Simons Society of Fellows Welcomes Two Senior Fellows, 14 Junior Fellows

Simons Society of Fellows Welcomes Two Senior Fellows, 14 Junior Fellows The Simons Foundation is pleased to welcome two new Senior Fellows and 14 Junior Fellows to its Simons Society of Fellows. Formed in 2014, the Simons Society of Fellows encourages intellectual interactions across disciplines and research centers in the New York City area. The society comprises both Senior Fellows, generally distinguished researchers with years of service as researchers and educators, and Junior Fellows, outstanding early-career scientists and mathematicians. Junior Fellows receive mentorship and other opportunities for professional growth, such as conferences, workshops, annual retreats, weekly lectures and dinners. The new Senior Fellows are Claude Desplan and Jalal Shatah of New York University (NYU). Desplan is the Silver Professor of Biology and Neuroscience at NYU, where he has taught since 1999. He investigates the generation of neural diversity using the fruit fly (Drosophila) visual system and how stochastic decisions contribute to the diversification of sensory neurons. Shatah is the Silver Professor of Mathematics at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His research has made foundational contributions to nonlinear partial differential equations, dispersive equations, geometric wave equations, water waves and wave turbulence. The 14 Junior Fellows in this year’s class hold expertise in a diverse range of fields, including learning and memory, particle physics, mathematics, and evolutionary biology. As Junior Fellows, they are supported by grants funded by Simons Foundation International and administered by the Simons Foundation. Through the program, they will receive support for up to three years of independent research with no teaching obligations. The new Junior Fellows are: Joshua Benabou, New York University Particle Physics and Cosmology Matei Coiculescu, New York University Partial Differential Equations Elaida Dimwamwa, New York University Circuit Mechanisms of Predictive Coding Alon Dogon, Columbia University Group Theory Michael Fernando, Rockefeller University Neuroscience, Molecular Biology Lorenzo Graziotto, Columbia University Electronic Properties of Solid-State Matter Minghao Guo, Columbia University Computational Astrophysics Kip Lacy, Columbia University Evolutionary Biology Destynie Medeiros, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Learning and Memory Artur Riazanov, Columbia University Complexity Theory Frank J. Tucci, Rockefeller University Structural Cell Biology Hugo Vaysset, Columbia University Evolutionary Genomics Joseph Visone, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center CRISPR-Cas Biology Jingyao Zhu, New York City College of Technology Astronomy and Astrophysics