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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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

Publisher’s Note: Inhomogeneous Magnetic Phases: A Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Like Phase in Sr3Ru2O7 [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 136404 (2009)]
AM Berridge, AG Green, SA Grigera, BD Simons
– Physical Review Letters
(2009)
102,
149903
Inhomogeneous Magnetic Phases: A Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Like Phase inSr3Ru2O7
AM Berridge, AG Green, SA Grigera, BD Simons
– Physical Review Letters
(2009)
102,
136404
Polaritons and pairing phenomena in Bose-Hubbard mixtures.
MJ Bhaseen, M Hohenadler, AO Silver, BD Simons
– Physical Review Letters
(2009)
102,
135301
Probing ultracold Fermi atoms with a single ion
Y Sherkunov, B Muzykantskii, N d'Ambrumenil, BD Simons
– Physical Review A
(2009)
79,
023604
Magnetic Properties of an Antiferromagnetic d-Wave Singlet and π-Triplet Superconductor
A Aperis, G Varelogiannis, PB Littlewood, BD Simons
– Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
(2008)
22,
115
Coexistence of spin density wave, d-wave singlet and staggered π-triplet superconductivity
A Aperis, G Varelogiannis, PB Littlewood, BD Simons
– Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
(2008)
20,
434235
Spontaneous coherence, interaction and kinetics of macroscopically ordered exciton state
S Yang, AT Hammack, AV Mintsev, MM Fogler, LV Butov, LS Levitov, BD Simons, AC Gossard
– Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series
(2008)
3363
Superfluidity at the BEC-BCS crossover in two-dimensional Fermi gases with population and mass imbalance
GJ Conduit, PH Conlon, BD Simons
– Physical Review A
(2008)
77,
053617
Mechanism of murine epidermal maintenance: Cell division and the voter model
AM Klein, DP Doupé, PH Jones, BD Simons
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2008)
77,
031907
Epidermal homeostasis: Do committed progenitors work while stem cells sleep?
P Jones, BD Simons
– Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
(2008)
9,
853
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H1.13

Telephone

01223 766833