- 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
Flow-induced orientation and stretching of entangled polymers.
– Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
(2003)
361,
677
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1156)
Philosophical Transaction: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Series A) - Introduction
– Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
(2003)
361,
637
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1169)
Arrest and flow of colloidal glasses
– Annales Henri Poincare
(2003)
4,
647
(doi: 10.1007/s00023-003-0949-3)
Simulation study of nonergodicity transitions: Gelation in colloidal systems with short-range attractions
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2003)
67,
031406/13
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.031406)
Molecular modelling of entanglement - Discussion
– PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2003)
361,
651
Flow-induced orientation and stretching of entangled polymers - Discussion
– PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2003)
361,
687
Solvable Senescence Model Showing a Mortality Plateau
– Physical review letters
(2002)
89,
288103
Non-Newtonian viscosity of interacting Brownian particles: Comparison of theory and data
– Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
(2002)
15,
S401
(doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/1/355)
Theory of nonlinear rheology and yielding of dense colloidal suspensions.
– Physical review letters
(2002)
89,
248304
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