Professional Background:

Matthew Chun is a Technology Specialist / Patent Agent at Fish & Richardson’s Boston Office. His practice focuses on patent drafting and prosecution for mechanical, electrical, and software inventions. Matthew has advised and worked with clients ranging from multinational technology companies to individual inventors in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, medical devices, robotics, acoustic devices, signal processing, automobiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, power tools, mobile devices, Internet of Things, computer network architecture, computer hardware, and electrical system components.

Matthew is simultaneously a J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School, where he serves as Managing Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology; a student fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics; a board member of the Harvard Health Law Society, and Vice President of Harvard Law School Christian Union. He is also an active member of the Harvard Intellectual Property Law Association and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association.

Prior to attending law school, Matthew was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford’s Computational Health Informatics Lab and Nuffield Department of Population Health, where his doctoral research focused on utilizing machine learning and traditional epidemiological approaches for assessing stroke risk in a contemporary Chinese population. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Matthew was a research analyst for the United Kingdom’s DECOVID initiative to provide real-time actionable intelligence into patient care and operational planning based on multicenter National Health Service data.

Matthew earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT with a minor in Management Science. In addition to intellectual property law, Matthew’s prior experience includes serving as an emergency medical technician, leading an early-stage prosthetic hardware venture, conducting due diligence for an impact investment fund, and providing financial advice for companies on M&A transactions at a leading investment banking firm. Matthew also has a particular interest in social causes such as restorative justice, having experience volunteering as an appropriate adult within the UK criminal justice system and tutoring incarcerated persons in a medium-security prison.

Education:

J.D. Harvard Law School (2024, expected)

DPhil / Ph.D. Engineering Science, University of Oxford (2022)

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2018)

Admissions:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2019

Personal Background:

In his free time, Matthew is actively involved in his local community and enjoys pursuing his personal interests. On higher energy days, Matthew can be found running ultramarathons and volunteering at the local police station. On other days, he prefers to read and have meaningful conversations with friends.

Community Involvement:

From 2019-2020, Matthew volunteered with Oxfordshire County Council’s Youth Justice Service, serving as an appropriate adult for youth and vulnerable adults within the UK criminal justice system. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, he also volunteered with the Oxford Hub Phone Links program, offering social support for isolated and vulnerable community members.

While living in Boston (2014-2018), Matthew was a volunteer with The Petey Greene Program, tutoring incarcerated persons in a medium-security prison (high school equivalency, adult basic education, and English as a second language). He was also philanthropy chair of MIT's chapter of Tau Beta Pi (national engineering honor society); a teaching assistant for 2nd and 3rd graders at Aletheia Church; a peer mentor for MIT freshman; and an emergency medical technician (EMT).

Sport:

Matthew has a deep love for combat sports and running — anything to develop his mental toughness! To date, Matthew’s favorite races have been a 95 mile coast-to-coast run across England; the 2019 Oxford Ultra (100km); and the 2016 NYC Marathon. From 2018-2019, Matthew fought for the Oxford University Amateur Boxing Club (57kg), and from 2014-2018, Matthew wrestled for MIT (2017-2018 team captain, 4x NCWA National Qualifier, 3x NCWA Academic All-American).

Reading & Writing:

Finally, when he can find the chance, Matthew enjoys reading and writing. He has set a lifetime goal to complete all of The Harvard Classics, but often gets sidetracked by more contemporary non-fiction and theological works. Matthew is currently a production editor for Harvard’s Journal of Law and Technology and contributor to the “Living Law” blog of Harvard Law School’s Program of Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies. At MIT, Matthew served as co-editor-in-chief of the MIT Et Spiritus, an Augustine Collective journal of Christian thought.