Simons Foundation chevron-down--small Mathematics & Physical Sciences FundingRequest for ApplicationsProgramsPolicies and ProceduresSimons Award Manager (SAM) FAQ and Instructional VideosNewsEventsConferencesSymposiaLecturesAboutAbout UsScientific Advisory Board MPS Scientific Advisory Board Mathematics Theoretical Physics Theoretical Computer Science Rachel Bean, Ph.D. Cornell University Rachel Bean is an astrophysicist whose research focuses on understanding the cosmological properties of gravity, dark energy, neutrinos and primordial inflation using observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the large scale structure of galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Read more Dorian Goldfeld, Ph.D. Columbia University Dorian Goldfeld, a professor of mathematics at Columbia University, is the recipient of the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory and the Vaughan Prize and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the AMS. Read more Sergiu Klainerman, Ph.D. Princeton University Sergiu Klainerman is Higgins professor of mathematics at Princeton University. He re- ceived his undergraduate degree from Bucharest University, Romania, and his PhD from New York University (1978). Read more Hee Oh, Ph.D. Yale University Hee Oh is the Abraham Robinson Professor of Mathematics at Yale University. She was awarded the 2015 Satter Prize, a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 2018 Ho-Am prize in Science, and is an inaugural Fellow of the AMS. She is serving as… Read more Angela V. Olinto, Ph.D. Columbia University Angela V. Olinto is Professor of Astronomy and of Physics and Provost of Columbia University. Read more Robin Pemantle, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Robin Pemantle is the Merriam Term Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania since 2003. He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a Fellow of the Institute for Mathematical Statistics. Read more Ramamurti Shankar, Ph.D. Yale University Shankar is the Josiah Willard Gibbs Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics at Yale. He was awarded the Sloan Fellowship, Yale's Burns/Sewell teaching prize and the APS's Lilienfeld Prize and is a fellow of the APS and the AAA&S. Read more Steven Skiena, Ph.D. Stony Brook University Steven Skiena is distinguished teaching professor of computer science and director of the Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation at Stony Brook University. He is a fellow of the AAAS and a Fulbright scholar. Read more Mark Trodden, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Mark Trodden is the Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor of Physics, co-Director of the Center for Particle Cosmology and Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellow of the AAAS, APS and IOP. Read more
Rachel Bean, Ph.D. Cornell University Rachel Bean is an astrophysicist whose research focuses on understanding the cosmological properties of gravity, dark energy, neutrinos and primordial inflation using observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the large scale structure of galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Read more
Dorian Goldfeld, Ph.D. Columbia University Dorian Goldfeld, a professor of mathematics at Columbia University, is the recipient of the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory and the Vaughan Prize and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the AMS. Read more
Sergiu Klainerman, Ph.D. Princeton University Sergiu Klainerman is Higgins professor of mathematics at Princeton University. He re- ceived his undergraduate degree from Bucharest University, Romania, and his PhD from New York University (1978). Read more
Hee Oh, Ph.D. Yale University Hee Oh is the Abraham Robinson Professor of Mathematics at Yale University. She was awarded the 2015 Satter Prize, a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 2018 Ho-Am prize in Science, and is an inaugural Fellow of the AMS. She is serving as… Read more
Angela V. Olinto, Ph.D. Columbia University Angela V. Olinto is Professor of Astronomy and of Physics and Provost of Columbia University. Read more
Robin Pemantle, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Robin Pemantle is the Merriam Term Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania since 2003. He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a Fellow of the Institute for Mathematical Statistics. Read more
Ramamurti Shankar, Ph.D. Yale University Shankar is the Josiah Willard Gibbs Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics at Yale. He was awarded the Sloan Fellowship, Yale's Burns/Sewell teaching prize and the APS's Lilienfeld Prize and is a fellow of the APS and the AAA&S. Read more
Steven Skiena, Ph.D. Stony Brook University Steven Skiena is distinguished teaching professor of computer science and director of the Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation at Stony Brook University. He is a fellow of the AAAS and a Fulbright scholar. Read more
Mark Trodden, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania Mark Trodden is the Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor of Physics, co-Director of the Center for Particle Cosmology and Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellow of the AAAS, APS and IOP. Read more