- 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
Dynamical heterogeneities in an attraction driven colloidal glass
– Journal of Non Crystalline Solids
(2006)
352,
4830
Spinodal Decompositions Driven by Orientation Fluctuations
– Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
(2006)
367,
3243
(doi: 10.1080/10587250108028666)
Lipid organization and the morphology of solid-like domains in phase-separating binary lipid membranes.
– Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
(2006)
18,
l415
(doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/18/32/l02)
Sensitivity of arrest in mode-coupling glasses to low-q structure
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2006)
73,
050501
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.73.050501)
Minimal model for chaotic shear banding in shear thickening fluids
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2006)
73,
041508
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.73.041508)
Do current-density nonlinearities cut off the glass transition?
– Phys Rev Lett
(2006)
96,
135701
Nonequilibrium Steady States in Sheared Binary Fluids
– Phys Rev Lett
(2006)
96,
085701
Glass transitions and shear thickening suspension rheology
– Journal of Rheology
(2005)
49,
237
(doi: 10.1122/1.1814114)
Colloid-stabilized emulsions: Behaviour as the interfacial tension is reduced
– Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
(2005)
17,
S3433
(doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/45/031)
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