Matthew W. Daniels is a postdoctoral physicist in the Alternative Computing Group at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). He received a B.S. in Physics with a minor in Mathematics from Clemson University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University. His dissertation work was on antiferromagnetic magnon physics. His postdoctoral work touches multiple topics in neuromorphic computing, with a focus on discovering and utilizing new information encodings that bridge the gap between traditional CMOS engineering and the energy efficient, native computing capabilities of magnetic and memristive nanotechnology.