Benjamin Simons

Benjamin David Simons is a British theoretical physicist, working in the field of theoretical condensed matter physics and in biophysics.

Benjamin Simons
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forMesoscopic physics
AwardsMaxwell Medal and Prize (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter theory
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisorJ. M. F. Gunn

Simons holds the Herchel Smith Chair in Physics at the University of Cambridge Cavendish Laboratory, and he is also a Group Leader in the Gurdon Institute. In 2013 he became head of the Theory of Condensed Matter (TCM) group in the Cavendish.

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