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Mike Ries is a Professor of Physics and the University of Leeds. Ries specialises in cellulose, polymers, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis of soft matter systems. Ries runs outreach programs related to physics education and is working on the development of natural composites of cellulose as a replacement for polymer-based materials in packaging.

Education and early career
Ries was awarded his PhD in physics from the University of Leeds in 1996. He became apart of the Institute of Physics (IOP) Yorkshire Branch Committee in 1999, and has since been consistently engaged with public outreach related to physics education. Ries joined the University as a temporary lecturer in the following year, 2000.

Research and career
At the University of Leeds, Ries progressed to Senior Lecturer in 2007, and in 2020 to Professor of Physics. Ries works in the Physics Education Group, the Soft Matter Group, and is head of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) group at the University and operated the University's NMR machine.

Ries is working on ways to develop cellulose to replace polymer-based packaging materials. He also works with industry to improve the efficiency of current green packaging initiatives. Among others, Ries works on this project with Peter Hine. Hine brings experience with materials science and working with industry to the projects, as he developed hot compaction and invented single-polymer composites.

In 2021, Ries was awarded the Philips Award by the Institute of Physics (IOP) for decades of his leadership and organisation outreach and education programmes.

Selected publications
Ries' publications include:


 * Victoria A, Ries ME, Hine PJ, Use of interleaved films to enhance the properties of all-cellulose composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 160, 2022.
 * Liang Y, Ries ME, Hine PJ, Three methods to measure the dissolution activation energy of cellulosic fibres using time-temperature superposition. Carbohydrate Polymers. 291, 2022.
 * Radhi A, Le KA, Ries ME, Budtova T, Macroscopic and microscopic study of 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate-DMSO mixtures. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 1633-1640 119.4, 2015.
 * Lovell CS, Walker A, Damion RA, Radhi A, Tanner SF, Budtova T, Ries ME, Influence of cellulose on ion diffusivity in 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate cellulose solutions.. Biomacromolecules. 2927-2935 11.11, 2010.
 * Sescousse R, Le KA, Ries ME, Budtova T, Viscosity of cellulose-imidazolium-based ionic liquid solutions.. J Phys Chem B. 7222-7228 114.21, 2010.

Awards and honours

 * 2021, Institute of Physics, Philips Award