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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: Fellow of the Royal Society (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

Self-propulsion in viscoelastic fluids: Pushers vs. pullers
L Zhu, E Lauga, L Brandt
– Physics of Fluids
(2012)
24,
051902
Hydrodynamics of self-propulsion near a boundary: predictions and accuracy of far-field approximations
SE Spagnolie, E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2012)
700,
105
Hydrodynamics of the double-wave structure of insect spermatozoa flagella.
OS Pak, SE Spagnolie, E Lauga
– J R Soc Interface
(2012)
9,
1908
Hydrodynamics of the Double-Wave Structure of Insect Spermatozoa
OS Pak, SE Spagnolie, E Lauga
– Biophysical Journal
(2012)
102,
414A
Synchronization of Swimming Microorganisms
GJ Elfring, E Lauga
– Biophysical Journal
(2012)
102,
415a
Viscous Marangoni propulsion
E Lauga, AMJ Davis
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2011)
705,
120
Cargo-towing fuel-free magnetic nanoswimmers for targeted drug delivery.
W Gao, D Kagan, OS Pak, C Clawson, S Campuzano, E Chuluun-Erdene, E Shipton, EE Fullerton, L Zhang, E Lauga, J Wang
– Small
(2011)
8,
460
Energetics of synchronized states in three-dimensional beating flagella.
C Mettot, E Lauga
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2011)
84,
061905
Orientational order in concentrated suspensions of spherical microswimmers
AA Evans, T Ishikawa, T Yamaguchi, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2011)
23,
111702
Stability and non-linear response of 1D microfluidic-particle streams
N Champagne, E Lauga, D Bartolo
– Soft Matter
(2011)
7,
11082
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031