Theodoros-Filippos Valamvanos is a dentist with a master degree in Nanomedicine form the NKUA. He obtained his dental degree from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Slovakia with the thesis title "Biomimetic Approach in Dentistry". His MSc thesis focuses on the study of the nano-based systems applications in tissue regeneration and antimicrobial effects in the periodontal diseases. He has shown great interest in periodontal topics, tissue engineering, nanoparticles-nanoplatforms, and laser treatment. He has taken part in congresses held domestically or abroad in the field of Medicine and Dentistry.
Dr. Xanthippi Dereka is an Associate Professor at the Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She holds a Doctor of Dental Science (D.D.S.) gained from the School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a Ph.D. in Periodontology gained from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She also completed postdoctoral training at the Department of Periodontics and Implant Dentistry, New York University College and the Department of Periodontology, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK. She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Oral Clinical Research, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK. Her areas of scientific interest are the biology of periodontal tissues, periodontal regeneration, and implantontology. She has carried out a significant number of research studies and has also published a significant number of scientific articles in International scientific journals.
Prof. Dr. Maria Gazouli is a Professor of Biology-Nanomedicine at the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She was admitted as a PhD student at the Biology Department and Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She continued her post-doc training in the Cell Biology Department, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA. From 2000 to 2001 she was a Researcher Fellow at NCSR Demokritos, Institute of Biology and from 2001 to 2003 was a Researcher Fellow at the Department of Histology—Embryology, School of Medicine, NKUA. From 2004 to 2006, she was a Technical Scientific Staff at the Laboratory of Biology, School of Medicine, NKUA. In 2007, she joined the NKUA Medical School as a Lecturer of Biology, in 2012 she was promoted to Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and in 2016 she was promoted to Associate Professor of Molecular Biology. In 2020 she was promoted to Professor of Biology-Nanomedicine. Her work refers mainly to the genetic and molecular basis of diseases, mainly autoimmune, inflammatory diseases, and cancer, to molecular detection of pathogens and the investigation of the pathogenesis of the diseases they cause to humans and animals. Recently, she was involved in the incorporation of nanotechnology to targeted cancer detection, imaging, and drug delivery. Currently, she was appointed as the National Representative of the European Medicine Association in the Committee of Advanced Therapies.
Prof. Dr. Nefeli Lagopati is an Assistant Professor in Biology-Nanomedicine at the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). She performed her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Biology of the School of Science, NKUA (Section of Animal & Human Physiology) in cooperation with the Laboratory for the Research on Cell & Matrix Biochemistry/Pathobiology of the Institute of Biosciences and Applications and the Laboratory of Nanotechnology processes for solar energy conversion and environmental protection of the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, of the National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos". She has received her first MSc in Medical Physics/Radiation Physics from the School of Medicine, NKUA and the second MSc in Advanced Materials from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of Ioannina. Among her research interests is the multi-disciplinary field of nanomedicine in cancer treatment. Specifically, she focuses on the oxidative stress-induced apoptotic effect and the anticancer activity of nanomaterials. In the past decade, she has focused on the development of drug delivery systems, biomaterials, hybrid materials, cellular senescence, oxidative stress molecular mechanisms, radiobiology, Monte Carlo simulation, and dosimetry in nuclear medicine, while recently she worked on projects related to SARS-CoV-2.
