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Professor Eric Jean-Marie Lauga

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: Fellow of the Royal Society (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

Self-Assembly of Spherical Particles on an Evaporating Sessile Droplet
M Schnall-Levin, E Lauga, MP Brenner
– Langmuir
(2006)
22,
4547
(doi: 10.1021/la052921z)
Geometrical and rheological characteristics of optimized gastropod locomotion
AE Hosoi, B Chan, E Lauga
– ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2006)
231,
(link to publication)
Swimming in Circles: Motion of Bacteria near Solid Boundaries
E Lauga, WR DiLuzio, GM Whitesides, HA Stone
– Biophysical Journal
(2005)
90,
400
(doi: 10.1529/biophysj.105.069401)
Brownian motion near a partial-slip boundary: A local probe of the no-slip condition - art. no. 103102
E Lauga, TM Squires
– Physics of Fluids
(2005)
17,
103102
(doi: 10.1063/1.2083748)
A note on the stability of slip channel flows - art. no. 088106
E Lauga, C Cossu
– Physics of Fluids
(2005)
17,
1
(doi: 10.1063/1.2032267)
The self-sorting of motile E. coli cells
WR DiLuzio, E Lauga, HA Stone, GM Whitesides
– BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
(2005)
88,
504A
(link to publication)
Evaporation-Driven Assembly of Colloidal Particles
E Lauga, MP Brenner
– Physical Review Letters
(2004)
93,
238301
(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.238301)
Apparent slip due to the motion of suspended particles in flows of electrolyte solutions.
E Lauga
– Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
(2004)
20,
8924
(doi: 10.1021/la049464r)
Dynamic mechanisms for apparent slip on hydrophobic surfaces
E Lauga, MP Brenner
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2004)
70,
7
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.70.026311)
Three-dimensional flows in slowly varying planar geometries
E Lauga, AD Stroock, HA Stone
– Physics of Fluids
(2004)
16,
3051
(doi: 10.1063/1.1760105)
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics

Email

E.Lauga@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031

Personal homepage

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/lauga/index.html

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