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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

Effects of random pinning on the potential energy landscape of a supercooled liquid.
SP Niblett, VK de Souza, RL Jack, DJ Wales
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2018)
149,
114503
Efficient characterisation of large deviations using population dynamics
T Brewer, SR Clark, R Bradford, RL Jack
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2018)
2018,
053204
Canonical Structure and Orthogonality of Forces and Currents in Irreversible Markov Chains
M Kaiser, RL Jack, J Zimmer
– Journal of Statistical Physics
(2018)
170,
1019
Stochastic level-set method for shape optimisation
LO Hedges, HA Kim, RL Jack
– Journal of Computational Physics
(2017)
348,
82
Symmetries and geometrical properties of dynamical fluctuations in molecular dynamics
RL Jack, M Kaiser, J Zimmer
– Entropy
(2017)
19,
562
Acceleration of Convergence to Equilibrium in Markov Chains by Breaking Detailed Balance
M Kaiser, RL Jack, J Zimmer
– Journal of statistical physics
(2017)
168,
259
Finite-Size Scaling of a First-Order Dynamical Phase Transition: Adaptive Population Dynamics and an Effective Model.
T Nemoto, RL Jack, V Lecomte
– Phys Rev Lett
(2017)
118,
115702
Emergence of particle clusters in a one-dimensional model: Connection to condensation processes
M Burman, D Carpenter, RL Jack
– Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
(2017)
50,
135002
Effects of vertical confinement on gelation and sedimentation of colloids
A Razali, CJ Fullerton, F Turci, JE Hallett, RL Jack, CP Royall
– Soft matter
(2017)
13,
3230
Optimising self-assembly through time-dependent interactions
CJ Fullerton, RL Jack
– Journal of Chemical Physics
(2016)
145,
244505
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Research Group

Soft Matter

Room

G1.01

Telephone

01223 760431