- 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
Lattice Boltzmann simulations of liquid crystalline fluids: Active gels and blue phases
– Soft Matter
(2009)
5,
3791
(doi: 10.1039/b908659p)
Crystallization of hard-sphere glasses.
– Physical review letters
(2009)
103,
135704
Glass rheology: From mode-coupling theory to a dynamical yield criterion.
– Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
(2009)
106,
15186
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.0905330106)
A mode coupling theory for Brownian particles in homogeneous steady shear flow
– Journal of Rheology
(2009)
53,
957
(doi: 10.1122/1.3119084)
Sedimentation, trapping, and rectification of dilute bacteria
– Epl
(2009)
86,
60002
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/86/60002)
Shear banding, aging and noise dynamics in soft glassy materials
– Soft Matter
(2009)
5,
2378
(doi: 10.1039/b812394m)
Hydrodynamic of active liquid crystals: A hybrid lattice Boltzmann approach
– Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
(2008)
494,
293
(doi: 10.1080/15421400802430117)
Hydrodynamic interactions in colloidal ferrofluids: A Lattice Boltzmann study
– J Phys Chem B
(2008)
113,
3681
(doi: 10.1021/jp806678m)
The bijel: a bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gel
– Technical Proceedings of the 2008 Nsti Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show Nsti Nanotech Nanotechnology 2008
(2008)
2,
657
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