- 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
Classical Nucleation Theory for Active Fluid Phase Separation
– Phys Rev Lett
(2023)
130,
098203
Role of initial conditions in $1D$ diffusive systems: compressibility,
hyperuniformity and long-term memory
– Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
(2022)
106,
L062101
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.106.L062101)
Entropy production and its large deviations in an active lattice gas
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2022)
2022,
123201
(doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/aca0eb)
Getting the most out of maths: How to coordinate mathematical modelling research to support a pandemic, lessons learnt from three initiatives that were part of the COVID-19 response in the UK.
– J Theor Biol
(2022)
557,
111332
(doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111332)
The Royal Society RAMP modelling initiative.
– Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
(2022)
380,
20210316
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0316)
Role of initial conditions in $1D$ diffusive systems: compressibility,
hyperuniformity and long-term memory
(2022)
Power fluctuations in sheared amorphous materials: A minimal model
– Physical review. E
(2022)
105,
l052601
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.105.l052601)
Rectification in a mixture of active and passive particles subject to a ratchet potential
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2022)
2022,
043203
(doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/ac601f)
Stochastic Hydrodynamics of Complex Fluids: Discretisation and Entropy Production
– Entropy (Basel)
(2022)
24,
254
(doi: 10.3390/e24020254)
Tracer dynamics in one dimensional gases of active or passive particles
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2022)
2022,
013209
(doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/ac4801)
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