Speakers

With a background in theoretical condensed matter physics, Simons’ current research interests focus on the application of quantitative statistical approaches to the study of biological processes at the subcellular, cellular and organ scale. In particular, he has developed analytical schemes to resolve the dynamics and fate behaviour of stem and progenitor cell populations in the development, maintenance and repair of adult tissues, and factors leading to their dysregulation in diseased states. Following a period of post-doctoral training at MIT, in 1995 Simons took up a faculty position at the Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics in Cambridge, where he currently holds the Herchel Smith Chair in Physics. He is also an Associate Group Leader at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and a PI at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.