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Faculty of Mathematics

 

CAREER
since 2017: Professor of Applied Mathematics - University of Cambridge 
since 2013: Fellow and College Lecturer in Mathematics - Trinity College

2015-2017: Reader in Applied Mathematics - University of Cambridge 
2013-2015: University Senior Lecturer - University of Cambridge 
2010-2013: Associate Professor - University of California, San Diego
2007-2010: Assistant Professor - University of California, San Diego
2006-2007: Assistant Professor - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
2005-2006: Postdoctoral Associate - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005: Lecturer - Harvard University

EDUCATION
2005: PhD in Applied Mathematics - Harvard University
2001: MS in Fluid Mechanics - University of Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie 
2001: Diplome Corps des Mines - École des Mines de Paris
1998: Diplome d’Ingénieur - École Polytechnique

HONOURS & AWARDS
2024: FRS
2024: Fellow, Euromech
2018Early Career Award for Soft Matter Research, APS 
2016: Fellow, American Physical Society 
2016: Teaching Award - Cambridge University Students' Union 
2015: François Frenkiel Award for Fluid Mechanics, APS 
2015: Exemplary Mentor Award, Quality of Life Research Center
2012: Faculty Mentorship Award, UCSD Graduate Student Association
2010-2011: Teacher of the Year Award - MAE, UC San Diego 
2008-2013: National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2006: Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics, APS
2005-2006: Hock Tan Postdoctoral Fellowship - Mechanical Engineering, MIT
2004, 2005: Derek Bok Teaching Award - Harvard University
2003: Engineering and Applied Sciences Teaching Award, Harvard
1998-2001: Corps des Mines Fellowship - Ecole des Mines de Paris
1998 : Prix d’Option in Mechanics - Ecole Polytechnique

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
since 2021: Chief Editor - Physical Review Fluids

2016-2021: Associate Editor - Physical Review Fluids
2019: Guest editor - PLOS Computational Biology 
2019: Guest editor - Proc. of the Natl. Academy of Sciences of the USA
2013-2016: Associate Editor - Physics of Fluids 
2011-2016: Associate Editor - European Physical Journal E 
2009-2016: Associate Editor - Journal of Fluids and Structures 
2008-2016: Moderator for Fluid Dynamics - arXiv.org 

Publications

Hydrodynamic hovering of swimming bacteria above surfaces
PH Htet, D Das, E Lauga
– Physical Review Research
(2024)
6,
l032070
Hydrodynamic mechanism for stable spindle positioning in meiosis II oocytes
W Liao, E Lauga
(2024)
Hydrodynamic hovering of swimming bacteria above surfaces
PH Htet, D Das, E Lauga
(2024)
Physical mechanism reveals bacterial slowdown above a critical number of flagella
M Tătulea-Codrean, E Lauga
(2024)
Biophysical fluid dynamics in a Petri dish
GT Fortune, E Lauga, RE Goldstein
– Physical Review Fluids
(2024)
9,
083101
Natural convection in the cytoplasm: Theoretical predictions of buoyancy-driven flows inside a cell.
N Desai, W Liao, E Lauga
– PLoS One
(2024)
19,
e0307765
Natural convection in the cytoplasm: Theoretical predictions of buoyancy-driven flows inside a cell
N Desai, W Liao, E Lauga
(2024)
Bacterial motility depends on a critical flagellum length and energy-optimised assembly
M Halte, PF Popp, D Hathcock, J Severn, S Fischer, C Goosmann, A Ducret, E Charpentier, Y Tu, E Lauga, M Erhardt, TT Renault
– bioRxiv
(2024)
2024.06.28.599820
Colloidal bubble propulsion mediated through viscous flows.
A Chamolly, S Michelin, E Lauga
– Soft Matter
(2024)
20,
4744
Colloidal bubble propulsion mediated through viscous flows
A Chamolly, S Michelin, E Lauga
(2024)
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031