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

Mechanical analysis of a dynamical phase transition for particles in a channel
J Dolezal, RL Jack
Physical Review Research
(2022)
4
Disordered collective motion in dense assemblies of persistent particles
Y-E Keta, RL Jack, L Berthier
Phys Rev Lett
(2022)
129
Role of initial conditions in $1D$ diffusive systems: compressibility, hyperuniformity and long-term memory
T Banerjee, RL Jack, ME Cates
(2022)
Direct imaging of contacts and forces in colloidal gels
J Dong, F Turci, RL Jack, MA Faers, CP Royall
Journal of Chemical Physics
(2022)
156
Multilevel simulation of hard-sphere mixtures
PB Rohrbach, H Kobayashi, R Scheichl, NB Wilding, RL Jack
(2022)
Rectification in a mixture of active and passive particles subject to a ratchet potential
J-F Derivaux, RL Jack, ME Cates
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2022)
2022
Tracer dynamics in one dimensional gases of active or passive particles
Banerjee, RL Jack, ME Cates
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2022)
2022
Cycle counts and affinities in stochastic models of nonequilibrium systems.
P Pietzonka, J Guioth, RL Jack
Physical Review E
(2021)
104
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
PloS one
(2021)
16
Irreversibility and Biased Ensembles in Active Matter: Insights from Stochastic Thermodynamics
É Fodor, RL Jack, ME Cates
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
(2021)
13

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