Matthew Hauwiller

Matthew Hauwiller is passionate about the development and impact of new technologies, from the atomic to global scale. As a senior engineer at Seagate Technology, he employs AI and advanced characterization techniques to drive innovation of more cost-effective and sustainable data storage technologies. In his role developing academic-industry partnerships, Matthew fosters research collaborations with universities and research centers both in the U.S. and internationally. He is especially interested in cultivating mutually beneficial partnerships with African institutions to build science and engineering capacity and catalyze African scientific research. Matthew earned his B.S. in chemical engineering and chemistry at the University of Minnesota, completed his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California-Berkeley, and conducted postdoctoral research in materials science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Currently residing in Minnesota, he enjoys reading, tennis, strategy games, and water sports on the Minnesota lakes.