- 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
Dynamic scaling of desert dunes
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2008)
77,
031302
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.031302)
Singular forces and pointlike colloids in lattice Boltzmann hydrodynamics
– Physical Review E
(2008)
77,
026709
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.026709)
Lattice Boltzmann simulations of spontaneous flow in active liquid crystals: The role of boundary conditions
– Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
(2008)
149,
56
(doi: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2007.02.005)
Steady-state hydrodynamic instabilities of active liquid crystals: hybrid lattice Boltzmann simulations.
– Physical Review E
(2007)
76,
031921
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.76.031921)
Binary fluids under steady shear in three dimensions
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2007)
76,
030501
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.76.030501)
Light Scattering from a Surfactant “Sponge” Phase: Evidence for a Hidden Symmetry
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2007)
11,
229
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/11/3/008)
The Rheology of Entangled Polymers at Very High Shear Rates
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
21,
451
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/21/4/012)
Dynamic Structure Factor of Sponge Phases
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2007)
19,
499
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/19/6/010)
The Isotropic-to-Nematic Transition in Semi-Flexible Micellar Solutions
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
25,
515
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/25/7/007)
Giant dielectric response of the sponge phase.
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2007)
29,
669
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/29/9/003)
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