Skip to main content

ALS

Home / Staff / Dimitri Argyriou

Dimitri Argyriou

Contact

dargyriou@lbl.gov510-486-4527 (Office)
Location(s): 080-0230

Responsibilities

Dimitri serves as the Director of Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS), bringing his extensive background as a physicist and scientific leader in “big science” projects to provide strategic vision and oversee comprehensive facility-wide operations. In this pivotal role, he is responsible for guiding one of the world’s premier x-ray synchrotron facilities, driving scientific innovation across multiple disciplines including materials science, chemistry, biology, and environmental science.

As the ALS Director, Dimitri leads complex strategic initiatives that maintain the facility’s global scientific leadership. He works closely with the ALS management team and staff, as well as the broader scientific community to develop and implement long-term plans that ensure continued technological innovation. His responsibilities include representing the ALS to the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, scientific advisory committees, and international forums, while also supporting critical projects like ALS-U and providing user-facility collaboration and insight towards becoming a fourth-generation light source.

Managing an annual budget of approximately $110 million and overseeing a team of 148 staff members and 121 matrixed professionals, Dimitri is responsible for all divisional operations, including scientific research, facility operations, business management, human resources, and integrated safety management. His leadership philosophy emphasizes creating a culture of excellence, collaboration, and inclusion. By providing supportive work environments, skillful mentoring, and ongoing professional development, he empowers synchrotron scientists and staff to excel in their careers and contribute meaningfully to cutting-edge scientific research.

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).