- 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
A model for the dynamics of sandpile surfaces
– The European Physical Journal B
(1994)
4,
1383
(doi: 10.1051/jp1:1994195)
Viscoelasticity of lyotropic smectics
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(1994)
101,
5219
(doi: 10.1063/1.467377)
Transient electric birefringence in solutions of self-assembled rods
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(1994)
101,
5040
(doi: 10.1063/1.467426)
Relaxation mechanisms in worm-like micelles
– Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
(1994)
172,
1168
(doi: 10.1016/0022-3093(94)90639-4)
Hydrodynamic response of adsorbed polymers
– Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
(1994)
86,
275
(doi: 10.1016/0927-7757(93)02673-3)
POLYMERS, BOTH LIVING AND DEAD
– FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS IN STATISTICAL MECHANICS VIII
(1994)
227
THEORETICAL MODELING OF VISCOELASTIC PHASES
– STRUCTURE AND FLOW IN SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS
(1994)
578,
32
Hydrodynamics of adsorbed polymer layers: A new approach.
– Physical Review Letters
(1993)
71,
4142
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.4142)
End-evaporation kinetics in living-polymer systems
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(1993)
99,
7260
(doi: 10.1063/1.465419)
The role of added polymer in dilute lamellar surfactant phases
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(1993)
99,
5467
(doi: 10.1063/1.465964)
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