
- 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
Brownian motion of rod-like micelles under flow
– Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
(1991)
87,
2073
(doi: 10.1039/ft9918702073)
INTERFACIAL STRUCTURE FOR A COMPATIBLE POLYMER BLEND FOR SHORT AND INTERMEDIATE ANNEALING TIMES - DISCUSSION
– JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-FARADAY TRANSACTIONS
(1991)
87,
2063
Phase equilibria of polymer-containing droplet microemulsions
– Chemical Physics
(1990)
149,
97
(doi: 10.1016/0301-0104(90)80132-h)
Strong coupling in the Liouville theory: a heuristic approach
– Physics Letters B
(1990)
251,
553
(doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(90)90796-9)
Hexagonal and lamellar mesophases induced by shear
– Journal de Physique
(1990)
51,
1733
Hydrodynamic modes and topology in microemulsions and L3 phases
– Journal de Physique
(1990)
51,
2629
Forces between asymmetric polymer brushes
– Journal de Physique
(1990)
51,
701
Growth of charged micelles
– Journal de Physique
(1990)
51,
503
The relaxation spectrum of polymer length distributions
– Journal de Physique
(1990)
51,
307
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