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0223 MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Morikis, Dimitrios

Professor of Bioengineering

Bourns College of Engineering

Bioengineering


Biography

Dr. Morikis practices cross-disciplinary research in the fields of bioengineering, biopharmaceutical discovery, biophysics, structural biology, and computational chemistry. His current research efforts focus on understanding of the physicochemical basis of immune system function and the design of inhibitors against ill-regulated immune system. He is a member of the following professional organizations: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Biophysical Society, American Chemical Society, and Biomedical Engineering Society.

Former Institution

University of California, San Diego

Degrees

B.S. Physics 1983

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

M.S. Physics 1985

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Ph.D. Physics (Biophysics) 1990

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Structural Biology, 1990 - 1993

The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

N.I.H. Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, Computational Chemistry, 1999 - 2001

University of California, San Diego, CA

Awards

•2012, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, University of California, Riverside, CA.
•2011 Distinguished Educator Award, Orange County Engineering Council's (OCEC)
•A.I.M.B.E. (American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering) Fellow, 2008
•A.A.A.S. (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Fellow, 2006
•Non-Senate Distinguished Reseacher Award, University of California, Riverside, CA, 2003-2004
•N.I.H. (National Institutes of Health) National Research Service Award-Senior Fellowship, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA, 1999-2001
•Fulbright Graduate Fellowship to pursue graduate studies in Physics in U.S.A., Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1983-1984
•Fulbright Summer Orientation Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1983
•The Scripps Society of Fellows Award for best presentation at the Scripps Society of Fellows Annual Research Symposium, 1993
•A.P.S. (American Physical Society) Fulbright and A.P.S. STEP Travel Grants to attend A.P.S. March Meetings (1986, Las Vegas, NV and 1989, Saint Louis, MO)
•I.A.E.S.T.E. (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) Summer Undergraduate Student Trainship, The Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Science, Poznan, Poland 1981


Research Area

Immunophysics, immunoengineering, computational modeling of biomolecules and biomolecular interactions, structural bioinformatics, rational protein, peptide, and drug design, NMR spectroscopy.

Publications

For additional information, please see Professor Morikis' faculty webpage.

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