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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

Generalized squirming motion of a sphere
OS Pak, E Lauga
– Journal of Engineering Mathematics
(2014)
88,
1
Phoretic self-propulsion at finite Péclet numbers
S Michelin, E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
747,
572
Geometry and wetting of capillary folding
J-P Péraud, E Lauga
– Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
(2014)
89,
043011
Geometry and wetting of capillary folding
J-P Peraud, E Lauga
– Physical Review E
(2014)
89,
ARTN 043011
Viscous pumping inspired by flexible propulsion
RM Arco, JR Vélez-Cordero, E Lauga, R Zenit
– Bioinspiration and Biomimetics
(2014)
9,
036007
Mixing by microorganisms in stratified fluids
GL Wagner, WR Young, E Lauga
– Journal of Marine Research
(2014)
72,
47
Stochastic dynamics of active swimmers in linear flows
M Sandoval, NK Marath, G Subramanian, E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
742,
50
Optimal propulsive flapping in Stokes flows.
L Was, E Lauga
– Bioinspiration & biomimetics
(2013)
9,
016001
Hydrodynamic fluctuations in confined particle-laden fluids
N Desreumaux, J-B Caussin, R Jeanneret, E Lauga, D Bartolo
– Physical review letters
(2013)
111,
118301
Waving transport and propulsion in a generalized newtonian fluid
JR Vélez-Cordero, E Lauga
– Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
199,
37
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031