Matthew Katzman is a first year PhD student at the University of Oxford studying complexity theory with Professor Rahul Santhanam. Raised in Washington DC, he moved across the country to attend Stanford University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree with honors in mathematics and his master’s degree in theoretical computer science.  Matthew’s current research interests lie in the fields of pseudorandomness and derandomization, and their connections to algorithms and complexity theory as a whole. Outside of academics, Matthew’s interests include trumpet, Spartan Races and tennis.