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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

Universal optimal geometry of minimal phoretic pumps.
S Michelin, E Lauga
– Sci Rep
(2019)
9,
10788
Stochastic dynamics of dissolving active particles
A Chamolly, E Lauga
– Eur Phys J E Soft Matter
(2019)
42,
88
Swimming eukaryotic microorganisms exhibit a universal speed distribution
M Lisicki, MF Velho Rodrigues, RE Goldstein, E Lauga
(2019)
e44907
Active Particles Powered by Quincke Rotation in a Bulk Fluid.
D Das, E Lauga
– Physical Review Letters
(2019)
122,
194503
Propulsion by stiff elastic filaments in viscous fluids.
P Katsamba, E Lauga
– Physical review. E
(2019)
99,
053107
TheN-flagella problem: elastohydrodynamic motility transition of multi-flagellated bacteria
K Ishimoto, E Lauga
– Proc Math Phys Eng Sci
(2019)
475,
20180690
Self-organization of swimmers drives long-range fluid transport in bacterial colonies.
H Xu, J Dauparas, D Das, E Lauga, Y Wu
– Nature Communications
(2019)
10,
1792
A stochastic model for bacteria-driven micro-swimmers
C Esparza López, A Théry, E Lauga
– Soft Matter
(2019)
2019,
2605
The near and far of a pair of magnetic capillary disks.
L Koens, W Wang, M Sitti, E Lauga
– Soft Matter
(2019)
15,
1497
Hydrodynamics of bacteriophage migration along bacterial flagella
P Katsamba, EJ Lauga
– Physical Review Fluids
(2019)
4,
013101
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031