Biomolecular Modeling & Design Lab

Dimitrios Morikis

Professor of Bioengineering (Bioeng)

Center for Bioengineering Research (CBR)

Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (BMS)

Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine (MolMed)

Interdisciplinary Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology (ICQMB)

Institute for Integrative Genome Biology (IIGB)

Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB)

Online Master of Science in Engineering Program (MSOL)

Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSEP)

Center for Research in Intelligent Systems (CRIS)

Education

B.S. Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1983

M.S. Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1985

Ph.D. Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1990

Postdoctoral Fellow, Structural Biology, The scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 1990-1993

NIH Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, 1999-2001 

Honors/Awards

2013, Carolyn K. McGillvray Memorial Award for Macular Degeneration Research, BrightFocus Foundation.

2012, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, University of California, Riverside, CA.

2011, OCEC (Orange County Engineering Council) 2011 Distinguished Engineering Educator Award.

2008, AIMBE (American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering) Fellow. 

2006, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Fellow 

2003-2004, Non-Senate Distinguished Researcher Award, University of California, Riverside, CA.

1999-2001, NIH (National Institutes of Health) National Research Service Award-Senior Fellowship, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA.

1983-1984, Fulbright Scholar to pursue graduate studies in physics in USA, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

1993, The Scripps Society of Fellows Award for best presentation at the Scripps Society of Fellows Annual Research Symposium.

1989, APS (American Physical Society) STEP Travel Grant to attend the March 1989 National APS. Meeting in Saint Louis, MO.

1986, APS-Fulbright STEP Travel Grant to attend the March 1986 National APS Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

1983, Fulbright Summer Orientation Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

1981, IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) Summer Undergraduate Student Research Internship, The Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Science, Poznan, Poland.

Short Biography

BeneFunder Profile 

Professor Morikis, Biophysicist in Profile, Biophysical Society Newsletter, April 2016 

BMC Blog Series: Introducing the Editor-in-Chief for BMC Biophysics, Q&A with Professor Dimitrios Morikis, by Alison Cuff