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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

The transient swimming of a waving sheet
OS Pak, E Lauga
– Proceedings of the Royal Society A
(2009)
466,
107
The hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms
E Lauga, TR Powers
– Reports on Progress in Physics
(2009)
72,
096601
Influence of slip on the dynamics of two-dimensional wakes
D LEGENDRE, E LAUGA, J MAGNAUDET
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2009)
633,
437
Hydrodynamic phase locking of swimming microorganisms
GJ Elfring, E Lauga
– Physical Review Letters
(2009)
103,
088101
Capillary instability on a hydrophilic stripe
RL Speth, E Lauga
– New Journal of Physics
(2009)
11,
075024
Life at high Deborah number
E Lauga
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2009)
86,
64001
Adhesion transition of flexible sheets
AA Evans, E Lauga
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2009)
79,
066116
Reciprocal locomotion of dense swimmers in Stokes flow.
D Gonzalez-Rodriguez, E Lauga
– Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
(2009)
21,
204103
Geometric transition in friction for flow over a bubble mattress
AMJ Davis, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2009)
21,
011701
Flapping motion and force generation in a viscoelastic fluid.
T Normand, E Lauga
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2008)
78,
061907
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031