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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

Dance of the microswimmers
E Lauga, RE Goldstein
– Physics Today
(2012)
65,
30
Active and driven hydrodynamic crystals.
N Desreumaux, N Florent, E Lauga, D Bartolo
– The European Physical Journal E
(2012)
35,
68
Kinematics of the Most Efficient Cilium
C Eloy, E Lauga
– Phys Rev Lett
(2012)
109,
038101
Buckling instability of squeezed droplets
GJ Elfring, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2012)
24,
072102
Self-propulsion in viscoelastic fluids: Pushers vs. pullers
L Zhu, E Lauga, L Brandt
– Physics of Fluids
(2012)
24,
051902
Hydrodynamics of self-propulsion near a boundary: predictions and accuracy of far-field approximations
SE Spagnolie, E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2012)
700,
105
Hydrodynamics of the double-wave structure of insect spermatozoa flagella
OS Pak, SE Spagnolie, E Lauga
– Journal of the Royal Society Interface
(2012)
9,
1908
Synchronization of Swimming Microorganisms
GJ Elfring, E Lauga
– Biophysical Journal
(2012)
102,
415a
Hydrodynamics of the Double-Wave Structure of Insect Spermatozoa
OS Pak, SE Spagnolie, E Lauga
– Biophysical Journal
(2012)
102,
414a
Viscous Marangoni propulsion
E Lauga, AMJ Davis
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2011)
705,
120
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031