A229 Bourns Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: 951-827-2696
FAX: 951-827-6416
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Dimitrios Morikis
Professor,
Bioengineering
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
•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 Travel 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.
http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~dmorikis/morikispublications.html
Former Institution
University of California, San Diego
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, Biomedical Engineering Society, Society for Biological Engineering, and International Complement Society.
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