Michael Cates

Michael Cates FRSFRSEHonFInstP
Cates in 2012
Born	Michael Elmhirst Cates (1961-05-05)5 May 1961 Bristol,England, United Kingdom
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Education	Trinity College, Cambridge(PhD)
Awards	Maxwell Medal and Prize(1991) Paul Dirac Medal and Prize(2009) Weissenberg Award (2013) Bingham Medal(2016)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics Soft matter
Institutions	University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh
Thesis	The statistical mechanics of complex polymers(1985)
Doctoral advisor	Sir Sam Edwards

Michael Elmhirst CatesFRSFRSEHonFInstP(born 5 May 1961) is a Britishphysicist.He is the 19thLucasian Professor of Mathematicsat theUniversity of Cambridgeand has held this position since 1 July 2015. He was previously Professor of Natural Philosophy at theUniversity of Edinburgh,and has held aRoyal SocietyResearch Professorship since 2007.

His work focuses on the theory ofsoft matter,such aspolymers,colloids,gels,liquid crystals,andgranular material.A recurring goal of his research is to create amathematical modelthat predicts thestressin a flowing material as afunctionalof the flow history of that material. Such a mathematical model is called aconstitutive equation.He has worked on theories ofactive matter,particularly dense suspensions ofself-propelled particleswhich can include motile bacteria. His interests also include fundamental field theories of active systems in which time-reversal symmetry (T-symmetry,and more generally,CPT symmetry) is absent. Such theories are characterised by non-zero steady-stateentropy production.

At Edinburgh, Cates was the Principal Investigator of anEPSRCProgramme Grant, awarded in 2011, entitled Design Principles for New Soft Materials.On his departure for Cambridge,Cait MacPheetook over as Principal Investigator. Cates remains an Honorary Professor at Edinburgh.

Early life

Cates was born on 5 May 1961.He read Natural Sciences and earned a PhD atTrinity College, Cambridge,in 1985, where he studied withSam Edwards.

Academic career

Cates was a research fellow and lecturer at theCavendish Laboratory,University of Cambridge before moving to Edinburgh in 1995.

Honours

Cates won theBingham Medalof the US Society ofRheologyin 2016.He had previously won the 2013 Weissenberg Award of the European Society ofRheologyand the 2009 Gold Medal of theBritish Society of Rheology.He was awarded the 2009Dirac Prizeby the Institute of Physics. He won the 1991Maxwell Medal and Prize.He has served as an elected member of the Council of theRoyal Society,and chairs the International Scientific Committee ofESPCI ParisTech.He was an honorary fellow ofTrinity College, Cambridgefrom 2013 until 2016, when he became instead a senior research fellow.

He was also elected a member of theNational Academy of Engineeringin 2019 for research on the rheology, dynamics, and thermodynamics of complex fluids, and for scientific leadership in the European Community.

Works

Michael Cates has over 350 refereed scientific publications, attracting over 45 000 citations. Hish-indexis 112.

Highly cited publications include:

• Milner, S. T.; Witten, T. A.; Cates, M. E. (1988). "Theory of the grafted polymer brush".Macromolecules.21(8). American Chemical Society (ACS): 2610–2619.Bibcode:1988MaMol..21.2610M.doi:10.1021/ma00186a051.ISSN0024-9297.
• Cates, M E; Candau, S J (20 August 1990). "Statics and dynamics of worm-like surfactant micelles".Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.2(33). IOP Publishing: 6869–6892.doi:10.1088/0953-8984/2/33/001.ISSN0953-8984.S2CID250743546.
• Cates, M. E. (1987). "Reptation of living polymers: dynamics of entangled polymers in the presence of reversible chain-scission reactions".Macromolecules.20(9). American Chemical Society (ACS): 2289–2296.Bibcode:1987MaMol..20.2289C.doi:10.1021/ma00175a038.ISSN0024-9297.
• Sollich, Peter; Lequeux, François; Hébraud, Pascal; Cates, Michael E. (10 March 1997). "Rheology of Soft Glassy Materials".Physical Review Letters.78(10). American Physical Society (APS): 2020–2023.arXiv:cond-mat/9611228.Bibcode:1997PhRvL..78.2020S.doi:10.1103/physrevlett.78.2020.ISSN0031-9007.S2CID14392727.
• Cates, M. E.; Wittmer, J. P.; Bouchaud, J.-P.; Claudin, P. (31 August 1998). "Jamming, Force Chains, and Fragile Matter".Physical Review Letters.81(9). American Physical Society (APS): 1841–1844.arXiv:cond-mat/9803197.Bibcode:1998PhRvL..81.1841C.doi:10.1103/physrevlett.81.1841.ISSN0031-9007.S2CID119378758.
• Pham, K. N. (5 April 2002)."Multiple Glassy States in a Simple Model System".Science.296(5565). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 104–106.Bibcode:2002Sci...296..104P.doi:10.1126/science.1068238.ISSN0036-8075.PMID11935020.S2CID34313265.
• Stratford, K. (30 September 2005). "Colloidal Jamming at Interfaces: A Route to Fluid-Bicontinuous Gels".Science.309(5744). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 2198–2201.arXiv:cond-mat/0510040.Bibcode:2005Sci...309.2198S.doi:10.1126/science.1116589.ISSN0036-8075.PMID16195456.S2CID14719880.
• Tailleur, J.; Cates, M. E. (29 May 2008). "Statistical Mechanics of Interacting Run-and-Tumble Bacteria".Physical Review Letters.100(21): 218103.arXiv:0803.1069.Bibcode:2008PhRvL.100u8103T.doi:10.1103/physrevlett.100.218103.ISSN0031-9007.PMID18518641.S2CID9651052.

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