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Dimitri Argyriou

Interim Project Director
Leadership Team, ALS Upgrade Project

Contact

dargyriou@lbl.govMailstop: 80R0114510-486-4527 (Office)
Location(s): 080-0230

Responsibilities

Dimitri serves as the Interim Project Director of Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source Upgrade Project (ALS-U), bringing his extensive experience as a physicist and scientific leader in large-scale research initiatives to provide strategic vision and oversee facility-wide operations. In this role, he is responsible for guiding one of the world’s premier x-ray synchrotron facilities through an ongoing upgrade of the ALS into the ALS-U era, endowing the facility with revolutionary x-ray capabilities that will advance scientific innovation across multiple disciplines including materials science, chemistry, biology, and environmental science.

As Interim Project Director, Dimitri is responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of this transformative upgrade, guiding the project’s technical direction, coordinating across scientific and engineering teams, and aligning the project with institutional goals and stakeholder expectations. He oversees the execution and project management of ALS-U, including budget development, cost tracking, and scheduling.

He is currently on leave from his role as ALS Division Director, where he leads complex strategic initiatives to maintain the facility’s global scientific leadership. In that capacity, he works closely with the ALS management team, staff, and the broader scientific community to develop and implement long-term plans that support continued technological innovation. His responsibilities include representing the ALS to the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, scientific advisory committees, and international forums.

Biographical Information

Education

  • Habilitation, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Fakultät für Georessourcen und Materialtechnik. Venia Legendi: Kristallphysik (2009)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Physics), University of Technology, Sydney (1994)
  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours, Physics), University of Technology, Sydney (1990)

Professional Experience

  • Director, Advanced Light Source at LBNL (since 2023)
  • Associate Director for In-kind Project Management, European Spallation Source (2021-2023)
  • Associate Director for Initial Operations, European Spallatian Source (2018-2020)
  • Chief Research Officer, Ames Laboratory (2017-2018)
  • Head of Initial Operations, European Spallation Source (2016-2017)
  • Director of Science, European Spallation Source (2010-2015)
  • Group leader “Novel Materials”, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie (2002-2010)
  • Assistant Physicist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory (1999-2001)
  • Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, Los Alamos (1996-1999)
  • Postdoctoral Scientist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory (1994-1996)

Fellowships, Awards, Honors

  • Adjunct Professor at the University of Lund, Sweden, Division of Synchrotron Radiation, Department of Physics 
  • University of Technology, Sydney Alumni Award for International Achievements (2011)
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm-Preis, RWTH, Aachen for multiferroic oxides (2010)
  • Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (2008)

 

Selected Publications

Artyukhin, M. Mostovoy, N. P. Jensen, D. Le, K. Prokes, V. G. de Paula, H. N. Bordallo, A. Maljuk, S. Landsgesell, H. Ryll, B. Klemke, S. Paeckel, K. Kiefer, K. Lefmann, L. T. Kuhn, and D. N. Argyriou, “Solitonic lattice and Yukawa forces in the rare-earth orthoferrite TbFeO3,” Nature Materials 11, 694 (2012). DOI: 10.1038/nmat3358.

J. Liu, J. Hu, B. Qian, D. Fobes, Z. Q. Mao, W. Bao, M. Reehuis, S. A. J. Kimber, K. Prokeš, S. Matas, D. N. Argyriou, A. Hiess, A. Rotaru, H. Pham, L. Spinu, Y. Qiu, V. Thampy, A. T. Savici, J. A. Rodriguez, and C. Broholm, “From (π,0) magnetic order to superconductivity with (π,π) magnetic resonance in Fe₁.₀₂Te₁₋ₓSeₓ,” Nature Materials 9, 716 (2010). DOI: 10.1038/nmat2800.

Weber, N. Aliouane, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell, D. N. Argyriou, and D. Reznik, “Signature of checkerboard fluctuations in the phonon spectra of a possible polaronic metal La₁.₂Sr₁.₈Mn₂O₇,” Nature Materials 8, 798 (2009). DOI: 10.1038/nmat2513.

A. J. Kimber, A. Kreyssig, Y. Zhang, H. Jeschke, R. Valenti, F. Yokaichiya, E. Colombier, J. Yan, T. Hansen, T. Chatterji, R. McQueeney, P. Canfield, A. I. Goldman, and D. N. Argyriou, “Similarities between structural distortions under pressure and chemical doping in superconducting BaFe₂As₂,” Nature Materials 8, 471 (2009). DOI: 10.1038/nmat2443.

N. Argyriou, J. F. Mitchell, J. B. Goodenough, O. Chmaissem, S. Short, and J. D. Jorgensen, “Sign reversal of the Mn-O bond compressibility in La₁.₂Sr₁.₈Mn₂O₇ below Tₐ: Exchange striction in the ferromagnetic state,” Physical Review Letters 78, 1568 (1997).