Christian Drischler

Christian Drischler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Ohio University, affiliated with the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP) and serving as a FRIB Theory Alliance Bridge Faculty. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University and an elected member of the FRIB Theory Alliance Executive Board.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Physics, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, 2017
• M.Sc. in Physics, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, 2014
• B.Sc. in Physics, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, 2012

Dr. Drischler's research lies at the intersection of theoretical nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics, focusing on strongly interacting dense matter in the universe. His primary interests include neutron stars, the equation of state of neutron-rich matter, chiral effective field theory, many-body perturbation theory, Bayesian uncertainty quantification, and computational physics. He develops and applies advanced computational methods to model nuclear systems with high precision and quantified uncertainties.

The recent publications reflect a strong trend in applying Bayesian methods and emulator techniques to nuclear physics, particularly in constraining the equation of state of neutron-rich matter and emulating nuclear reactions. His work integrates machine learning and statistical inference into ab initio nuclear theory, contributing to multimessenger astrophysics and rare isotope beam science.

Scientific Awards:

• NSF CAREER Award (2024)
• Inaugural FRIB Early Achievement Award (2021)
• FRIB Theory Alliance Fellowship (2020–2022)
• Feodor Lynen Fellowship (Humboldt Foundation, 2019–2020)
• Research Award of the Gerhard Herzberg Foundation (2018)

Dr. Drischler advises several graduate and undergraduate students, including Joshua Maldonado (M.S. thesis, 2024) and Grace Eichler (undergraduate HTC thesis). He is the principal investigator on active grants from the National Science Foundation (CAREER Award 2339043) and the Department of Energy (STREAMLINE Collaboration, DE-SC0024233). He plays a key role in major scientific collaborations including N3AS, BUQEYE, BAND, and STREAMLINE, which are dedicated to advancing nuclear theory through interdisciplinary methods.

He leads a research group at Ohio University with postdoctoral researcher Jane Kim and graduate students Yoon Gyu Lee and Abhinav Giri. He also organizes the Public Telescope Nights at the Ohio University Observatory and serves as Faculty Advisor for the Physics and Astronomy Graduate Students (PandA GradS) organization.