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Benjamin Simons
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Known for Mesoscopic physics
Awards Maxwell Medal and Prize (2001)
Scientific career
Fields Condensed matter theory
Institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor J. M. F. Gunn

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

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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Biography

Simons has two brothers, Thomas and Joseph. His father is a professor at Oxford University, Professor John P. Simons. He is married and has two children.

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