Matthias Heinz
Distinguished Staff Fellow (Eugene P. Wigner) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolMatthias Heinz is a theoretical nuclear physicist and Distinguished Staff Fellow (Eugene P. Wigner) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with 11 years of experience predicting atomic nuclei structure using leadership-class computing. He applies computational methods developed during a PhD at Technische Universität Darmstadt and internships at national labs to tackle problems in nuclear structure, fundamental symmetries, and astrophysical nucleosynthesis. Matthias blends deep physics expertise with practical software engineering—previously improving high-throughput systems at Zillow and building C++ simulation libraries for heavy-ion experiments—enabling reproducible, high-performance simulations of complex nuclear processes. Based in Knoxville, he leverages both academic rigor and production-scale computing to push the limits of ab initio nuclear theory.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität DarmstadtBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, 3.73, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, 3.73 at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (31)
python-bindings10
discord-js9
discord9
scalar9
discord-bot9
command-line9
in-place9
cpp9
nodejs7
docstrings7
chatbot7
documentation-generator6
python6
apidoc6
ab-initio6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cheshyre/advent-of-code
Dec 2016 - Dec 2024
Contributions:89 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 2 months
cheshyre/nn-srg
Nov 2018 - Dec 2025
Contributions:8 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 1 month
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