then after class. ALL Earth Science students love Matt!!!

He knows his stuff, but I don't see myself taking another course by him again. He wasn't very understanding of family emergencies.