Understanding, designing, and controlling collective and stochastic states in active matter
I am a theoretical physicist and applied mathematician working to untangle the complexities of biological matter such as assemblies of disordered proteins, collectives of biological cells, and macro-molecular transporters and also active matter, a class of out-of-equilibrium systems, which includes most of what we deem to be living matter. A thread running through all my research is the building of minimal “bare bones” models based on statistical physics, stochastic systems, and computational frameworks to better understand, design, and control, biological and active matter.
Currently, I am an independent Isaac Newton Institute (INI-Simons) Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge and a Research Associate of Fitzwilliam College. I am also an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics, University College London (UCL).
INI-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow.
Flora Philip Fellowship (2025)
Research Associate of Fitzwilliam College.
Latest news
(October 2024) I became a Research Associate of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
(September 2024) Announced the Stochastic Systems in Active Matter (SSAM) workshop to be taking place at the Isaac Newton Institute, University of Cambridge 4th October. See “SSAM24 Workshop” page for more information.
(September 2024) Gave a contributed talk at the Smart Condensates and Droplets Meeting at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
(September 2024) Gave an invited talk at the 1st meeting of the UK Mathematical Systems and Control Theory at Warwick University.
(August 2024) Living proof podcast interview: “Meet the… Simons Postdoctoral Fellows” mini series #12 Dr Luke Davis.
(August 2024) Gave a talk on Statistical physics and active matter, and about my journey in academia as a Black physicist, at Representing Physics 24, organized by the Blackett Lab Family, at Imperial College London.
(June 2024) Was a judge for the “Solve for X” event ran by the Martingale foundation, and gave an invited talk at the LMS in celebration of 200th Anniversary of the birth of Lord Kelvin.
(June 2024) Visit and talk in Rome in the historic University “la Sapienza”.
(May 2024) Visited the picturesque IESC in Cargese, in Corsica, to participate in the Collecitve motion of animals and robots workshop. Presented work on the control of active matter.
(May 2024) Presented work in Edinburgh [Physics of biological cells] with Philip Pearce on minimal polymer physics modelling of disordered protein assemblies.
(April 2024) Attended my first BAMC meeting in Newcastle and gave a talk in the Mathematics and Physics of Active and Living Systems session.
(March 2024) Secured my second Laidlaw UG Scholar, who will start work in June 2024.
(March 2024) Gave an invited talk on work on active matter under control and was part of a panel discussion on EDI in physics in the PhysicsIsYou conference (London).
(March 2024) Presented work about our Nat. Comms. paper (Tactoids) at the APS March Meeting in Minneapolis, USA.
(Feb 2024) I have won x2 Fellowships! I will soon be joining the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge as an INI Fellow, then joining the University of Edinburgh for a 4-year (eq. Lecturer) Flora Philip Fellowship. Excited to push the boundaries of theoretical biophysics and stat mech.
