- 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
Effects of polydispersity in the end-grafted polymer brush
– Macromolecules
(2002)
22,
853
(doi: 10.1021/ma00192a057)
Nonequilibrium forces between adsorbed polymer layers: the case of fixed surface contact density
– Macromolecules
(2002)
25,
391
(doi: 10.1021/ma00027a060)
Rheological properties of semidilute and concentrated aqueous solutions of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide in the presence of potassium bromide
– Langmuir
(2002)
8,
437
(doi: 10.1021/la00038a020)
Uniaxial Elastic Modulus of Concentrated Emulsions
– Langmuir
(2002)
10,
4503
(doi: 10.1021/la00024a019)
Growth, Static Light Scattering, and Spontaneous Ordering of Rodlike Micelles
– Langmuir
(2002)
10,
670
(doi: 10.1021/la00015a014)
Pipe Models for Entangled Fluids under Strong Shear
– Macromolecules
(2002)
27,
3850
(doi: 10.1021/ma00092a026)
Diblock copolymers: comicellization and coadsorption
– Macromolecules
(2002)
24,
5309
(doi: 10.1021/ma00019a015)
Nonlinear viscoelasticity of wormlike micelles (and other reversibly breakable polymers)
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry
(2002)
94,
371
(doi: 10.1021/j100364a063)
Phase equilibria in solutions of associating telechelic polymers: rings vs reversible network
– Macromolecules
(2002)
28,
7879
(doi: 10.1021/ma00127a039)
Hydrodynamic Modes of Soluble Surfactant Films
– Langmuir
(2002)
11,
4225
(doi: 10.1021/la00011a012)
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