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...

Jun-2025: Paper on quantum trajectories accepted in Quantum.
May-2025: Paper on gels appears in Phys. Rev. E.
May-2025: Preprint on flocking appears on arXiv.
May-2025: Paper on active-passive mixtures accepted by Nature Comms.
Apr-2025: Preprint on cyclic dominance appears on arXiv.

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:
Calum Brown (damtp); Jimin Li (damtp); Jacky Weng (chemistry); Janik Schüttler (with Mike Cates); Noah Grodzinksi (with Mike Cates); Dawid Dopierała (with Anton Souslov).
Ex-group:
Dr. Himangsu Bhaumik; Dr. Kristian Thijssen; Dr. Hideki Kobayashi; Dr. Jules Guioth; Dr. Chris Fullerton; Dr. Lester Hedges; Prof. Daphne Klotsa; 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; 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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