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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

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

2024: FRS

2024: Fellow, Euromech

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 2021: Chief Editor - Physical Review Fluids


2016-2021: 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

Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots.
X Ju, C Chen, CM Oral, S Sevim, R Golestanian, M Sun, N Bouzari, X Lin, M Urso, JS Nam, Y Cho, X Peng, FC Landers, S Yang, A Adibi, N Taz, R Wittkowski, D Ahmed, W Wang, V Magdanz, M Medina-Sánchez, M Guix, N Bari, B Behkam, R Kapral, Y Huang, J Tang, B Wang, K Morozov, A Leshansky, SA Abbasi, H Choi, S Ghosh, B Borges Fernandes, G Battaglia, P Fischer, A Ghosh, B Jurado Sánchez, A Escarpa, Q Martinet, J Palacci, E Lauga, J Moran, MA Ramos-Docampo, B Städler, RS Herrera Restrepo, G Yossifon, JD Nicholas, J Ignés-Mullol, J Puigmartí-Luis, Y Liu, LD Zarzar, CW Shields, L Li, S Li, X Ma, DH Gracias, O Velev, S Sánchez, MJ Esplandiu, J Simmchen, A Lobosco, S Misra, Z Wu, J Li, A Kuhn, A Nourhani, T Maric, Z Xiong, A Aghakhani, Y Mei, Y Tu, F Peng, E Diller, MS Sakar, A Sen, J Law, Y Sun, A Pena-Francesch, K Villa, H Li, DE Fan, K Liang, TJ Huang, XZ Chen, S Tang, X Zhang, J Cui, H Wang, W Gao, V Kumar Bandari, OG Schmidt, X Wu, J Guan, M Sitti, BJ Nelson, S Pané, L Zhang, H Shahsavan, Q He
– ACS nano
(2025)
Designing optimal elastic filaments for viscous propulsion.
M Dvoriashyna, E Lauga
– Soft Matter
(2025)
21,
3503
Axisymmetric thermoviscous and thermal expansion flows for microfluidics
W Liao, E Lauga
– Journal of Engineering Mathematics
(2025)
152,
6
Axisymmetric thermoviscous and thermal expansion flows for microfluidics
W Liao, E Lauga
– Journal of engineering mathematics
(2025)
152,
6
Rotational mobility in spherical membranes: the interplay between Saffman-Delbrück length and inclusion size
M Vona, E Lauga
– Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
(2025)
481,
20240473
Fluid mechanics of sarcomeres as porous media
J Severn, T Vacus, E Lauga
– Soft matter
(2025)
21,
2849
Designing optimal elastic filaments for viscous propulsion
M Dvoriashyna, E Lauga
(2025)
Load-dependent resistive-force theory for helical filaments
PH Htet, E Lauga
(2025)
Axisymmetric thermoviscous and thermal expansion flows for microfluidics
W Liao, E Lauga
(2025)
Fluid mechanics of sarcomeres as porous media
J Severn, T Vacus, E Lauga
(2025)
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Research Groups

Biological Physics and Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics

Room

H0.07

Telephone

01223 337031