Lisa Fauci

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Total Citations

155

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About

Lisa Fauci is a leading figure in computational fluid dynamics and biological fluid mechanics, whose work illuminates how organisms move through fluids—from microscopic swimmers to undulating lampreys. Her research bridges mathematics, biology, and engineering, focusing on the intricate coupling between flexible bodies and surrounding fluids. Fauci’s major contributions include pioneering computational models that reveal how body stiffness and passive material properties govern swimming performance. Her 2016 study on undulatory swimming, cited 84 times, used robotic and computational lamprey models to demonstrate that tuning flexibility can dramatically enhance propulsion. In her 2018 work on heaving flexible panels (56 citations), she explored how momentum transfer between flexible appendages and fluid shapes evolutionary kinematics. Fauci also advanced the mathematical toolkit for studying microorganisms, developing slender-body theories and regularized Stokeslet methods that enable precise simulations of flagellar motility. Her research not only deepens our understanding of natural locomotion but also inspires bio-inspired robotic design. With a career dedicated to unraveling the physics of life in motion, Fauci’s work stands as a cornerstone for students and researchers exploring the intersection of mathematics, biology, and fluid dynamics.