- 2015-date: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
- 2007-2022: Royal Society Research Professor
- 1995-2015: Professor of Natural Philosophy, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
- 1992-1995: University Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
- 1989-1992: University Assistant Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
- 1988-1989: Royal Society University Research Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
- 1985-1995: Junior Research Fellow (1985-1989), Teaching Fellow (1990-1995), Trinity College Cambridge
Research
Mike is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. He heads the Soft Matter research group. His current research interests include: flow of colloids, polymers, emulsions, gels and other soft materials; shear-thickening and rheology in dense suspensions; dynamics of soft glasses; flow of liquid crystals; general theories of active matter; cellular locomotion; phase ordering in active and passive systems; statistical mechanics of active particles; and numerous other topics. He recently completed an ERC Advanced Grant called ADNeSP: Active and Driven Systems, Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics.
Prizes and Awards
- 2021: International Member, US National Academy of Sciences
- 2019: International Member, US National Academy of Engineering
- 2016: Bingham Medal, US Society of Rheology
- 2013: Weissenberg Award, European Society of Rheology
- 2009: Dirac Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics
- 2009: Gold Medal, British Society of Rheology
- 2007: Fellow of the Royal Society (London)
- 2005: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 1996: Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- 1994: Prix Franco-Britannique (Paris Academy of Sciences)
- 1991: Maxwell Prize and Medal, Institute of Physics
Publications
Ordering dynamics of blue phases entails kinetic stabilization of amorphous networks.
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(2010)
107,
13212
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1004269107)
Run-and-tumble particles with hydrodynamics: sedimentation, trapping, and upstream swimming.
– Phys Rev Lett
(2010)
104,
258101
Arrested phase separation in reproducing bacteria creates a generic route to pattern formation
– Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
(2010)
107,
11715
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1001994107)
Domain growth in cholesteric blue phases: Hybrid lattice Boltzmann simulations
– Computers & Mathematics with Applications
(2010)
59,
2360
(doi: 10.1016/j.camwa.2009.08.047)
Thermodynamics of blue phases in electric fields
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2010)
81,
031706
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.031706)
Bijels containing magnetic particles: A simulation study
– Langmuir
(2010)
26,
7928
(doi: 10.1021/la904809g)
Zero-range processes with saturated condensation: The steady state and dynamics
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2010)
2010,
P02013
Mode-coupling theory for the rheology of colloidal glasses: Recent progress
– Progress of Theoretical Physics
(2010)
184,
222
(doi: 10.1143/ptps.184.222)
Colloids, grains and dense suspensions: under flow and under arrest.
– Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
(2009)
367,
4989
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0201)
Hard spheres: crystallization and glass formation.
– Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
(2009)
367,
4993
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0181)
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