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Dr Robert Jack

Professor of Statistical Mechanics

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

Bayesian inference across multiple models suggests a strong increase in lethality of COVID-19 in late 2020 in the UK
P Pietzonka, E Brorson, W Bankes, ME Cates, RL Jack, R Adhikari
(2021)
2021.03.10.21253311
(doi: 10.1101/2021.03.10.21253311)
Collective motion in large deviations of active particles.
Y-E Keta, É Fodor, F van Wijland, ME Cates, RL Jack
– Physical review. E
(2021)
103,
022603
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.103.022603)
Preface: Special issue 'Unifying Concepts in Glass Physics VII'
CP Royall, RL Jack, J Russo, C Cammarota, JP Garrahan, P Sollich
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2020)
2020,
104001
(doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/aba897)
Giant leaps and long excursions: Fluctuation mechanisms in systems with long-range memory.
RL Jack, RJ Harris
– Physical Review E
(2020)
102,
012154
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.102.012154)
Dynamical phase transitions for the activity biased Ising model in a magnetic field
J Guioth, RL Jack
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2020)
2020,
063215
(doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/ab8c34)
Dynamical phase coexistence in the Fredrickson-Andersen model
RL Jack, T Nemoto, V Lecomte
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2020)
2020,
053204
(doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/ab7af6)
Inference, prediction and optimization of non-pharmaceutical interventions using compartment models: the PyRoss library
R Adhikari, A Bolitho, F Caballero, ME Cates, J Dolezal, T Ekeh, J Guioth, RL Jack, J Kappler, L Kikuchi, H Kobayashi, YI Li, JD Peterson, P Pietzonka, B Remez, PB Rohrbach, R Singh, G Turk
(2020)
(link to publication)
Ergodicity and large deviations in physical systems with stochastic dynamics
RL Jack
– European Physical Journal B
(2020)
93,
74
(doi: 10.1140/epjb/e2020-100605-3)
Assessing the structural heterogeneity of supercooled liquids through community inference.
J Paret, RL Jack, D Coslovich
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2020)
152,
144502
(doi: 10.1063/5.0004732)
Large deviations and optimal control forces for hard particles in one dimension
J Dolezal, RL Jack
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2019)
2019,
123208
(doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/ab4801)
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01223 763865

Email address

rlj22@cam.ac.uk

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