Dr. Matthias Nyfeler

Management role

Programme Director, MSc specialisation in Applied Computational MSc specialisation in Applied Computational Life Sciences

Position at the ZHAW

Lecturer in Physics and Statistics
Program director MSc specialisation in Applied Computational Life Sciences

http://www.zhaw.ch/ias

Professional development teaching

IAS Tag der Lehre «Exploratives Lernen»

Educational background

2001-2006 Master of Science in Physics, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern
2006-2009 Ph.D. (Theoretical Physics) Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern
2010-2011 Studies in Secondary and Higher Education, PHBern, Teaching Diploma for Physics und Mathematics
2017 Hochschuldidaktik, School of Engineering, Jönköping University, Schweden

Professional milestones

2005-2009 Scientific Assistant, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Bern
2010-2016 High School Teacher in Physics and Mathematics, Collège St. Michel Fribourg, Kantonsschule Olten, Kantonsschule Alpenquai Luzern
2016-2017 Lecturer in Physics and Mathematics, School of Engineering, Jönköping University, Sweden
since 2018 Lecturer in Physics and Statistics, ZHAW Wädenswil

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Pedan, Vasilisa; Popp, Martin; Rohn, Sascha; Nyfeler, Matthias; Bongartz, Annette,

  2019.

  Characterization of phenolic compounds and their contribution to sensory properties of olive oil.

  Molecules.

  24(2041).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5536

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Nested Cluster Algorithm for Frustrated Quantum Antiferromagnets, M. Nyfeler, F.-J. Jiang, F. Kampfer, U.-J. Wiese, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 247206 (2008)

Loop-Cluster Simulation of the t-J Model on the Honeycomb Lattice, F.-J. Jiang, F. Kämpfer, M. Nyfeler, U.-J. Wiese, Phys. Rev. B 78, 214406 (2008)

Constraint Effective Potential of the Staggered Magnetization in an Antiferromagnet, U. Gerber, C. P. Hofmann, F.-J. Jiang, M. Nyfeler, U.-J. Wiese, J. Stat. Mech. (2009) P03021

From an Antiferromagnet to a Valence Bond Solid: Evidence for a First Order Phase Transition, F.-J. Jiang, M. Nyfeler, S. Chandrasekharan, U.-J. Wiese, J. Stat. Mech. (2008) P02009

Monte Carlo Determination of the Low-Energy Constants of a Spin 1/2 Heisenberg Model with Spatial Anisotropy, F. J. Jiang, F. Kämpfer, M. Nyfeler, Phys. Rev. B 80, 033104 (2009)

A new efficient cluster algorithm for the Ising model, M. Nyfeler, M. Pepe and U. J. Wiese, PoS LAT2005 (2006) 112

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