Tried to open MATLAB on Donatella and found the error:

MATLAB is selecting SOFTWARE OPENGL rendering.

License checkout failed.
License Manager Error -9
This error may occur when: 
-The hostid of this computer does not match the hostid in the license file. 
-A Designated Computer installation is in use by another user. 
If no other user is currently running MATLAB, you may need to activate.

Troubleshoot this issue by visiting: 
http://www.mathworks.com/support/lme/R2015b/9

Diagnostic Information:
Feature: MATLAB 
License path: /home/controls/.matlab/R2015b_licenses/license_donatella_865865_R2015b.lic:/cvs/cds/caltech/apps/lin
ux64/matlab15b/licenses/license.dat:/cvs/cds/caltech/apps/linux64/matlab15b/licenses/license_chiara_
865865_R2015b.lic:/cvs/cds/caltech/apps/linux64/matlab15b/licenses/license_pianosa_865865_R2015b.lic 
Licensing error: -9,57.

So I used  my caltech credentials to get an activation key for the computer. I could not find the option for a campus license so I used the individual single machine license.

Now it can be run by going to the location:

and running

On opening MATLAB, there were a whole bunch of other errors including a low-level graphics error when we tried to plot something.