Matthias Heinz
Research Scientist, RIKEN Nishina Center
I research the theoretical description of atomic nuclei. My specific interests are in understanding nuclear forces, simulating how the structure and dynamics of nuclei emerge from nuclear forces, and predicting how the structure of nuclei impacts fundamental processes in nature, including the synthesis of heavy elements and possible new physics processes beyond the standard model.
Research interests
Research highlights →Precision many-body methods
Scalable and systematically improvable ab initio calculations.
Heavy and neutron-rich nuclei
Shell structure, charge radii, neutron skins, and the limits of stability.
Physics beyond the standard model
Nuclear matrix elements for searches for new physics in atoms and nuclei.
Computing for nuclear theory
Advanced computational technologies, including quantum computing and leadership computing.
Selected publications
All publications and talks →Toward scalable quantum computations of atomic nuclei
NuLattice: Ab initio computations of atomic nuclei on lattices
Ab initio calculations of overlap integrals for μ→e conversion in nuclei
Improved structure of calcium isotopes from ab initio calculations
Probing new bosons and nuclear structure with ytterbium isotope shifts
In-medium similarity renormalization group with three-body operators
Education
- 2024Dr. rer. nat., Technische Universität Darmstadt
- 2020M.Sc., Technische Universität Darmstadt
- 2018B.Sc., The Ohio State University
Appointments
- 2026–presentResearch Scientist, RIKEN Nishina Center
- 2024–2026Eugene P. Wigner Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Honors
- 2026FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers (Theory), Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
- 2024–2026Distinguished Staff Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- 2024Gerhard Herzberg Research Prize, Gerhard Herzberg Society
- 2022–2024Doctoral Fellowship, German Academic Scholarship Foundation
