Matthew Lybanon received the B.S and M.S. degrees in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, in 1960 and 1962. respectively.He conducted research in remote sensing, image processing, and pattern recognition while employed by the Computer Sciences Corporation at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Stennis Space Center (previously called National Space Technology Laboratories). In 1981 he joined the Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (NORDA), Stennis Space Center, MS. A member of NORDA's Remote Sensing Branch, he has been Principal Investigator for the GEOSAT Ocean Applications Program, for a project to develop knowledge-based techniques tot the automated interpretation of oceanographic satellite data, and for other work to provide analysis tools for Navy oceanographic centers. His current professional interests include artificial intelligence, image processing, generalized nonlinear least squares methods, and applications of those topics to the extraction of information on ocean dynamics and sea ice from satellite observations.
Mr. Lybanon is a member of the American Physical Society He was awarded a NASA commendation for image-processing work to help assess the damage to Skylab's solar panels when they opened prematurely during launching.