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

Large deviations of the dynamical activity in the East model: Analysing structure in biased trajectories
RL Jack, P Sollich
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
(2013)
47
Self-assembly of colloidal polymers via depletion-mediated lock and key binding
DJ Ashton, RL Jack, NB Wilding
Soft Matter
(2013)
9
Dynamical correlations in a glass former with randomly pinned particles
RL Jack, CJ Fullerton
Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2013)
88
Dynamical phase transitions in supercooled liquids: interpreting measurements of dynamical activity.
CJ Fullerton, RL Jack
The Journal of chemical physics
(2013)
138
Emergence of Glass-like Behavior in Markov State Models of Protein Folding Dynamics
JK Weber, RL Jack, VS Pande
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2013)
135
Controlling crystal self-assembly using a real-time feedback scheme
D Klotsa, RL Jack
The Journal of chemical physics
(2013)
138
Space-time phase transitions in the East model with a softened kinetic constraint
YS Elmatad, RL Jack
The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2013)
138
Random pinning in glassy spin models with plaquette interactions
RL Jack, L Berthier
Physical Review E
(2012)
85
Quantifying reversibility in a phase-separating lattice gas: An analogy with self-assembly
J Grant, RL Jack
Physical Review E
(2012)
85
Preparation and Relaxation of Very Stable Glassy States of a Simulated Liquid
RL Jack, LO Hedges, JP Garrahan, D Chandler
Phys Rev Lett
(2011)
107

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01223 763865

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