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
Observing the mechanism of delayed collapse in colloidal gels: Yielding while becoming stronger
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(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)
Entropy production rate in thermodynamically consistent flocks
New Journal of Physics
(2025)
27
104602
(doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ae0c2e)
Learning strategies for optimised fitness in a model of cyclic dominance
New Journal of Physics
(2025)
27
084604
(doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/adfd05)
Dynamical patterns and nonreciprocal effective interactions in an active-passive mixture through exact hydrodynamic analysis
Nature Communications
(2025)
16
6017
(doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-60518-6)
Gauge freedoms in unravelled quantum dynamics: When do different continuous measurements yield identical quantum trajectories?
(2025)
(doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2503.09261)
Yielding in colloidal gels: From local structure to mesoscale strand breakage and macroscopic failure.
Physical review. E
(2025)
111
055412
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.111.055412)
Interfacial and density fluctuations in a lattice model of motility-induced phase separation.
Journal of Chemical Physics
(2025)
162
114902
(doi: 10.1063/5.0253530)
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