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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

The passive diffusion of Leptospira interrogans
L Koens, E Lauga
– Phys Biol
(2014)
11,
066008
Enhanced active swimming in viscoelastic fluids
EE Riley, E Lauga
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2014)
108,
34003
Sedimentation of a rotating sphere in a power-law fluid
FA Godínez, E de la Calleja, E Lauga, R Zenit
– Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
213,
27
Theory of Locomotion Through Complex Fluids
G Elfring, E Lauga
(2014)
283
Generalized squirming motion of a sphere
OS Pak, E Lauga
– Journal of Engineering Mathematics
(2014)
88,
1
Locomotion in complex fluids: Integral theorems
E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2014)
26,
081902
Asymmetric steady streaming as a mechanism for acoustic propulsion of rigid bodies
F Nadal, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2014)
26,
082001
Rotational propulsion enabled by inertia
F Nadal, OS Pak, L Zhu, L Brandt, E Lauga
– The European physical journal. E, Soft matter
(2014)
37,
16
Dynamics of swimming bacteria at complex interfaces
D Lopez, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2014)
26,
071902
Optimal swimming of a sheet.
TD Montenegro-Johnson, E Lauga
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2014)
89,
060701
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031