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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

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

Microscale flow dynamics of ribbons and sheets
TD Montenegro-Johnson, L Koens, E Lauga
– Soft matter
(2017)
13,
546
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
Arbitrary axisymmetric steady streaming: flow, force and propulsion
TA Spelman, E Lauga
– Journal of Engineering Mathematics
(2016)
105,
1
Hydrodynamic interactions between nearby slender filaments
Y Man, L Koens, E Lauga
– Epl
(2016)
116,
24002
Elastohydrodynamic synchronization of adjacent beating flagella
RE Goldstein, E Lauga, AI Pesci, MRE Proctor
– Phys Rev Fluids
(2016)
1,
073201
Stresslets Induced by Active Swimmers.
E Lauga, S Michelin
– Physical review letters
(2016)
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
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
Flagellar flows around bacterial swarms
J Dauparas, E Lauga
– Physical Review Fluids
(2016)
1,
043202
Phoretic flow induced by asymmetric confinement
M Lisicki, S Michelin, E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2016)
799,
R5-1
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

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