- 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
Flow behaviour of entangled surfactant micelles
– Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
(1999)
8,
9167
(doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/8/47/006)
'Living trees': dynamics at a reversible classical gel point
– Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
(1999)
2,
749
(doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/2/3/020)
Homogeneity and spectral dimension of aggregation fractals
– Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
(1999)
17,
l487
(doi: 10.1088/0305-4470/17/9/006)
Random bilayer phases of dilute surfactant solutions
– Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
(1999)
2,
SA339
(doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/2/S/053)
Inertia, coarsening and fluid motion in binary mixtures
– Faraday Discussions
(1999)
112,
1
(doi: 10.1039/a903105g)
Swelling and Dissolution of Lamellar Phases: Role of Bilayer Organization
– Langmuir
(1998)
14,
7371
(doi: 10.1021/la980722s)
Development of stresses in cohesionless poured sand
– Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
(1998)
356,
2535
(doi: 10.1098/rsta.1998.0285)
Shear-induced clustering in a simple driven diffusive model
– Physica A Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications
(1998)
258,
109
Triangular and uphill avalanches of a tilted sandpile
– Granular Matter
(1998)
1,
101
(doi: 10.1007/s100350050015)
Jamming, Force Chains, and Fragile Matter
– Physical Review Letters
(1998)
81,
1841
(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.81.1841)
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