University Associate Professor

My research group includes people in the Dept of Chemistry and in the Dept of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP).  We investigate questions from physics, chemistry and mathematics, using the theory of statistical mechanics to understand the behaviour of complex systems including biomolecules, glassy liquids, and soft matter.  I am particularly interested in co-operative dynamics: for example, how do molecules move in crowded environments?  What are the co-operative mechanisms for colloidal self-assembly, and the folding of biomolecules?

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Publications

Nonreciprocal dynamics with weak noise: Aperiodic “Escher cycles” and their quasipotential landscape
J Schüttler, RL Jack, ME Cates
Physical Review E
(2026)
114
Avalanche-like intercalation and intraparticle correlations in graphite.
J Han, GS Phillips, AJ Merryweather, J Lim, C Schnedermann, RL Jack, CP Grey, A Rao
Nature
(2026)
656
Nonequilibrium pathways between cluster morphologies in active phase separation: Necking, rupture, and cavitation
L Yao, 姚立衡, ME Cates, RL Jack
Physical Review E
(2026)
114
Self-assembly: From blueprints to breakthroughs.
L Filion, DJ Kraft, BA Lindquist, J Russo, RL Jack, S Torquato, W Shinoda, S Hiraoka, O Gang
Journal of Chemical Physics
(2026)
165
Spontaneous Ratchet Currents and Transition Dynamics in Active Wetting
N Grodzinski, RL Jack, ME Cates
Physical Review Letters
(2026)
136
Hydrodynamic theory of wetting by active particles
N Grodzinski, ME Cates, RL Jack
Phys Rev E
(2026)
113
Observing the mechanism of delayed collapse in colloidal gels: Yielding while becoming stronger.
R Cheng, MA Faers, F Turci, A Mauleon-Amieva, TB Liverpool, RL Jack, CP Royall
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2026)
123
Exact large deviations and emergent long-range correlations in sequential quantum East circuits
J Li, B Bertini, JP Garrahan, RL Jack
Physical Review B
(2026)
113
Weak unitary symmetries of open quantum dynamics: beyond quantum master equations
CA Brown, RL Jack, K Macieszczak
New Journal of Physics
(2026)
28
Cyclically sheared colloidal gels: structural change and delayed failure time
H Bhaumik, JE Hallett, TB Liverpool, RL Jack, CP Royall
Soft Matter
(2025)
21

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