Steven H. Simon is a theoretical physics professor at Oxford University and a professorial fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. Before coming to Oxford he was 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 Computation, and Fractional Quantum Hall Effect. He is the author of a popular introductory book on solid state physics, entitled The Oxford Solid State Basics which has been used at over a hundred universities worldwide.