- 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
Non-Newtonian viscosity of interacting Brownian particles: Comparison of theory and data
– Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
(2002)
15,
s401
(doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/1/355)
Theory of nonlinear rheology and yielding of dense colloidal suspensions.
– Physical Review Letters
(2002)
89,
248304
Schematic models for dynamic yielding of sheared colloidal glasses.
– Faraday Discussions
(2002)
123,
267
(doi: 10.1039/b205629a)
Structural, kinetics, and rheological properties of low ionic strength dilute solutions of a dimeric (gemini) surfactant
– Langmuir
(2002)
18,
7265
(doi: 10.1021/la025645m)
Rheological chaos in a scalar shear-thickening model
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2002)
66,
025202
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.025202)
Sponge phases in surfactant solutions
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
96,
4174
(doi: 10.1021/j100190a017)
Linear viscoelasticity of living polymers: a quantitative probe of chemical relaxation times
– Langmuir
(2002)
7,
1590
(doi: 10.1021/la00056a009)
Dynamics of wormlike micelles: the "bond-interchange" reaction scheme
– Langmuir
(2002)
9,
695
(doi: 10.1021/la00027a015)
Osmotic pressure of dense emulsion systems: the role of double-layer forces
– Langmuir
(2002)
9,
2264
(doi: 10.1021/la00033a004)
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