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Professor Michael Cates

  • 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

Osmotic Stabilization of Concentrated Emulsions and Foams
AJ Webster, ME Cates
– Langmuir
(2001)
17,
595
(doi: 10.1021/la000699m)
Swelling kinetics of the onion phase
H Diamant, ME Cates
– The European Physical Journal E
(2001)
4,
223
(doi: 10.1007/s101890170132)
Kinetic pathways of multiphase surfactant systems.
M Buchanan, L Starrs, SU Egelhaaf, ME Cates
– Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
(2000)
62,
6895
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.62.6895)
Persistence exponents in a three-dimensional symmetric binary fluid mixture
VM Kendon, ME Cates, JC Desplat
– Physical Review E
(2000)
61,
4029
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.4029)
Topological effects in ring polymers. II. Influence of persistence length
M Muller, JP Wittmer, ME Cates
– Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics
(2000)
61,
4078
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.4078)
Dynamics of Interface Instabilities in Nonionic Lamellar Phases
M Buchanan, SU Egelhaaf, ME Cates
– Langmuir
(2000)
16,
3718
(doi: 10.1021/la991316r)
Orientation fluctuation-induced spinodal decomposition in polymer-liquid-crystal mixtures
A Matsuyama, RML Evans, ME Cates
– Physical Review E
(2000)
61,
2977
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.61.2977)
Stresses in silos: comparison between theoretical models and new experiments.
L Vanel, P Claudin, J Bouchaud, ME Cates, E Clement, JP Wittmer
– Physical review letters
(2000)
84,
1439
(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.84.1439)
Local Size Segregation in Polydisperse Hard Sphere Fluids
I Pagonabarraga, ME Cates, GJ Ackland
– Physical review letters
(2000)
84,
911
(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.84.911)
Orientation fluctuation-induced spinodal decompositions in polymer/liquid crystal mixtures
A Matsuyama, RML Evans, ME Cates
– STATISTICAL PHYSICS
(2000)
519,
220
(link to publication)
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Soft Matter

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G1.08

Telephone

01223 337912

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