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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

Collective stiffening of soft hair assemblies
J-B Thomazo, E Lauga, B Le Révérend, E Wandersman, AM Prevost
– Physical review. E
(2020)
102,
010602
Light-switchable propulsion of active particles with reversible interactions
HR Vutukuri, M Lisicki, E Lauga, J Vermant
– Nature communications
(2020)
11,
2628
Geometrical Constraints on the Tangling of Bacterial Flagellar Filaments
M Tătulea-Codrean, E Lauga
– Scientific Reports
(2020)
10,
8406
Selectively controlled magnetic microrobots with opposing helices
J Giltinan, P Katsamba, W Wang, E Lauga, M Sitti
– Applied Physics Letters
(2020)
116,
134101
The 2020 motile active matter roadmap.
G Gompper, RG Winkler, T Speck, A Solon, C Nardini, F Peruani, H Löwen, R Golestanian, UB Kaupp, L Alvarez, T Kiørboe, E Lauga, WCK Poon, A DeSimone, S Muiños-Landin, A Fischer, NA Söker, F Cichos, R Kapral, P Gaspard, M Ripoll, F Sagues, A Doostmohammadi, JM Yeomans, IS Aranson et al.
– Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
(2020)
32,
193001
Spontaneous onset of convection in a uniform phoretic channel.
S Michelin, S Game, E Lauga, E Keaveny, D Papageorgiou
– Soft Matter
(2020)
16,
1259
Active rotational dynamics of a self-diffusiophoretic colloidal motor
SY Reigh, M-J Huang, H Löwen, E Lauga, R Kapral
– Soft matter
(2020)
16,
1236
Irreversible hydrodynamic trapping by surface rollers
A Chamolly, E Lauga, S Tottori
– Soft matter
(2020)
16,
2611
Transition to bound states for bacteria swimming near surfaces
D Das, E Lauga
– Physical review. E
(2019)
100,
043117
Shape-programmed 3D printed swimming microtori for the transport of passive and active agents
RD Baker, T Montenegro-Johnson, AD Sediako, MJ Thomson, A Sen, E Lauga, IS Aranson
– Nat Commun
(2019)
10,
4932
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031