Benjamin Simons

{{short description|British physicist}}

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| name = Benjamin Simons

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| nationality = British

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| fields = Condensed matter theory

| workplaces = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Cambridge

| alma_mater = University of Cambridge

| doctoral_advisor = J. M. F. Gunn

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| known_for = Mesoscopic physics{{cite web|title=Author Profile for Ben Simons |url=https://physics.aps.org/authors/ben_simons |publisher=American Physical Society |accessdate=25 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408235853/http://physics.aps.org/authors/ben_simons |archivedate=April 8, 2011 }}

| awards = Maxwell Medal and Prize (2001)

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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. In 2013 he became head of the Theory of Condensed Matter (TCM) group in the Cavendish Lab. He is also a Group Leader at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and the Director of the Gurdon Institute since 2024.{{Cite web |last=O'Mahony |first=Anna |date=2024-01-02 |title=Gurdon Institute welcomes new Director |url=https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/gurdon-institute-welcomes-new-director/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Gurdon Institute |language=en-US}}