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Thomas Charles Buckland McLeish, FRS, FRSC (born 1 May 1962) is a theoretical physicist. His work is renowned for increasing our understanding of the properties of soft matter. This is matter that can be easily changed by stress – including liquids, foams and biological materials. He was Professor in the Durham University Department of Physics and Director of the Durham Centre for Soft Matter, a multidisciplinary team that works across physics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering. He is now the first Chair of Natural Philosophy at the University of York.