Dr Rhoda Hawkins
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Senior Lecturer in Biological Physics Theory
rhoda.hawkins@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4524
+44 114 222 4524
F36, Hicks Building
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Dr Rhoda Hawkins
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
F36
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
91Ö±²¥
S3 7RH
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
F36
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
91Ö±²¥
S3 7RH
- Research interests
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I use tools from theoretical physics (similar to applied maths & mathematical modelling) applied to the following areas I am interested in:
- Biological physics
- Active matter
- Cell movement & deformation
- Soft matter physics
- Publications
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Journal articles
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Journal articles
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(31).
- . PLoS Comput Biol, 17(5), e1008592.
- . Cancers, 13(6), 1-19.
- . Royal Society Open Science, 7(8).
- . Biophysical Journal, 119(3), 502-513.
- . Journal of Cell Biology, 217(3), 799-801.
- . New Journal of Physics, 18(12).
- . PLoS ONE, 11(9).
- . Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 28(36).
- . The European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter and Biological Physics, 37(2).
- . Phys Rev Lett, 113(2), 028102.
- . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 109(18), 6933-6938.
- . SIAM JOURNAL ON APPLIED MATHEMATICS, 72(2), 594-622.
- . Biophys J, 101(5), 1041-1045.
- . PHYS REV E, 82(1).
- . PHYS REV LETT, 104(5).
- . MATH MODEL NAT PHENO, 5(1), 84-105.
- . PHYS REV E, 80(4).
- . PHYS REV LETT, 102(5).
- . J MOL BIOL, 372(5), 1165-1178.
- . BIOPHYS J, 91(6), 2055-2062.
- . J ROY SOC INTERFACE, 3(6), 125-138.
- . PHYS REV LETT, 93(9).
- . Macromolecules, 35(12), 4801-4820.
- Linear rheology of diluted linear, star and model long chain branched polymer melts. RHEOL ACTA, 40(5), 403-415.
- Linear rheology of diluted linear, star and model long chain brached polymer melts. Rheologica Acta, 40(5), 413-415.
- . MACROMOLECULES, 33(22), 8399-8414.
- . Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 12(1), 166-166.
- . Optics Letters, 18(23), 1999-1999.
- . Electronics Letters, 28(25), 2332-2334.
- . Optics Letters, 17(9), 667-667.
- . Applied Physics Letters, 59(16), 1926-1928.
- . Applied Physics Letters, 59(15), 1823-1825.
- . Applied Physics Letters, 58(24), 2749-2751.
- . Optics Letters, 16(7), 470-470.
- . Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 8(2), 386-386.
- . Applied Physics Letters, 56(18), 1737-1739.
- . Optics Letters, 15(4), 239-239.
- . Optics Letters, 14(16), 868-868.
- . Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 6(3), 329-329.
- . Applied Physics Letters, 53(16), 1483-1485.
- . Chemical Physics Letters, 137(1), 83-85.
- . Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 101(3-4), 315-328.
- LIQUID-CRYSTALS IN LIVING TISSUES. ADVANCES IN LIQUID CRYSTALS, 6, 243-264.
- . Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 75(1), 211-216.
- . The Philosophical Quarterly, 26(102), 24-24.
- . Journal of Nuclear Materials, 26(1), 112-122.
- . Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 10.
- . Nanoscale, 13(43), 18237-18246.
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- . Soft Matter, 10(39), 7826-7837.
- . Physical Review Letters, 61(21), 2445-2448.
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Conference proceedings papers
- Pattern formation in the axon: self-assembly of actin rings. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 50(SUPPL 1) (pp 167-167)
- Coarse grained simulations of amyloidogenic proteins in the context of Alzheimer's disease. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 50(SUPPL 1) (pp 123-123)
- Pushing Off The Walls: A Mechanism Of Cell Motility In Confinement. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, Vol. 96(3) (pp 197A-197A)
- FAST FIRING OF STRUCTURAL CLAY UNITS IN A MODERN TUNNEL KILN. AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY BULLETIN, Vol. 46(4) (pp 437-&)
Preprints
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Instabilities, motion and deformation of active fluid droplets, arXiv.
- Immersed Boundary Simulations of Active Fluid Droplets, arXiv.
- Stress reorganisation and response in active solids, arXiv.
- Active polar fluid flow in finite droplets, arXiv.
- Analysis of a non local model for spontaneous cell polarisation, arXiv.
- Spontaneous contractility--mediated cortical flow generates cell migration in 3-dimensional environments, arXiv.
- Rebuilding cytoskeleton roads: Active-transport-induced polarization of cells, arXiv.
- Survival of the aligned: ordering of the plant cortical microtubule array, arXiv.
- A model for the orientational ordering of the plant microtubule cortical array, arXiv.
- Pushing off the walls: a mechanism of cell motility in confinement, arXiv.
- Coarse-Grained Model of Entropic Allostery, arXiv.
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- Teaching activities
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- PHY221 Classical Physics
- PHY420 Biological Physics
- Second year tutorials
- Third and Fourth year projects
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Institute of Physics Science and Innovation Committee
- Institute of Physics Biological Physics Group Committee
- Visiting Lecturer at AIMS (African Institute for Mathematical Sciences)
- EPSRC review
Departmental administration
- Undergraduate recruitment committee
- Equality and Diversity group
- International student tutor
University administration
- Assistant Faculty Director for Postgraduate Research
- Faculty international relations group
- Faculty researcher development group
- University strategic development group
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