Matteo Rizzi

Prof. Matteo Rizzi is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Cologne, Germany, and affiliated with the Peter-Gruenberg-Institut 8 at Forschungszentrum Jülich. He leads a research group focused on computational and theoretical approaches to quantum and classical many-body systems, quantum simulations, and numerical methods.

• Ph.D. in Physics (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, 2007)
• Master in Physics (University of Pisa, 2003)
• Bachelor in Physics (University of Pisa, 2003)

His research spans quantum phase transitions, entanglement in many-body systems, and classical field theory, with applications in quantum computation and condensed matter physics. He has supervised numerous Ph.D. and Master’s students, including Patrick Geraghty, Erik Weerda, and Niklas Tausendpfund, and co-supervised projects across institutions in Germany and Italy.

Scientific awards include the Feodor-Lynen Fellowship (2019-2022), Italian Habilitation for Theoretical Condensed Matter (2018), and Reviewer of the Year for New Journal of Physics (2018). He has taught courses such as Computational Many-Body Physics, Classical Field Theory, and Quantum Simulation since 2013.