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Biological Physics & Mechanics

Professor Ben Simons

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

Field theory of mesoscopic fluctuations in superconductor/normal-metal systems
A Altland, BD Simons, D Taras-Semchuk
– JETP Letters
(1998)
67,
22
(doi: 10.1134/1.567622)
Delocalization in Coupled One-Dimensional Chains
PW Brouwer, C Mudry, BD Simons, A Altland
– Physical Review Letters
(1998)
81,
862
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.862)
Random Dirac fermions and non-Hermitian quantum mechanics
C Mudry, BD Simons, A Altland
– Physical Review Letters
(1998)
80,
4257
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.4257)
Adiabatic curvature distribution in disordered and chaotic structures
A Steuwer, BD Simons
– Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
(1998)
57,
9186
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.9186)
Quantum chaos, irreversible classical dynamics, and random matrix theory - Reply
O Agam, AV Andreev, BD Simons, BL Altshuler
– Physical Review Letters
(1997)
79,
1779
(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.79.1779)
Time-reversal symmetry breaking and the field theory of quantum chaos
BD Simons, O Agam, AV Andreev
– Journal of Mathematical Physics
(1997)
38,
1982
(doi: 10.1063/1.531920)
Quantum chaos: A field theory approach
O Agam, AV Andreev, BD Simons
– Chaos Solitons & Fractals
(1997)
8,
1099
(doi: 10.1016/S0960-0779(97)00011-8)
Semiclassical field theory approach to quantum chaos
AV Andreev, BD Simons, O Agam, BL Altshuler
– Nuclear Physics B
(1996)
482,
536
(doi: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00473-7)
Energy level correlations in disordered metals: Beyond universality
AV Andreev, BD Simons, BL Altshuler
– Journal of Mathematical Physics
(1996)
37,
4968
(doi: 10.1063/1.531674)
Chaos in quantum dots
BL Altshuler, N Taniguchi, BD Simons
– Surface Science
(1996)
361,
687
(doi: 10.1016/0039-6028(96)00500-6)
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Email

bds10@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Room

H1.13

Telephone

01223 766833

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