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 EXPERIENCE

2006-present   Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Lehigh University

2004-2006  Postdoctoral Research Scientist,
                    Columbia University with B. O'Shaughnessy

                         (Chemical  Engineering)
                    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.

AWARDS

2000 Extraordinary Teaching Assistant Award, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society
American Society for Cell Biology
Biophysical Society
Hellenic Bioscientific Society
Sigma Xi

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEW JOURNALS

1. H. Wang and D. Vavylonis, "Model of For3p-mediated actin cable assembly in fission yeast," Plos ONE, 3 e4078 (2008).
2. D. Vavylonis, J.-Q. Wu, S. Hao, B. O'Shaughnessy, and T. D. Pollard, "Assembly Mechanism of the Contractile Ring for Cytokinesis by
   Fission Yeast,"  SCIENCE, 319 97-100 (2008). (Evaluated in Faculty of 1000)
3. I. Fujiwara, D. Vavylonis, and T. D. Pollard, "Polymerization kinetics of ADP- and ADP-Pi-actin determined by TIRF microscopy," PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI. USA, 104 8827-8832 (2007).
4. D. Vavylonis, D. R. Kovar, B. O'Shaughnessy, and T. D. Pollard, "Model of Formin-Associated Actin Filament Elongation," MOLECULAR CELL, 39 455-466 (2006).
5. D. Vavylonis, Q. Yang, and B. O'Shaughnessy, "Actin Polymerization Kinetics, Cap Structure, and Fluctuations", PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI. USA 102, 8543-8548 (2005). (Evaluated in Faculty of 1000 and indexed in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research).
6. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Non-Equilibrium in Adsorbed Polymer Layers", J. PHYS.: CONDENS. MATTER 17, R63-R99 (2005).
7. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Dynamics of Living Polymers", EUR. PHYS. J. E 12, 481-496 (2003).
8. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "The Slowly Formed Guiselin Brush", EUROPHYS. LETT. 63, 895-901 (2003).
9. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Irreversible Adsorption from Dilute Polymer Solutions", EUR. PHYS. J. E 11, 213-230 (2003).
10. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Pulsed Laser Polymerization at Low Conversions: Broadening and Chain Transfer Effects", MACROMOL. THEORY SIMUL. 12, 401-412 (2003). (Featured on cover).
11. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "The Ultrasensitivity of Living Polymers", PHYS. REV. LETT. 90, 118301 (2003). (Indexed in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research and Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology).
12. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Irreversibility and Polymer Adsorption", PHYS. REV. LETT. 90, 056103 (2003).
13. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Interfacial Reactions: Mixed Order Kinetics and Segregation Effects", PHYS. REV. LETT. 84, 3193-3196 (2000).
14. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Interfacial Reaction Kinetics", EUR. PHYS. J. E 1, 159-177 (2000).
15. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Reactive Polymer Interfaces: How Reaction Kinetics Depend on Reactivity and Density of Chemical Groups", MACROMOLECULES 32, 1785-1796 (1999).
16. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Reactions at Polymer Interfaces: Transitions from Chemical to Diffusion-Control and Mixed Order Kinetics", EUROPHYS. LETT. 45, 638-644 (1999).
17. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Kinetic Regimes and Cross-Over Times in Many-Particle Reacting Systems", EUROPHYS. LETT. 45, 653-658 (1999).
18. B. O'Shaughnessy and D. Vavylonis, "Reaction Kinetics in Polymer Melts", EUR. PHYS. J. B 6, 363-372 (1998).

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. H. Li, T. Shen, D. Vavylonis, X. Huang, "Actin Filament Tracking Based on Particle Filters and Stretching Open Active Contour Models," in The 12th International Conf. on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI'09, London, 2009.
2. H. Li, T. Shen, M. B. Smith, I. Fujiwara, D. Vavylonis, and X. Huang, "Automated Actin Filament Segmentation, Tracking, and Tip Elongation Measurements based on Open Active Contour Models," in Proc. of the IEEE Int'l Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI'09, Boston, 2009.