Education

• Ph.D in Biochemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
• B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Essen, Germany

Career

• 2019 - today, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
• 2010 - 2018, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
• 2007 - 2010, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Technology of the University of Crete, Greece
• 2006 - 2008, post-doctoral fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), FORTH, Greece
• 2004 - 2006, post-doctoral associate at the University Medical School of Essen, Germany

Interests

• Tissue Engineering (bone, cartilage, dental, cardiovascular, skin)
• In vitro and in vivo biocompatibility evaluation of biomaterials, scaffolds and nanoparticles
• Investigation of the osteoinductive potential of implantable biomaterials and drugs
• Development of osteoinductive and osteoconductive biomaterials and scaffolds
• Investigation of the osteogenic potential of implantable biomaterials and drugs
• 3D printing technologies, bioprinting, electrospinning
• Biomechanics
• Functionalization of biomaterials with growth factors
• Development of protein immobilization techniques on biomaterials surfaces
• Adsorption and desorption studies of proteins on biomaterials surfaces

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• Fellow in Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE) awarded by the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUS-BSE, elected in 2020.
• International Fellow of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (FTERM, elected in 2023).
• European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS) ambassador for Greece (elected in 2023).
• Chair of the 28th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB 2017) in Athens.
• Program Chair of the TERMIS-EU 2019 (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society) Conference in Rhodes