hɪz sˈɛmɪnəl wˈɜːk ˌɔn mˈɛmbɹeɪn pɹˈoʊtiːnz ɹɪzˈʌltᵻd ɪnðə dɪvˈɛləpmənt ʌvðə "flˈuːɪd məsˈeɪɪk mˈɑːdəl" ʌvðə sˈɛl mˈɛmbɹeɪn, pˈʌblɪʃt æz  "ðə flˈuːɪd məsˈeɪɪk mˈɑːdəl ʌvðə stɹˈʌktʃɚɹ ʌv sˈɛl mˈɛmbɹeɪnz", ɪn sˈaɪəns ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti tˈuː.
His seminal work on membrane proteins resulted in the development of the "Fluid Mosaic Model" of the cell membrane, published as  "The Fluid Mosaic Model of the Structure of Cell Membranes", in Science in 1972.