Prof. Matott performs research directed at simulation-optimization and uncertainty analysis of process-based environmental models. As a graduate student, his work focused on the application of heuristic optimization to groundwater management. As a post-doctoral researcher and environmental engineer with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency he developed and applied uncertainty analysis tools to policy-relevant integrated environmental models.

Current research addresses: fate and transport of pharmaceuticals and other emerging contaminants; approaches for improved calibration of reactive transport models; and optimial design of remediation systems in the presence of hydrogeologic uncertainty.