Professor Eric Jean-Marie Lauga | Faculty of Mathematics

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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
2018: Early 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

Can phoretic particles swim in two dimensions?

D Sondak, C Hawley, S Heng, R Vinsonhaler, E Lauga, J-L Thiffeault

– Physical Review E

(2016)

94,

062606

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.94.062606)

Arbitrary axisymmetric steady streaming: flow, force and propulsion

TA Spelman, E Lauga

– Journal of Engineering Mathematics

(2016)

105,

31

(doi: 10.1007/s10665-016-9880-8)

Hydrodynamic interactions between nearby slender filaments

Y Man, L Koens, E Lauga

– EPL (Europhysics Letters)

(2016)

116,

24002

(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/116/24002)

Elastohydrodynamic synchronization of adjacent beating flagella

RE Goldstein, E Lauga, AI Pesci, MRE Proctor

– Physical Review Fluids

(2016)

1,

073201

(doi: 10.1103/physrevfluids.1.073201)

Stresslets Induced by Active Swimmers.

E Lauga, S Michelin

– Physical Review Letters

(2016)

117,

148001

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.148001)

Flow analysis of the low Reynolds number swimmerC. elegans

TD Montenegro-Johnson, DA Gagnon, PE Arratia, E Lauga

– Physical Review Fluids

(2016)

1,

053202

(doi: 10.1103/physrevfluids.1.053202)

Sensing in the Mouth: A Model for Filiform Papillae as Strain Amplifiers

E Lauga, CJ Pipe, B Le Révérend

– Frontiers in Physics

(2016)

4,

35

(doi: 10.3389/fphy.2016.00035)

Flagellar flows around bacterial swarms

J Dauparas, E Lauga

– Physical Review Fluids

(2016)

1,

043202

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.043202)

Phoretic flow induced by asymmetric confinement

M Lisicki, S Michelin, E Lauga

– Journal of Fluid Mechanics

(2016)

799,

R5-1

(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2016.408)

Micro-Tug-of-War: A Selective Control Mechanism for Magnetic Swimmers

P Katsamba, E Lauga

– Physical Review Applied

(2016)

5,

064019

(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.5.064019)