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
Physical Review E
(2026)
114
024104
(doi: 10.1103/slp9-rd27)
Avalanche-like intercalation and intraparticle correlations in graphite.
Nature
(2026)
656
364
(doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10862-4)
Nonequilibrium pathways between cluster morphologies in active phase separation: Necking, rupture, and cavitation
Physical Review E
(2026)
114
014148
(doi: 10.1103/vdps-lhr9)
Self-assembly: From blueprints to breakthroughs.
Journal of Chemical Physics
(2026)
165
030401
(doi: 10.1063/5.0348961)
Spontaneous Ratchet Currents and Transition Dynamics in Active Wetting
Physical Review Letters
(2026)
136
257101
(doi: 10.1103/sq25-hfsb)
Hydrodynamic theory of wetting by active particles
Phys Rev E
(2026)
113
065423
(doi: 10.1103/rdc2-gsqc)
Observing the mechanism of delayed collapse in colloidal gels: Yielding while becoming stronger.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2026)
123
e2528499123
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.2528499123)
Exact large deviations and emergent long-range correlations in sequential quantum East circuits
Physical Review B
(2026)
113
l100305
(doi: 10.1103/72KX-56LT)
Weak unitary symmetries of open quantum dynamics: beyond quantum master equations
New Journal of Physics
(2026)
28
024505
(doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ae34da)
Cyclically sheared colloidal gels: structural change and delayed failure time
Soft Matter
(2025)
21
8555
(doi: 10.1039/d5sm00647c)
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