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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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Career

  • 2022-: Professor of Statistical Mechanics (DAMTP / Chemistry), University of Cambridge
  • 2018-: Fellow, Emmanuel College
  • 2017-2022: Interdisciplinary Lecturer (DAMTP / Chemistry), University of Cambridge
  • 2008-2017: Lecturer / Reader, University of Bath
  • 2006-2008: Postdoc, College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
  • 2004-2006: Postdoc, Theoretical Physics, Oxford University
  • 2000-2004: PhD, Physics, Imperial College London

Research

Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter, combining ideas and methods from mathematics, physics and chemistry.

 

 

Publications

Negative differential mobility of weakly driven particles in models of glass formers
RL Jack, D Kelsey, JP Garrahan, D Chandler
– Physical Review E
(2008)
78,
011506
Structure and dynamics of glass formers: Predictability at large length scales
L Berthier, RL Jack
– Physical Review E
(2007)
76,
041509
Fluctuation-dissipation ratios in the dynamics of self-assembly
RL Jack, MF Hagan, D Chandler
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2007)
76,
021119
Dynamical first-order phase transition in kinetically constrained models of glasses.
JP Garrahan, RL Jack, V Lecomte, E Pitard, K van Duijvendijk, F van Wijland
– Physical Review Letters
(2007)
98,
195702
Fluctuation-dissipation relations in plaquette spin systems with multi-stage relaxation
RL Jack, L Berthier, JP Garrahan
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2006)
2006,
p12005
Space-time thermodynamics and subsystem observables in a kinetically constrained model of glassy materials.
RL Jack, JP Garrahan, D Chandler
– Journal of Chemical Physics
(2006)
125,
184509
Lengthscale dependence of dynamic four-point susceptibilities in glass formers
D Chandler, JP Garrahan, RL Jack, L Maibaum, AC Pan
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2006)
74,
051501
Mappings between reaction–diffusion and kinetically constrained systems:A+A↔Aand the Fredrickson–Andersen model have upper critical dimensiondc= 2
RL Jack, P Mayer, P Sollich
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2006)
2006,
P03006
Caging and mosaic length scales in plaquette spin models of glasses.
RL Jack, JP Garrahan
– Journal of Chemical Physics
(2005)
123,
164508
Static and dynamic length scales in a simple glassy plaquette model
RL Jack, L Berthier, JP Garrahan
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2005)
72,
016103
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Research Group

Soft Matter

Room

G1.01

Telephone

01223 760431