- 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
Light Scattering from a Surfactant “Sponge” Phase: Evidence for a Hidden Symmetry
– Epl
(2007)
11,
229
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/11/3/008)
Role of Adsorbed Polymer in Bilayer Elasticity
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
14,
713
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/14/7/018)
The Rheology of Entangled Polymers at Very High Shear Rates
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2007)
21,
451
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/21/4/012)
The Liouville Field Theory of Random Surfaces: When is the Bosonic String a Branched Polymer?
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
7,
719
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/7/8/009)
Harmonic Corrections near the Ordering Transition
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
13,
267
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/13/3/013)
Dynamic Structure Factor of Sponge Phases
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
19,
499
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/19/6/010)
Flow-Induced Gelation of Rodlike Micelles
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
11,
681
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/11/7/017)
The Isotropic-to-Nematic Transition in Semi-Flexible Micellar Solutions
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2007)
25,
515
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/25/7/007)
Crossover behavior and multistep relaxation in a schematic model of the cut-off glass transition
– Physical Review E
(2007)
75,
051503
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.75.051503)
Competition between glass transition and liquid–gas separation in attracting colloids
– Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
(2007)
19,
205140
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