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
Particles in Interaction and Wave Turbulence
Isabelle Gallagher, Ph.D.Professor, Professor of Mathematics, École Normale Supérieure de Paris (ENS)
Director, Foundation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris
Isabelle Gallagher, Ph.D.Professor, Professor of Mathematics, École Normale Supérieure de Paris (ENS)Director, Foundation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris
- Lecture
- Virtual
Gravity and Quantum Mechanics Seen Through the Holographic Lens
Leonard Susskind, Ph.D.Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stanford University
Leonard Susskind, Ph.D.Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stanford University - Lecture
- Virtual
Past
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
Bridget Carragher, Ph.D.Co-Director, Simons Electron Microscopy Center, New York Structural Biology CenterAdjunct 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
Eugenia Cheng, Ph.D.Scientist-in-Residence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Lecture
Fundamental Bounds on the Fidelity of Sensory Cortical Coding
Mark Schnitzer, Ph.D.Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Department of Biology and Department of Applied Physics , Stanford University
Mark Schnitzer, Ph.D.Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteProfessor, Department of Biology and Department of Applied Physics , Stanford University
- Lecture
- Watch Video
Phenotyping Sleep
Emmanuel Mignot, M.D., Ph.D.Craig Reynolds Professor of Sleep Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Emmanuel Mignot, M.D., Ph.D.Craig Reynolds Professor of Sleep Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University - Lecture
- Watch Video
Existence of Canonical Metrics on Non-Kähler Geometry
Shing-Tung Yau, Ph.D.William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University
Director, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University
Shing-Tung Yau, Ph.D.William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics, Harvard UniversityDirector, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University
- Lecture
- Watch Video
Progress in Understanding the Genetic Basis of Mental Health
Benjamin Neale, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associated Researcher, Broad Institute
Benjamin Neale, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolAssociate Professor, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associated Researcher, Broad Institute
- Lecture
- Watch Video