- 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
Generalized thermodynamics of motility-induced phase separation: Phase equilibria, Laplace pressure, and change of ensembles
– New Journal of Physics
(2018)
20,
075001
(doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/aaccdd)
Extracting maximum power from active colloidal heat engines
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2018)
121,
60005
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/121/60005)
Shaken and stirred: Random organization reduces viscosity and dissipation in granular suspensions.
– Sci Adv
(2018)
4,
eaar3296
(doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aar3296)
Generalized thermodynamics of phase equilibria in scalar active matter
– Phys Rev E
(2018)
97,
020602
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.97.020602)
Sir David John Cameron MacKay FRS. 22 April 1967 — 14 April 2016
– Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
(2017)
63,
443
(doi: 10.1098/rsbm.2017.0013)
Theories of binary fluid mixtures: from phase-separation kinetics to active emulsions
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2017)
836,
P1
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2017.832)
Does a growing static length scale control the glass transition?
– Physical review letters
(2017)
119,
195501
Spatiotemporal Self-Organization of Fluctuating Bacterial Colonies
– Physical Review Letters
(2017)
119,
188003
Nonequilibrium dynamics of mixtures of active and passive colloidal particles
– New Journal of Physics
(2017)
19,
105003
(doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/aa8195)
Phoretic Interactions Generically Induce Dynamic Clusters and Wave Patterns in Active Colloids
– Phys Rev Lett
(2017)
118,
268001
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