DIMITRIOS VAVYLONIS
Department of Physics
Lehigh University
16 Memorial Drive East
Bethlehem PA 18015
Tel: (610) 758-3724
Fax: (610) 758-5730
vavylonis@lehigh.edu
EDUCATION
2000 Ph.D. in Physics, Columbia University with B. O'Shaughnessy (Chemical Engineering)
1998 M.Phil. in Physics, Columbia University
1996 M.A. in Physics, Columbia University
1994 Ptychion (B.Sc.) in Physics, University of Athens, Greece
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2016-present Professor, Department of Physics, Lehigh University
2012-2016 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Lehigh University
2006-2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Lehigh University
2004-2006 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University with B. O'Shaughnessy(Chemical Engineering) and Yale University with T. D. Pollard (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)
2002-2004 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University with B. O'Shaughnessy (Chemical Engineering)
2000-2002 Military service in Greek Army.
HONORS, AWARDS AND VISITING POSITIONS
2025-2030 Iacocca Chair of the College of Arts and Sciences, Lehigh University
2025- Guest Scientist, Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, New York
2022-2024 Visiting Scholar, Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Instute, New York
2019 JST-CREST Invited Researcher, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2015 JSPS Invited Fellow, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2015 NWO Visiting Scientist, FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014 SNF Visiting Professor, Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2010 Lehigh University Class of 68 Pre-Tenure Research Fellowship
2010 Eleanor and Joseph F. Libsch Early Career Research Award, Lehigh University
PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
2025- PLoS Computational Biology, Section Editor, “Cell Biology and Physiology”
2024-2025 PLoS Computational Biology, Editorial Board member, “Cell Biology and Physiology” section
2019-2024 Biophysical Journal, Editorial Board Member
2015-present Cytoskeleton, Editorial Board Member
2017-present Scientific Reports, Editorial Board Member
2024 Co-editor, Special Issue “Physics of the cytoskeleton”, Cytoskeleton
2022 Co-editor, Special Issue “Shedding Light on Asymmetric Cellular Machinery”, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2019 Co-editor of Special Issue “Discrete modeling of the cytoskeleton,” Cytoskeleton
2017 Editor of Special Issue, “Now In Actin” workshop in honor of Fumio Oosawa’s 94th birthday, Cytoskeleton
2016- Faculty Leader, Iacocca International Internship Program to Nagoya Institute of Technology
CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZATION
2025 Biophysics Summer School: Pattern Formation and Developmental Processes, Rethymno, Crete, Greece2024 Frontiers in Cytokinesis subgroup, CellBio 2024 meeting
2023 Biophysics Summer School: Soft Living Matter, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
2022 Frontiers in Cytokinesis subgroup, ASCB meeting
2020 Frontiers in Cytokinesis subgroup, ASCB meeting
2018 Frontiers in Cytokinesis subgroup, ASCB meeting
2016 Frontiers in Cytokinesis subgroup, ASCB meeting
2016 Biophysical Society Pennsylvania Network Meeting, Lehigh University
2014 Frontiers in Cytokinesis subgroup, ASCB meeting
2013 NSF International Workshop on Stem Cell Differentiation: the Influence of Biomaterials and Biomechanics, Shanghai, China
2012 Biophysical Society Pennsylvania Network Meeting, Lehigh University
2010 The cellular cytoskeleton: common organizing principles in mitosis, motility and cell polarization, Colorado State University
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Physical SocietyAmerican Society for Cell Biology
Biophysical Society
PUBLICATIONS (click here)