- 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
Comment on “Thermodynamics of the L 3 (Sponge) Phase in the Flexible Surface Model" by John Daicic et al.
– The European Physical Journal D
(1996)
6,
91
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1996169)
An explanation for the central stress minimum in sand piles
– Nature
(1996)
382,
336
(doi: 10.1038/382336a0)
Depletion force in colloidal systems
– Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
(1995)
222,
10
(doi: 10.1016/0378-4371(95)00206-5)
Depletion stabilization by semidilute rods
– Physical Review Letters
(1995)
75,
4548
(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.4548)
Extension and Compression of Grafted Polymer Layers in Strong Normal Flows
– Journal de Physique II
(1995)
5,
1093
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1995226)
Stress Distribution in Granular Media and Nonlinear Wave Equation
– Journal de Physique I
(1995)
5,
639
(doi: 10.1051/jp1:1995157)
Hysteresis and metastability in a continuum sandpile model
– Physical Review Letters
(1995)
74,
1982
(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.74.1982)
Bilayer phases
– OBSERVATION, PREDICTION AND SIMULATION OF PHASE TRANSITIONS IN COMPLEX FLUIDS
(1995)
460,
205
Linear Shear Rheology of Incompressible Foams
– Journal de Physique II
(1995)
5,
37
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1995112)
A model for the dynamics of sandpile surfaces
– Journal de Physique I
(1994)
4,
1383
(doi: 10.1051/jp1:1994195)
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