Dr. Dimitrios Karamichos joined the North Texas Eye Research
Institute (NTERI) and the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center
(UNTHSC) in April 2020 as the Director of Research for NTERI. Since January
2022, he is the Executive Director and Endowed Chair of NTERI. Dr. Karamichos also serves as the Interim Dean for the School of Biomedical Sciences at UNTHSC. He is also a
Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacology & Neuroscience. He is
an engineer by training, having obtained his BEng in Electrical &
Electronic Engineering from the Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester,
UK. He did his MSc at Imperial College, University of London, London, UK
focusing on tissue engineering, imaging modalities, and radiology. In 2006, he
obtained his PhD in Tissue Repair and Engineering from University College
London, University of London, London, UK followed by two Postdoctoral
Fellowships with the UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, and Schepens Eye
Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. From 2013 to 2020, he
was with the Dean McGee Eye Institute where he served as the Director of
Research for the Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience Sciences, Director of
Strategic Partnerships and Program Development, Graduate College, and Endowed
Professor W. Stanley Muenzler in Corneal Diseases. His research is currently
funded by the National Eye Institute, with significant contributions from the
corneal biology field.
