| Name | Matthias Christoph Ernst |
| Date of Birth | February 2, 1964 |
| Place of Birth | Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Federal Republic of Germany |
| Citizenship | German |
| Languages | German, English |
| Mailing Address | ETH Zürich Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie HCI D 227 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland |
| Phone | +41-44-632-4366 |
| Fax | +41-44-632-1621 |
| maer@nmr.phys.chem.ethz.ch | |
| Present Occupation | Adjunct Professor (Titularprofessor) and senior scientist at the Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland. |
| 1970-1974 | Primary school in Freiburg i. Brsg., Germany. |
| 1974-1983 | Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium in Freiburg i. Brsg. and Abitur. |
| 1983-1984 | Military service in the German army. |
| 1984-1987 | Undergraduate studies in Chemistry at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, Germany. Intermediate examination (Vordiplom). |
| 1987-1988 | Undergraduate studies in Chemistry at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. |
| 1988 | Diploma thesis with Prof. Richard R. Ernst, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, in the field of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy. |
| October 1988 | Graduation with honour as Diplom Chemiker ETH. |
| 1989-1993 | Ph.D. studies in the research group of Prof. Richard R. Ernst, Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich on the investigation of molecular dynamical processes by NMR spectroscopy. |
| December 1993 | Received Dr. sc. nat. from ETH Zürich. |
| October 2002 | Privatdozent and "venia legendi" in Physical Chemistry. |
| Mai 2011 | Adjunct Professor (Titularprofessor) in the Departement of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Zürich. |
| 1982 and 1983 | Member of the German team at the International Chemistry Olympiad for Students in Stockholm, Sweden and Timisoara, Romania. |
| 1984-1988 | Scholarship from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. |
| 1988 | Silver Medal from the ETH Zürich for the Diploma Thesis. |
| 1989 | Prize from the Vereinigung Ehemaliger Chemiestudierender an der ETH Zürich for the highest grades in the Chemistry Examinations in 1988. |
| 1994 | Grant from the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds for a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, USA (declined). |
| 1994-1996 | Grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for a two year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. |
| 2003 | Ruzicka prize in Chemistry of the ETH Zürich. |
| 1989-1990 | Teaching Assistant (ETH Zürich) in first year Physical Chemistry. |
| 1990-1993 | Teaching Assistant (ETH Zürich) in third and fourth year Physical Chemistry (Laboratories). |
| 1989-1993 | Extensively involved in the installation, maintenance and management of a computer network consisting of more than 20 workstation and servers of various brands. |
| 1994-1996 | Postdoctoral research fellow in the research group of Prof. Alexander Pines, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA. |
| 1996-1998 | Staff scientist in the research group of Prof. Dr. Beat H. Meier at the Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. |
| 1996-today | Computer system administrator of an intermediate size (60-80 computer) heterogeneous network (Solaris, IRIX, Windows-2000). |
| 1998-2011 | Oberassistent (staff scientist) in the research group of Prof. Dr. Beat H. Meier at the Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland. |
| 2011-today | Adjunct Professor (Titularprofessor) in the Departement of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Zürich. |