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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

Phase-separation models for swimming enhancement in complex fluids.
Y Man, E Lauga
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2015)
92,
023004
Phase-separation models for swimming enhancement in complex fluids
Y Man, E Lauga
– Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
(2015)
92,
023004
Nondecaying Hydrodynamic Interactions along Narrow Channels
K Misiunas, S Pagliara, E Lauga, JR Lister, UF Keyser
– Physical review letters
(2015)
115,
038301
Small-amplitude swimmers can self-propel faster in viscoelastic fluids.
EE Riley, E Lauga
– Journal of theoretical biology
(2015)
382,
345
Complex fluids affect low-Reynolds number locomotion in a kinematic-dependent manner
FA Godínez, L Koens, TD Montenegro-Johnson, R Zenit, E Lauga
– Experiments in Fluids
(2015)
56,
97
Autophoretic locomotion from geometric asymmetry.
S Michelin, E Lauga
– The European Physical Journal E
(2015)
38,
1
Geometric capture and escape of a microswimmer colliding with an obstacle.
SE Spagnolie, GR Moreno-Flores, D Bartolo, E Lauga
– Soft Matter
(2015)
11,
3396
Geometric pumping in autophoretic channels
S Michelin, TD Montenegro-Johnson, G De Canio, N Lobato-Dauzier, E Lauga
– Soft Matter
(2015)
11,
5804
The bearable gooeyness of swimming
E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
762,
1
The other optimal Stokes drag profile
TD Montenegro-Johnson, E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
762,
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031