- 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
Role of inertia in two-dimensional deformation and breakdown of a droplet.
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2003)
68,
453011
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.045301)
Kinetics of the Micelle-to-Vesicle Transition: Aqueous Lecithin-Bile Salt Mixtures
– Biophysical Journal
(2003)
85,
1624
Model fluid in a porous medium: results for a Bethe lattice.
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2003)
68,
026124
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.68.026124)
Possible new phase of antagonistic nematogens in a disorienting field - art. no. 235701
– Physical review letters
(2003)
90,
235701
Phase separation in binary fluid mixtures with continuously ramped temperature - Discussion
– PHILOS T ROY SOC A
(2003)
361,
804
Phase separation in binary fluid mixtures with continuously ramped temperature.
– Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
(2003)
361,
793
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1165)
Landau expansion for the critical point of a polydisperse system
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2003)
118,
4312
(doi: 10.1063/1.1542600)
Slow dynamics in soft matter - Introduction
– Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
(2003)
361,
637
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1169)
Flow-induced orientation and stretching of entangled polymers
– Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
(2003)
361,
677
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1156)
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