- 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
Ring-driven shear thickening in wormlike micelles?
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
55,
887
(doi: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00359-2)
Computational confirmation of scaling predictions for equilibrium polymers
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
41,
291
(doi: 10.1209/epl/i1998-00145-8)
Fluctuating lattice boltzmann
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2007)
71,
473
(doi: 10.1209/epl/i2004-10542-5)
Instability and spatiotemporal rheochaos in a shear-thickening fluid model
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
70,
397
(doi: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10011-9)
Diffusive growth of a polymer layer by in situ polymerization
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
33,
397
(doi: 10.1209/epl/i1996-00347-0)
Phase ordering of two-dimensional symmetric binary fluids: A droplet scaling state
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
56,
556
(doi: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00551-4)
A practical density functional for polydisperse polymers
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2007)
55,
348
(doi: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00422-6)
Rheological instability in a simple shear-thickening model
– Europhysics Letters (EPL)
(2007)
57,
120
(doi: 10.1209/epl/i2002-00550-y)
Yielding and jamming of dense suspensions
– Lecture Notes in Physics
(2006)
688,
3
(doi: 10.1007/11581000_2)
Dynamical heterogeneities in an attraction driven colloidal glass
– Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
(2006)
352,
4830
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