Robert Jack

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

Email: rlj22 AT cam.ac.uk

Links to: publications; some useful people.

News...

Sep-2023: Paper on active engines appears in J Stat Mech.
Aug-2023: Preprint on metastable quantum systems appears on arXiv.
Aug-2023: Paper on colloidal gels accepted in Soft Matter.
Jul-2023: Preprint on cicadas appears on arXiv.
Jul-2023: Preprint on an active exclusion process 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:
Dr Himangsu Bhaumik (chemistry); Liheng Yao (damtp); Honghao Yu (chemistry); Calum Brown (damtp).
Co-supervised:
James Mason (with Maria Bruna); Yann-Edwin Keta (with Ludovic Berthier); Janik Schuettler (with Mike Cates).
Ex-group:
Dr. Kristian Thijssen; Dr. Hideki Kobayashi; Dr. Jules Guioth; Dr. Chris Fullerton; Dr. Lester Hedges; Dr. Daphne Klotsa; Dr. Paul Rohrbach; Dr. Jakub Dolezal; Dr. Marcus Kaiser; Dr. Tobias Brewer; Dr. James Grant; Dr. Clement Law; Dr. Ian Thompson; Jimin Li; Ed Wastell; Dr. Jeremy O'Byrne; Ian Wu; Greg Wood; Sophie Bennett; Ellery Gopaoco.

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

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