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

Unraveling the Large Deviation Statistics of Markovian Open Quantum Systems.
F Carollo, RL Jack, JP Garrahan
Phys Rev Lett
(2019)
122
Microscopic analysis of thermo-orientation in systems of off-centre Lennard-Jones particles
RL Jack, P Wirnsberger, A Reinhardt
The Journal of chemical physics
(2019)
150
Optimizing active work: Dynamical phase transitions, collective motion, and jamming
T Nemoto, É Fodor, ME Cates, RL Jack, J Tailleur
Phys Rev E
(2019)
99
Effects of random pinning on the potential energy landscape of a supercooled liquid
SP Niblett, VK de Souza, RL Jack, DJ Wales
The Journal of chemical physics
(2018)
149
Efficient characterisation of large deviations using population dynamics
T Brewer, SR Clark, R Bradford, RL Jack
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2018)
2018
Canonical Structure and Orthogonality of Forces and Currents in Irreversible Markov Chains
M Kaiser, RL Jack, J Zimmer
Journal of Statistical Physics
(2018)
170
Stochastic level-set method for shape optimisation
LO Hedges, HA Kim, RL Jack
Journal of Computational Physics
(2017)
348
Symmetries and geometrical properties of dynamical fluctuations in molecular dynamics
R Jack, M Kaiser, J Zimmer
Entropy
(2017)
19
Acceleration of Convergence to Equilibrium in Markov Chains by Breaking Detailed Balance.
M Kaiser, RL Jack, J Zimmer
Journal of Statistical Physics
(2017)
168
Finite-Size Scaling of a First-Order Dynamical Phase Transition: Adaptive Population Dynamics and an Effective Model
T Nemoto, RL Jack, V Lecomte
Phys Rev Lett
(2017)
118

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01223 763865

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