Simons Foundation Lectures
Upcoming Lectures
Measurements of Time in Astronomy
Ruth Angus, Ph.D.Associate Research Scientist, Astronomical Data, CCA, Flatiron Institute

Learning to Count in String Theory
Shamit Kachru, Ph.D.Professor of Physics and Director, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University

Directed Aging and Nature’s Greedy Algorithms
Sidney Nagel, Ph.D.Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in Physics, University of Chicago

Hunting for Dark Matter with the XENON Project
Elena Aprile, Ph.D.Professor, Physics, Columbia University

Past Lectures
Black Holes and the Structure of Spacetime
Juan Maldacena, Ph.D.Carl P. Feinberg Professor Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Princeton University

Rethinking Autism and Animal Models: A Systems Perspective
André A. Fenton, Ph.D.Professor, Center for Neural Science, New York University

- Lecture
- Autism Research
- Watch Video
Why Quantum Gravity Is Different
Jared Kaplan, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University

Astrochemistry and the Making of Habitable Planets
Karin Öberg, Ph.D.Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University

- Lecture
- Life Sciences
- Watch Video
Learning Physics with Deep Neural Networks
Stéphane Mallat, Ph.D.Distinguished Research Scientist, CCM, Flatiron Institute

From Genes and Genomes to Biology and Health
Richard Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.President, Rockefeller University
Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics, Carson Family Professor

Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics, Carson Family Professor
- Lecture
- Life Sciences
- Watch Video