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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

Optimal feeding is optimal swimming for all Peclet numbers
S Michelin, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2011)
23,
101901
Taylor's swimming sheet: Analysis and improvement of the perturbation series
M Sauzade, GJ Elfring, E Lauga
– Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
(2011)
240,
1567
Fluid transport by active elastic membranes
AA Evans, E Lauga
– Physical Review E
(2011)
84,
031924
High-speed propulsion of flexible nanowire motors: Theory and experiments
OS Pak, W Gao, J Wang, E Lauga
– Soft Matter
(2011)
7,
8169
Extensibility enables locomotion under isotropic drag
OS Pak, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2011)
23,
081702
A two-dimensional model of low-Reynolds number swimming beneath a free surface
D CROWDY, S LEE, O SAMSON, E LAUGA, AE HOSOI
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2011)
681,
24
Emergency cell swimming
E Lauga
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(2011)
108,
7655
Enhanced diffusion by reciprocal swimming.
E Lauga
– Physical Review Letters
(2011)
106,
178101
A smooth future?
L Bocquet, E Lauga
– Nat Mater
(2011)
10,
334
Synchronization of flexible sheets
GJ ELFRING, E LAUGA
– JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
(2011)
674,
163
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031