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
Effect of disorder on coexistence and competition between superconducting and insulating states
– Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
(2005)
71,
224502
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.224502)
Pattern Formation as a Signature of Quantum Degeneracy in a Cold Exciton System
– Physical Review Letters
(2005)
94,
176404
Dynamics of the BCS-BEC Crossover in a Degenerate Fermi Gas
– Physical Review Letters
(2005)
94,
170402
Condensation and lasing of microcavity polaritons: comparison between two models
– SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
(2005)
134,
111
(doi: 10.1016/j.ssc.2004.07.077)
Pattern formation in exciton system near quantum degeneracy
– Solid State Communications
(2005)
134,
51
(doi: 10.1016/j.ssc.2004.11.050)
Condensation of cavity polaritons in a disordered environment
– Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
(2004)
70,
1
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.155327)
Localization from sigma-model geodesics
– Physical Review B
(2004)
70,
1
(doi: 10.1103/physrevb.70.075412)
Critical states in disordered superconducting films
– Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
(2004)
37,
L447
(doi: 10.1088/0305-4470/37/36/l01)
Models of coherent exciton condensation
– Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
(2004)
16,
s3597
(doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/35/003)
Formation Mechanism and Low-Temperature Instability of Exciton Rings
– Phys Rev Lett
(2004)
92,
117404
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