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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

Efficiency optimization and symmetry-breaking in a model of ciliary locomotion
S Michelin, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2010)
22,
111901
Mechanical Aspects of Biological Locomotion
AE Hosoi, E Lauga
– Experimental Mechanics
(2010)
50,
1259
Propulsion by passive filaments and active flagella near boundaries
AA Evans, E Lauga
– Physical Review E
(2010)
82,
041915
Propulsion by passive filaments and active flagella near boundaries.
AA Evans, E Lauga
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2010)
82,
041915
Publisher's Note: "Jet propulsion without inertia" [Phys. Fluids 22, 081902 (2010)]
SE Spagnolie, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2010)
22,
099901
Hydrodynamic friction of fakir-like superhydrophobic surfaces
AMJ Davis, E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2010)
661,
402
Jet propulsion without inertia
SE Spagnolie, E Lauga
– Physics of Fluids
(2010)
22,
081902
Stokesian jellyfish: viscous locomotion of bilayer vesicles
AA Evans, SE Spagnolie, E Lauga
– Soft Matter
(2010)
6,
1737
Pumping by flapping in a viscoelastic fluid
OS Pak, T Normand, E Lauga
– Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
(2010)
81,
036312
Two-dimensional flagellar synchronization in viscoelastic fluids
GJ Elfring, OS Pak, E Lauga
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2010)
646,
505
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Research Group

Biological Physics and Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031