Simons Foundation Funds 12 Targeted Math and Physics Research Groups

As part of its mission to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences, the Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the funding of 12 Targeted Simons Research Groups.

These three-year, collaborative projects will explore fundamental questions in math and physics such as the nature of dark matter, the properties of exoplanet clouds and the role of geometry and physics in shaping the morphology of life.

The groups will be funded by grants from Simons Foundation International administered by the Simons Foundation.

The groups are:

Targeted Simons Research Group on Axions
Director: Benjamin Safdi, University of California, Berkeley

Targeted Simons Research Group on Cosmic Magnetism
Director: Glennys Farrar, New York University 

Targeted Simons Research Group on Dark Matter Dynamics
Director: Manoj Kaplinghat, University of California, Irvine

Targeted Simons Research Group on Decoding the Quantum Rosetta Stone
Director: Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study

Targeted Simons Research Group on Hamiltonian Dynamics and Beyond
Director: Daniel Cristofaro-Gardiner, University of Maryland

Targeted Simons Research Group on Hyperbolic Quantum Matter
Director: Evgeniy Narimanov, Purdue University

Targeted Simons Research Group on Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres
Director: Caroline Morley, University of Texas at Austin

Targeted Simons Research Group on Organic-Rich Exoplanets
Director: Edwin Bergin, University of Michigan

Targeted Simons Research Group on Strange Metals
Director: Senthil Todadri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Targeted Simons Research Group on the Non-Equilibrium Frontier
Director: Aditi Mitra, New York University

Targeted Simons Research Group on the Shape of Life
Director: Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, Harvard University

Targeted Simons Research Group on Universality of Integrable Systems
Director: Ivan Corwin, Columbia University