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Biological Physics & Mechanics

Professor Eric Jean-Marie Lauga

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

2018: Early 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

Enhanced active swimming in viscoelastic fluids
EE Riley, E Lauga
– EPL (Europhysics Letters)
(2014)
108,
34003
(doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/108/34003)
Sedimentation of a rotating sphere in a power-law fluid
FA Godínez, E de la Calleja, E Lauga, R Zenit
– Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
213,
27
(doi: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2014.08.013)
Theory of Locomotion Through Complex Fluids
G Elfring, E Lauga
(2014)
283
(doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2065-5_8)
Generalized squirming motion of a sphere
OS Pak, E Lauga
– Journal of Engineering Mathematics
(2014)
88,
1
(doi: 10.1007/s10665-014-9690-9)
Locomotion in complex fluids: Integral theorems
E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2014)
26,
081902
(doi: 10.1063/1.4891969)
Asymmetric steady streaming as a mechanism for acoustic propulsion of rigid bodies
F Nadal, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2014)
26,
082001
(doi: 10.1063/1.4891446)
Rotational propulsion enabled by inertia
F Nadal, OS Pak, L Zhu, L Brandt, E Lauga
– European Physical Journal E
(2014)
37,
16
(doi: 10.1140/epje/i2014-14060-y)
Dynamics of swimming bacteria at complex interfaces
D Lopez, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2014)
26,
071902
(doi: 10.1063/1.4887255)
Optimal swimming of a sheet.
TD Montenegro-Johnson, E Lauga
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2014)
89,
060701
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.89.060701)
Optimal swimming of a sheet
TD Montenegro-Johnson, E Lauga
– Physical Review E
(2014)
89,
060701
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.060701)
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Email

E.Lauga@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031

Personal homepage

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/lauga/index.html

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