Ben Simons

Ben has a background in theoretical condensed matter physics. Having obtained his PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge researching high temperature superconductivity, he undertook post-doctoral research in quantum mesoscopic physics at MIT and NEC Research Inc. in Princeton. In 1994 he transferred to a Royal Society Research Fellowship and was appointed to a Lectureship at Imperial College before moving to the Cavendish Laboratory in 1995. In 2002, he was promoted to a Chair in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and, in 2011, he was elected to the Herchel Smith Chair in Physics. In 2018 he took up the Royal Society EP Abraham Professorship at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and is now also a senior Group Leader at the Wellcome Trust-CRUK Gurdon Institute. His research is supported by grant income from EPSRC, MRC and the Wellcome Trust with whom he holds an Investigator Award. He is also a Fellow of St Johns College. 

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Theory of Condensed Matter page