Robert Jack

Professor of Statistical Mechanics (Chemistry / DAMTP)
Fellow of Emmanuel College
(he/him)

Email: rlj22 AT cam.ac.uk

Links to: publications; some useful people.

News...

Apr-2026: Two companion papers on active wetting accepted in PRL and PRE.
Mar-2026: Paper on quantum circuits appears in Phys Rev B.
Jan-2026: Paper on quantum symmetries appears in New J Phys.

Research directions

How fast do complex systems change? Why do some fluids (like water) flow quickly while others (like honey) flow very slowly? How can biological systems build nano-scale ordered structures so quickly and reliably?

What statistical methods can we use to describe change in physical systems? In particular, what happens when motion takes place by localised rare events (cage hopping, avalanches, earthquakes...)?

Research group:
Current:
Jimin Li (damtp); Noah Grodzinksi (with Mike Cates); Dawid Dopierała (with Anton Souslov); Ben Symes (part iii chemistry); Clément Allard.
Ex-group:
Dr. Himangsu Bhaumik; Dr. Kristian Thijssen; Dr. Hideki Kobayashi; Dr. Jules Guioth; Dr. Chris Fullerton; Dr. Lester Hedges; Prof. Daphne Klotsa; Janik Schüttler; Calum Brown; Dr. Liheng Yao; Dr. Honghao Yu; Dr. James Mason; Dr. Yann-Edwin Keta; Dr. Paul Rohrbach; Dr. Jakub Dolezal; Dr. Marcus Kaiser; Dr. Tobias Brewer; Dr. James Grant; Dr. Clement Law; Dr. Ian Thompson; Ed Wastell; Jacky Weng; Ellery Gopaoco; Sophie Bennett; Dr. Jeremy O'Byrne; Greg Wood; Ian Wu.

Links to...
RLJ @ DAMTP
RLJ @ Cambridge chemistry
... DAMTP home

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