Career
- 2018-date: Royal Society E.P. Abraham Professor, DAMPT, Cambridge
- 2011-date: Herchel Smith Chair in Physics, Cavendish Laboratory,
- Cambridge
- 2002-2010: Personal Chair in the Theory of Condensed Matter, Cavendish Laboratory,
- Cambridge
- 2000-2002: University Readership in the Theory of Condensed Matter, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
- 1995-1999: Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
- 1995-date: Fellow, St John’s College, Cambridge
- 1994-1995: Royal Society Research Fellow and Lecturer, Imperial College, London
- 1990-1991: Junior Research Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Research
Ben is a member the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and the Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics. He also holds affiliated positions in the Wellcome Trust/CRUK Gurdon Institute and the Wellcome Trust/MRC Stem Cell Institute. His research interests have spanned a wide range of topics within the area of theoretical quantum condensed matter physics. However, his current interests are focussed on the application of modelling approaches to study the dynamics of biological systems, from subcellular processes, to cell fate decision-making and morphogenic processes. His research is supported by grants from EPSRC, the Wellcome Trust, CRUK and the Royal Society.
Selected Publications
- S. Rulands, et al., Universality of clone dynamics during tissue development, Nature Physics 14, 469-474 (2018)
- E. Hannezo, et al., A unifying theory of branching morphogenesis, Cell 171, 242-255 (2017)
- X. Lan, et al., Cell fate mapping of human glioblastoma reveals an invariant stem cell hierarchy pre- and post-treatment, Nature 549, 227-232 (2017)
- A. Sanchez-Danes, et al., Defining the clonal dynamics leading to tumor initiation, Nature 536, 298-303 (2016)
- B. D. Simons and H. Clevers, Strategies of stem cell self-renewal in adult tissues, Cell 145, 851-862 (2011)
- C. Lopez-Garcia, et al., Intestinal stem cell replacement follows a pattern of neutral drift, Science 330, 822-825 (2010)
Publications
Supersymmetry applied to the spectrum edge of random matrix ensembles
– Nuclear Physics Section B
(1994)
432,
487
(doi: 10.1016/0550-3213(94)90031-0)
Exact ground state of an open S=1/2 long-range Heisenberg antiferromagnetic spin chain
– Physical review. B, Condensed matter
(1994)
50,
1102
(doi: 10.1103/physrevb.50.1102)
Exact dynamical correlations of the 1/r2 model
– Physical review. B, Condensed matter
(1994)
49,
15197
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.49.15197)
Matrix models, one-dimensional fermions, and quantum chaos
– Phys Rev Lett
(1994)
72,
64
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.64)
Quantum chaos: Energy levels as fermions
– COULOMB AND INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN SMALL ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES
(1994)
105
UNIVERSALITY IN THE SPECTRA OF QUANTUM CHAOTIC SYSTEMS
– ORDERING DISORDER: PROSPECT AND RETROSPECT IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
(1994)
167
Exact results for quantum chaotic systems and one-dimensional fermions from matrix models
– Nuclear Physics Section B
(1993)
409,
487
(doi: 10.1016/0550-3213(93)90540-6)
New class of universal correlations in the spectra of hydrogen in a magnetic field.
– Phys Rev Lett
(1993)
71,
2899
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2899)
Exact pair correlation of the one-dimensional quantum gas with 1/r2 repulsion derived from the sympletic Dyson ensemble
– Phys Rev B Condens Matter
(1993)
48,
11450
(doi: 10.1103/physrevb.48.11450)
Universality in the spectra of strongly correlated systems.
– Phys Rev B Condens Matter
(1993)
48,
5439
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.48.5439)
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