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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

Duality between random trap and barrier models
RL Jack, P Sollich
– Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
(2008)
41,
324001
Negative differential mobility of weakly driven particles in models of glass formers.
RL Jack, D Kelsey, JP Garrahan, D Chandler
– Physical Review E
(2008)
78,
011506
Structure and dynamics of glass formers: Predictability at large length scales
L Berthier, RL Jack
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2007)
76,
041509
Fluctuation-dissipation ratios in the dynamics of self-assembly.
RL Jack, MF Hagan, D Chandler
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2007)
76,
021119
Dynamical First-Order Phase Transition in Kinetically Constrained Models of Glasses
JP Garrahan, RL Jack, V Lecomte, E Pitard, K van Duijvendijk, F van Wijland
– Phys Rev Lett
(2007)
98,
195702
Fluctuation-dissipation relations in plaquette spin systems with multi-stage relaxation
RL Jack, L Berthier, JP Garrahan
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2006)
2006,
p12005
Space-time thermodynamics and subsystem observables in a kinetically constrained model of glassy materials
RL Jack, JP Garrahan, D Chandler
– The Journal of chemical physics
(2006)
125,
184509
Lengthscale dependence of dynamic four-point susceptibilities in glass formers.
D Chandler, JP Garrahan, RL Jack, L Maibaum, AC Pan
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2006)
74,
051501
Mappings between reaction–diffusion and kinetically constrained systems: A+A ↔ A and the Fredrickson–Andersen model have upper critical dimension dc = 2
RL Jack, P Mayer, P Sollich
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2006)
2006,
p03006
Caging and mosaic length scales in plaquette spin models of glasses
RL Jack, JP Garrahan
– Journal of Chemical Physics
(2005)
123,
164508
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Research Group

Soft Matter

Room

G1.01

Telephone

01223 760431