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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

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

Phase-separation models for swimming enhancement in complex fluids
Y Man, E Lauga
– Physical Review E
(2015)
92,
023004
Nondecaying Hydrodynamic Interactions along Narrow Channels.
K Misiunas, S Pagliara, E Lauga, JR Lister, UF Keyser
– Physical review letters
(2015)
115,
038301
Small-amplitude swimmers can self-propel faster in viscoelastic fluids.
EE Riley, E Lauga
– Journal of theoretical biology
(2015)
382,
345
Complex fluids affect low-Reynolds number locomotion in a kinematic-dependent manner
FA Godínez, L Koens, TD Montenegro-Johnson, R Zenit, E Lauga
– Experiments in Fluids
(2015)
56,
97
Autophoretic locomotion from geometric asymmetry
S Michelin, E Lauga
– European Physical Journal E
(2015)
38,
7
Geometric pumping in autophoretic channels.
S Michelin, TD Montenegro-Johnson, G De Canio, N Lobato-Dauzier, E Lauga
– Soft matter
(2015)
11,
5804
Geometric capture and escape of a microswimmer colliding with an obstacle
SE Spagnolie, GR Moreno-Flores, D Bartolo, E Lauga
– Soft matter
(2015)
11,
3396
The bearable gooeyness of swimming
E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
762,
1
The other optimal Stokes drag profile
TD Montenegro-Johnson, E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
762,
r3
The passive diffusion ofLeptospira interrogans
L Koens, E Lauga
– Phys Biol
(2014)
11,
066008
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031