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

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)
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
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
Giant leaps and long excursions: Fluctuation mechanisms in systems with long-range memory
RL Jack, RJ Harris
Physical Review E
(2020)
102
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
Dynamical phase coexistence in the Fredrickson-Andersen model
RL Jack, T Nemoto, V Lecomte
Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2020)
2020
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)
Ergodicity and large deviations in physical systems with stochastic dynamics
RL Jack
European Physical Journal B
(2020)
93
Assessing the structural heterogeneity of supercooled liquids through community inference
J Paret, RL Jack, D Coslovich
J Chem Phys
(2020)
152
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

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