Steven H. Simon (born 1967) is an American theoreticalphysics professor at Oxford University (since 2009) and professorial fellow of Somerville College, Oxford (since 2016). From 2000 to 2008 he was the director of theoretical physics research at Bell Laboratories. He has served on the UK EPSRC Physical Sciences Strategic Advisory Board. He is known for his work on topological phases of matter, topological quantum computing, and fractional quantum Hall effect. He is a co-author of a highly cited review on these subjects.[1] He has also written many papers in the field of information theory. He is the author of a popular introductory book on solid state physics entitled The Oxford Solid State Basics[2] as well as a more recent book entitled Topological Quantum.[3] He is married to political science professor Janina Dill.
2005 Fellow of the American Physical Society for contributions to low-dimensional correlated electron theory, and for scientific leadership in research and applications of condensed matter physics and physics methods, in an industrial setting.[6]
