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

Cyclically sheared colloidal gels: structural change and delayed failure time.
H Bhaumik, JE Hallett, TB Liverpool, RL Jack, CP Royall
Soft Matter
(2025)
21
Entropy production rate in thermodynamically consistent flocks
T Agranov, RL Jack, ME Cates, É Fodor
New Journal of Physics
(2025)
27
Learning strategies for optimised fitness in a model of cyclic dominance
H Yu, RL Jack
New Journal of Physics
(2025)
27
Gauge freedoms in unravelled quantum dynamics: When do different continuous measurements yield identical quantum trajectories?
C Brown, R Jack, K Macieszczak
Quantum
(2025)
9
Dynamical patterns and nonreciprocal effective interactions in an active-passive mixture through exact hydrodynamic analysis.
J Mason, RL Jack, M Bruna
Nat Commun
(2025)
16
Gauge freedoms in unravelled quantum dynamics: When do different continuous measurements yield identical quantum trajectories?
CA Brown, K Macieszczak, RL Jack
(2025)
Yielding in colloidal gels: From local structure to mesoscale strand breakage and macroscopic failure.
H Bhaumik, TB Liverpool, CP Royall, RL Jack
Phys Rev E
(2025)
111
Interfacial and density fluctuations in a lattice model of motility-induced phase separation.
L Yao, RL Jack
The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2025)
162
Efficient post-selection in light cone correlations of monitored quantum circuits
J Li, RL Jack, B Bertini, JP Garrahan
Physical Review B
(2025)
111
Effects of phase separation on extinction times in population models
J Schüttler, RL Jack, ME Cates
Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2024)
2024

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01223 763865

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