Founding Director of the Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics (MITP)
Coordinator of the PRISMA Cluster of Excellence
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Matthias Neubert has been a Professor for Theoretical High-Energy Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University since 2006 and has been appointed Founding Director of the Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics (MITP) in 2012. His research focus lies in theoretical elementary-particle physics, QCD and collider physics, flavor physics and CP violation, effective field theories and physics beyond the Standard Model. He has published more than 200 scientific papers, which have received over 24,000 citations. From 2010 until 2016, Neubert served as Director of the Gutenberg Research College, a central strategic institution to support excellent research at Johannes Gutenberg University. Since 2012, he also coordinates the Cluster of Excellence PRISMA (Precision Physics, Fundamental Interactions and Structure Matter). Neubert studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Heidelberg from 1984 until 1988. After obtaining his PhD in 1990 he worked as a research associate at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). From 1993 until 1998 he was a staff member at CERN.
In 1999, he became Professor and head of the theory group at Cornell University, and in 2003 Director of the Cornell Institute of High-Energy Phenomenology. He is an Adjunct Professor at Heidelberg (since 1998) and at Cornell University (since 2006). Neubert is a Member of the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature, a Corresponding Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, a Senior Member of the Gutenberg Academy Mainz, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. In recognition of his research, he received the Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2005) and the J. Hans D. Jensen Award from the Klaus Tschira Foundation (2010). In 2011, he was awarded with an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council.
Matthias will be staying in Bethe from April 10-16. Come say hi to him at our House-ish dinner on Wednesday, April 13, from 6pm-7pm in Bethe Dining.
