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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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

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 2016: 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

Selectively controlled magnetic microrobots with opposing helices
J Giltinan, P Katsamba, W Wang, E Lauga, M Sitti
– Applied Physics Letters
(2020)
116,
134101
The 2020 motile active matter roadmap
G Gompper, RG Winkler, T Speck, A Solon, C Nardini, F Peruani, H Löwen, R Golestanian, UB Kaupp, L Alvarez, T Kiørboe, E Lauga, WCK Poon, A DeSimone, S Muiños-Landin, A Fischer, NA Söker, F Cichos, R Kapral, P Gaspard, M Ripoll, F Sagues, A Doostmohammadi, JM Yeomans, IS Aranson, C Bechinger, H Stark, CK Hemelrijk, FJ Nedelec, T Sarkar, T Aryaksama, M Lacroix, G Duclos, V Yashunsky, P Silberzan, M Arroyo, S Kale
– Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
(2020)
32,
193001
Spontaneous onset of convection in a uniform phoretic channel
S Michelin, S Game, E Lauga, E Keaveny, D Papageorgiou
– Soft Matter
(2020)
16,
1259
Active rotational dynamics of a self-diffusiophoretic colloidal motor.
SY Reigh, M-J Huang, H Löwen, E Lauga, R Kapral
– Soft matter
(2020)
16,
1236
Irreversible hydrodynamic trapping by surface rollers.
A Chamolly, E Lauga, S Tottori
– Soft Matter
(2020)
16,
2611
Transition to bound states for bacteria swimming near surfaces.
D Das, E Lauga
– Physical review. E
(2019)
100,
043117
Shape-programmed 3D printed swimming microtori for the transport of passive and active agents.
RD Baker, T Montenegro-Johnson, AD Sediako, MJ Thomson, A Sen, E Lauga, IS Aranson
– Nature communications
(2019)
10,
4932
A Light‐Driven Microgel Rotor
H Zhang, L Koens, E Lauga, A Mourran, M Möller
– Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
(2019)
15,
e1903379
Viscoelastic propulsion of a rotating dumbbell
JA Puente-Velázquez, FA Godínez, E Lauga, R Zenit
– Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
(2019)
23,
108
Method of regularized stokeslets: Flow analysis and improvement of convergence
B Zhao, E Lauga, L Koens
– Physical Review Fluids
(2019)
4,
084104
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031