
Simons Foundation Lectures are free public colloquia related to basic science and mathematics. These high-level talks are intended for professors, students, postdocs and business professionals, but interested people from the metropolitan area are welcome as well.
Upcoming
Polarization Peregrinations: Using Cosmic Lampposts to Find Keys to Nature’s Laws
Brian Keating, Ph.D.University of California, San Diego

- Lecture
- Virtual
Jets, Flares and Lightning Near the Event Horizon
Sasha Philippov, Ph.D.Associate Research Scientist, Compact Objects, CCA, Flatiron Institute

- Lecture
- Virtual
The Magic of Two-Dimensional Materials
Eva Andrei, Ph.D.Board of Governors Professor, Department of Physics , Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

- Lecture
- Virtual
The Third Pillar of Science
Douglas Arnold, Ph.D.Professor of Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota

- Lecture
- Virtual
Past
Traces of Catastrophe: How Violent Collisions Shaped Our Habitable Planet
Sarah T. Stewart, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis

- Lecture
Superconductors: The Magic and the Mystery
Louis Taillefer, Ph.D.Professor, Canada Research Chair in Quantum Materials, Quantum Institute & Department of Physics, Université de Sherbrooke
Co-Director, Quantum Materials Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Co-Director, Quantum Materials Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
- Lecture
Rare Variants and the Genetics of Autism
Evan Eichler, Ph.D.Department of Genome Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington

- Lecture
- Watch Video
Ringing Black Hole Bells and Other Exciting Recent Results in Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Will Farr, Ph.D.Group Leader, Gravitational Wave Astronomy, CCA, Flatiron Institute

- Lecture
- Watch Video
The Machinery of Life Functions Inside a Very Crowded Cell
Bridget Carragher, Ph.D.Co-Director, Simons Electron Microscopy Center, New York Structural Biology Center
Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University

Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University
- Lecture
- Watch Video
x+y: A Mathematician’s Manifesto for Rethinking Gender
Eugenia Cheng, Ph.D.Scientist-in-Residence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

- Lecture