Better half: Jaclyn Hatala Matthes, Principal Scientist, Verisk Extreme Event Solutions

Sister: Sarah Matthes, poet; Managing Editor of Bat City Review; Lecturer in English, UT Austin

Brother-in-law: Kevin Hatala, Associate Professor of Biology, Chatham University

Sister-in-law: Erin Marie Williams-Hatala, Associate Professor of Biology, Chatham University

Canine: Izzy Matthes (pictured below)