Recorded 27 October 2021. Katy Clough of the Queen Mary University of London presents "Simulating fundamental fields in strong gravity environments: opportunities and challenges" at IPAM's Workshop II: Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Gravitation. Abstract: Whilst stationary, asymptotically flat black holes have no hair in GR, non trivial configurations of fundamental fields can form around black holes in dynamical situations, and have a sufficiently long lifetime to be of astrophysical interest in a number of physically motivated scenarios. I will discuss how numerical studies can play a role in characterising the robustness of mechanisms that generate and support hair, and quantifying their potential impacts on gravitational observables. L:earn more online at: https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/workshops/workshop-ii-mathematical-and-numerical-aspects-of-gravitation/?tab=schedule