- 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
Rheological and Light Scattering Studies of Cationic Fluorocarbon Surfactant Solutions at Low Ionic Strength
– Langmuir
(2002)
18,
3076
(doi: 10.1021/la015687v)
Comparative simulation study of colloidal gels and glasses
– Physical review letters
(2002)
88,
983011
Non-uniformities in polymer/liquid crystal mixtures II. Nematic nucleation
– Eur Phys J E Soft Matter
(2002)
9,
89
(doi: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10062-8)
Non-uniformities in polymer/liquid crystal mixtures I. Interfacial tension.
– Eur Phys J E Soft Matter
(2002)
9,
79
(doi: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10061-9)
Dynamics of interface instabilities in lamellar phases.
– ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2002)
224,
U485
Binary Fluid Demixing: The Crossover Region
– Journal of Statistical Physics
(2002)
107,
39
(doi: 10.1023/a:1014594101067)
Jamming, hysteresis, and oscillation in scalar models for shear thickening.
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2001)
64,
061509/16
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.64.061509)
Inertial effects in three-dimensional spinodal decomposition of a symmetric binary fluid mixture: a lattice Boltzmann study
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2001)
440,
147
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112001004682)
Swelling and dissolution of onion phases: the effect of temperature
– Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
(2001)
183,
293
Interfacial dynamics in 3D binary fluid demixing: animation studies
– New Journal of Physics
(2001)
3,
9.18
(doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/3/1/309)
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