I am a theoretical physicist lecturing and researching in the University of Leeds, Department of Applied Mathematics. I study the statistical principles that link the physics of microscopic particles to the large-scale properties of the structures and materials that they form. The same principles of statistical physics govern clusters of proteins in the body and globular clusters of stars.My publications and other information can be found at https://www.sites.google.com/site/rmlevans/publicationsI have broad interests in Soft Matter Physics, applying to Colloids, Surfactants and Polymeric Fluids, including:•Principles of Phase-Ordering Dynamics and Metastability•Polydispersity - its effects of phase equilibria and dynamics•Jamming•NonNewtonian fluid flowTechniques I use include:•Mathematical modelling•Monte Carlo simulations (both equilibrium and kinetic)•Hydrodynamics simulations•Stochastic calculus•Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statisitcal mechanics