Eric Lauga is professor of applied mathematics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College. He is the author of over 180 publications in fluid mechanics, biophysics, and soft matter, as well as The Fluid Dynamics of Cell Motility (2020). Lauga currently serves as lead editor for the APS journal Physical Review Fluids, is a Fellow of the APS, and is a recipient of the APS Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award (2006), the APS Francois Frenkiel Award (2015), and the APS Early Career Award for Soft Matter Research (2018).