Matthew Kvalheim

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

My research draws on differential topology and other geometric-topological methods to study nonlinear systems. In particular, I seek to determine when dynamical systems can be stabilized using feedback control or represented by linear or lower-dimensional models. I received the 2026 Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the 2026 Early Career Faculty Excellence Award from the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at UMBC. I am an Associate Editor of Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems. Previously, I held postdoctoral appointments in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan and the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. My Ph.D. and M.S. degrees are from the University of Michigan.

Some recent presentation materials:

• Video and slides from a talk “On Professor Smale’s legacy for asymptotic stability theory” at Smale@95: A Conference in Honor of Steve Smale in Berkeley, California.
• Slides “On the universality of linear dynamics”.

Email: lastname[at]umbc[dot]edu