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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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Career

  • 2022-: Professor of Statistical Mechanics (DAMTP / Chemistry), University of Cambridge
  • 2018-: Fellow, Emmanuel College
  • 2017-2022: Interdisciplinary Lecturer (DAMTP / Chemistry), University of Cambridge
  • 2008-2017: Lecturer / Reader, University of Bath
  • 2006-2008: Postdoc, College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
  • 2004-2006: Postdoc, Theoretical Physics, Oxford University
  • 2000-2004: PhD, Physics, Imperial College London

Research

Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter, combining ideas and methods from mathematics, physics and chemistry.

 

 

Publications

Self-assembly and crystallisation of indented colloids at a planar wall
DJ Ashton, SJ Ivell, RPA Dullens, RL Jack, NB Wilding, DGAL Aarts
– Soft Matter
(2015)
11,
6089
Effective interactions and large deviations in stochastic processes
RL Jack, P Sollich
– European Physical Journal Special Topics
(2015)
224,
2351
Porous Liquid Phases for Indented Colloids with Depletion Interactions.
DJ Ashton, RL Jack, NB Wilding
– Physical review letters
(2015)
114,
237801
Evidence for a Disordered Critical Point in a Glass-Forming Liquid
L Berthier, RL Jack
– Physical review letters
(2015)
114,
205701
Hyperuniformity and phase separation in biased ensembles of trajectories for diffusive systems.
RL Jack, IR Thompson, P Sollich
– Phys Rev Lett
(2015)
114,
060601
The Statistical Mechanics of Dynamic Pathways to Self-Assembly
S Whitelam, RL Jack
– Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
(2014)
66,
1
Geometrical interpretation of fluctuating hydrodynamics in diffusive systems
RL Jack, J Zimmer
– Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
(2014)
47,
485001
Information-theoretic measurements of coupling between structure and dynamics in glass formers
RL Jack, AJ Dunleavy, CP Royall
– Physical Review Letters
(2014)
113,
095703
Dynamical Phase Transitions Reveal Amyloid-like States on Protein Folding Landscapes
JK Weber, RL Jack, CR Schwantes, VS Pande
– Biophysical journal
(2014)
107,
974
Investigating amorphous order in stable glasses by random pinning.
CJ Fullerton, RL Jack
– Physical Review Letters
(2014)
112,
255701
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Research Group

Soft Matter

Room

G1.01

Telephone

01223 760431