Maria CHATZINIKOLAIDOU profile

Dr. Maria Chatzinikolaidou, FBSE, FTERM, FIAMBE, is a Professor of Biomaterials in Bioengineering and Head of the Laboratory for Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Crete, and affiliated faculty member at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH). She received her B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Essen, Germany and her doctoral degree in Biochemistry from the same university in 2004. She is a Fellow in Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE, elected 2020) of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUS-BSE), Member of the Steering Committee of the International College of Fellows of BSE (elected 2024 for the term 2024-2028), International Fellow of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (FTERM, elected 2023), Fellow of the International Academy for Medical and Biological Engineering (FIAMBE, elected 2024), and Member of the Governing Council of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) for the term 2025-2027 (elected 2024). In 2023 she has been elected European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS) Ambassador for Greece. She served as vice president of the executive board of the Hellenic Society for Biomaterials in the terms 2015-2018 and 2022-2025. She served as chair of the 28th Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB 2017) held in Athens, and program chair of the TERMIS-EU 2019 conference held in Rhodes in Greece. She is an editorial board member in journals related to research on Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. She teaches Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry courses in undergraduate and Master’s programs at the University of Crete and other Universities in Greece for more than 18 years.

Her research activities focus on the development of biomaterials and scaffolds for tissue engineering applications including bone, cartilage, dental, cardiovascular, skin, and the validation of their in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility, functionality and biomechanical characteristics. Her work has led to the development of novel orthopaedic and dental biomaterials and medical devices, and tunable biomaterial platforms that control specific physiological processes for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, using the fundamentals of biological sciences and engineering.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2749-2506