- 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
Confined cubic blue phases under shear.
– J Phys Condens Matter
(2012)
24,
284127
From compact to fractal crystalline clusters in concentrated systems of monodisperse hard spheres
– Soft Matter
(2012)
8,
4960
(doi: 10.1039/c2sm25121c)
Schematic mode coupling theory of glass rheology : single and double step strains
– Soft Matter
(2012)
8,
4244
(doi: 10.1039/c2sm06891e)
Rheology of lamellar liquid crystals in two and three dimensions: A simulation study
– Soft Matter
(2012)
8,
3817
(doi: 10.1039/c2sm07374a)
Thermodynamic interpretation of soft glassy rheology models.
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2012)
85,
031127
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.85.031127)
Diffusive transport without detailed balance in motile bacteria: does microbiology need statistical physics?
– Rep Prog Phys
(2012)
75,
042601
Phase separation and rotor self-assembly in active particle suspensions
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(2012)
109,
4052
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1116334109)
Field-induced breakup of emulsion droplets stabilized by colloidal particles.
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2012)
85,
020403
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.85.020403)
Cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells: The role of wall slip
– Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
(2012)
9,
1398
(doi: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0868)
Simple model for the deformation-induced eelaxation of glassy polymers
– Physical Review Letters
(2012)
108,
048301
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