- 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
Nonlinear rheology of wormlike micelles.
– Physical review letters
(1993)
71,
939
(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.71.939)
Remarks on the dynamics of random copolymers
– Journal de Physique II
(1993)
3,
1171
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1993189)
Statics and dynamics of self-assembled dipolar rods
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(1993)
98,
9790
(doi: 10.1063/1.465082)
Dynamics of spontaneous emulsification
– Journal de Physique II
(1993)
3,
829
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1993170)
Nonlocal dielectric response in dipolar polymers
– The European Physical Journal D
(1993)
3,
503
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1993147)
Self-consistent approach to the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation.
– Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics
(1993)
47,
R1455
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.47.R1455)
THEORETICAL MODELING OF VISCOELASTIC PHASES
– ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(1993)
206,
10
Sponge phase of surfactant solutions: An unusual dynamic structure factor.
– Physical Review A
(1992)
46,
3319
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.46.3319)
Vesicles and onion phases in dilute surfactant solutions
– Journal de Physique II
(1992)
2,
1439
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1992211)
The anomalous Kerr effect: implications for polyelectrolyte structure
– Journal de Physique II
(1992)
2,
1109
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1992189)
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