Bio

Matthew Boyd is a graduate student working with Dr. Craig Marianno. As a Master's student, his research project focused on the development of a MCNP model of the Global Medical Isotopes System (GMIS) sub-critical assembly driven by a D-D neutron generator used for radioisotope production. The major focus was on model verification and validation using Mo-99 production, dose estimation, and radiation measurement.

Boyd earned a Master of Science degree in nuclear engineering with a nuclear nonproliferation specialization in Fall 2020. In 2018, Boyd completed graduate certificates in Nuclear Security from the Texas A&M College of Engineering and in Advanced International Affairs from the Bush School of Government and Public Service. He will be continuing as a Ph.D. student with Dr. Marianno.

Boyd completed his undergraduate education at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona in 2012. He double majored in Space Physics with a concentration on exotic propulsion systems and Global Security and Intelligence Studies with a concentration on Intelligence and minors in Mathematics and Technical Intelligence. He was a contributing member of Eagle Eye Intelligence, a student written OSINT publication.