The Modis Lab Yorgo Modis










    Biographical Sketch
  • 2010- Associate Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University.
  • 2005-2010 Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University.
  • 2000-2004 Human Frontier Science Program Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Stephen C. Harrison at Harvard Medical School (Children's Hospital).
  • 1999-2000 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Stephen C. Harrison
  • 1995-1999 Ph.D. at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory with Prof. Rik Wierenga
  • 1992-1995 B.A. Natural Sciences (Biochemistry), University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall), U.K.

    • Honors and Awards
  • 2007-2012 Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
  • 2009 CINE Golden Eagle Award for the animation “Dengue Virus Visualization” on Teacher’s Domain
  • 2008 Nominated for the 2009 American Crystallography Association Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award
  • 2000-2004 Human Frontier Science Program Organization Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 1999-2000 European Molecular Biology Organization Long-Term Fellow
  • 1999 Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship
  • 1999 Roche Foundation Fellowship
  • 1995 First Class Honours Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge.
  • 1995 Kareen Thorne Prize in Biological Sciences by Trinity Hall (University of Cambridge).
  • 1995 Bateman Scholarship by Trinity Hall (University of Cambridge).

    • A full list of publications can be found here