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

Thermodynamically consistent flocking: from discontinuous to continuous transitions
T Agranov, RL Jack, ME Cates, É Fodor
New Journal of Physics
(2024)
26
Emerging Mesoscale Flows and Chaotic Advection in Dense Active Matter.
Y-E Keta, JU Klamser, RL Jack, L Berthier
Physical review letters
(2024)
132
Partial and complete wetting of droplets of active Brownian particles.
F Turci, RL Jack, NB Wilding
Soft Matter
(2024)
20
Unraveling metastable Markovian open quantum systems
CA Brown, K Macieszczak, RL Jack
Physical Review A
(2024)
109
Competition between lanes and transient jammed clusters in driven binary mixtures.
H Yu, RL Jack
Physical review. E
(2024)
109
How do cicadas emerge together? Thermophysical aspects of their collective decision-making
RE Goldstein, RL Jack, AI Pesci
Physical Review E
(2024)
109
Heterogeneous nucleation in the random field Ising model
L Yao, RL Jack
J Chem Phys
(2023)
159
Exact hydrodynamics and onset of phase separation for an active exclusion process
J Mason, C Erignoux, RL Jack, M Bruna
Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
(2023)
479
Necking and failure of a particulate gel strand: signatures of yielding on different length scales
K Thijssen, TB Liverpool, CP Royall, RL Jack
Soft Matter
(2023)
19
Active–passive mixtures with bulk loading: a minimal active engine in one dimension
J-F Derivaux, RL Jack, ME Cates
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2023)
2023

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01223 763865

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