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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

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
– Physical review letters
(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
– J Chem Phys
(2016)
145,
244505
Absence of dissipation in trajectory ensembles biased by currents
RL Jack, RML Evans
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2016)
2016,
093305
Coarse-grained depletion potentials for anisotropic colloids: Application to lock-and-key systems
C Law, DJ Ashton, NB Wilding, RL Jack
– J Chem Phys
(2016)
145,
084907
Note: Physical mechanisms for the bulk melting of stable glasses.
RL Jack, L Berthier
– Journal of Chemical Physics
(2016)
145,
076101
Structure of inactive states of a binary Lennard-Jones mixture
D Coslovich, RL Jack
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2016)
2016,
074012
The melting of stable glasses is governed by nucleation-and-growth dynamics
RL Jack, L Berthier
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2016)
144,
244506
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Research Group

Soft Matter

Room

G1.01

Telephone

01223 760431