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Professor Michael Cates

  • 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

Topological effects in ring polymers: A computer simulation study
M Müller, JP Wittmer, ME Cates
– Physical Review E
(1996)
53,
5063
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.5063)
Deformation of grafted polymer layers in strong shear flows
JL Harden, ME Cates
– Physical Review E
(1996)
53,
3782
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.53.3782)
Viscoelasticity of the onion phase
P Panizza, D Roux, V Vuillaume, C-YD Lu, ME Cates
– Langmuir
(1996)
12,
248
(doi: 10.1021/la9504016)
A Study of the “Spurt Effect" in Wormlike Micelles Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy
PT Callaghan, ME Cates, CJ Rofe, JBAF Smeulders
– Journal De Physique II
(1996)
6,
375
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1996188)
Shear-induced deformation and desorption of grafted polymer layers
M Aubouy, JL Harden, ME Cates
– The European Physical Journal D
(1996)
6,
969
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1996111)
Nonmonotonic constitutive laws and the formation of shear-banded flows
NA Spenley, XF Yuan, ME Cates
– The European Physical Journal D
(1996)
6,
551
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1996197)
Comment on “Thermodynamics of the L 3 (Sponge) Phase in the Flexible Surface Model" by John Daicic et al.
D Roux, F Nallet, C Coulon, ME Cates
– The European Physical Journal D
(1996)
6,
91
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1996169)
Depletion force in colloidal systems
Y Mao, ME Cates, HNW Lekkerkerker
– Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
(1995)
222,
10
(doi: 10.1016/0378-4371(95)00206-5)
Depletion Stabilization by Semidilute Rods
Y Mao, ME Cates, HN Lekkerkerker
– Physical review letters
(1995)
75,
4548
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4548)
Extension and Compression of Grafted Polymer Layers in Strong Normal Flows
JL Harden, ME Cates
– Journal de Physique II
(1995)
5,
1093
(doi: 10.1051/jp2:1995226)
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01223 337912

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