Matthias Neubert
Senior Fellow 2024–2025

Matthias Neubert has been Professor of Theoretical High-Energy Physics at Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) since 2006 and is the founding director of the Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics (DE) since 2012. His research focuses on theoretical particle physics, strong interactions and collider physics, flavor physics, charge-parity violation, and physics beyond the Standard Model, with over 250 published papers. Since 2012, he has served as Spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+ at JGU.

Matthias studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Heidelberg (DE), earning his PhD in 1990. He was a research associate at SLAC, senior staff at CERN, and later professor and head of the theory group at Cornell University (US). He has also been a member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (US). He is adjunct professor at the University of Heidelberg (DE) and Cornell University (US).

Matthias is a member of the Mainz and Heidelberg Academies of Sciences and a fellow of the American Physical Society. He has received prestigious awards, including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2005), the J. Hans D. Jensen Award (2010 and 2015), and two ERC Advanced Grants (2011, 2023).