Dimitra Athanasiadou

@chalmers.se

Materials Physics, Physics
Chalmers University of Technology



              

https://researchid.co/dimathan

EDUCATION

05/2013-03/2019 PhD in Craniofacial Health Sciences (Biomineralization), Faculty of Dentistry, Division of Biomedical Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Thesis title: “Nanostructure of calcareous biominerals and (Graduation date: 28.05.2019)
Supervisor: Prof. Marc D. McKee

09/2011-05/2013 MSc in Dental Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada [Fast-track to PhD]

09/2005-09/2010 BSc in School of Science, University of Athens, Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment, Athens, Greece. Thesis title: “Structure and chemical composition of biominerals (gallstones, kidney stones and teeth) from the human
Supervisor: Prof. Athanasios Godelitsas

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biomineralization, Biomaterials, Pathological calcification, Mechanical properties, Bone, Teeth, Otoconia, Extracellular Matrix Biology, DNA nanotechnology, Electron microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Synchrotron X-ray scattering

467

Scholar Citations

8

Scholar h-index

6

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • P. 5.8 UTILIZING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY FOR EARLY DETECTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF CALCIFIC AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS
    M Karnachoriti, N Anousakis-Vlachochristou, M Mavroidis, ...
    Physica Medica 127, 104684 2024

  • Multiomics coupled with vibrational spectroscopy identify early mechanisms of experimental aortic valve stenosis
    N Anousakis-Vlachochristou, M Mavroidis, M Miliotis, M Makridakis, ...
    2024

  • Guinea fowl eggshell structural analysis at different scales reveals how organic matrix induces microstructural shifts that enhance its mechanical properties
    AB Rodrguez-Navarro, N Domnguez-Gasca, D Athanasiadou, N Le Roy, ...
    Acta Biomaterialia 178, 244-256 2024

  • Chemical and Ultrastructural Characterization of Dentin Treated with Remineralizing Dentifrices
    D Athanasiadou, D Eymael, B Hajhamid, KMM Carneiro, A Prakki
    Journal of Functional Biomaterials 15 (1), 25 2024

  • Focusing on the native matrix proteins in calcific aortic valve stenosis
    N Anousakis-Vlachochristou, D Athanasiadou, KMM Carneiro, ...
    Basic to Translational Science 8 (8), 1028-1039 2023

  • DNA hydrogels for bone regeneration
    D Athanasiadou, N Meshry, NG Monteiro, AC Ervolino-Silva, RL Chan, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (17), e2220565120 2023

  • Peptide-DNA hybrid nanostructures as scaffolds for hydroxyapatite growth
    KMM Carneiro, D Athanasiadou, A Danesi, N Meshry, RL Chan, ...
    Dental Materials 39, e16 2023

  • Exploring Calcium Phosphate Biomineralization Systems Using In Situ Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy
    LA DiCecco, R Gao, D Athanasiadou, RL Chan, KMM Carneiro, DF Kelly, ...
    Microscopy and Microanalysis 28 (S1), 1818-1820 2022

  • EXTRACELLULAR GLYCOPROTEINS AND ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS ASSOCIATE WITH CALCIFICATION DEVELOPMENT IN HUMAN AND RABBIT CALCIFIED AORTIC VALVES
    N Anousakis-Vlachochristou, D Athanasiadou, M Mavroidis, A Miliou, ...
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology 79 (9_Supplement), 1686-1686 2022

  • Peptide-decorated DNA nanostructures promote site-specific hydroxyapatite growth
    AL Danesi, D Athanasiadou, AO Aderinto, P Rasie, LYT Chou, ...
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14 (1), 1692-1698 2021

  • Improved Rabbit Model of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Induces Severe Medial Calcification and Stenosis Equivalent to Human Disease
    N Anousakis-Vlachochristou, M Mavroidis, D Athanasiadou, A Varela, ...
    Circulation 144 (Suppl_1), A13262-A13262 2021

  • Uniaxial hydroxyapatite growth on a self-assembled protein scaffold
    AL Danesi, D Athanasiadou, A Mansouri, A Phen, M Neshatian, J Holcroft, ...
    International journal of molecular sciences 22 (22), 12343 2021

  • Hydroxyapatite Growth on Amelogenin‐Amelotin Recombinamers
    D Athanasiadou, AL Danesi, L Umbrio, J Holcroft, B Ganss, ...
    ChemNanoMat 7 (7), 851-857 2021

  • DNA nanostructures as templates for biomineralization
    D Athanasiadou, KMM Carneiro
    Nature Reviews Chemistry 5 (2), 93-108 2021

  • Nanostructure of mouse otoconia
    D Athanasiadou, W Jiang, N Reznikov, AB Rodriguez-Navarro, R Krger, ...
    Journal of Structural Biology 210 (2), 107489 2020

  • Homochirality in biomineral suprastructures induced by assembly of single-enantiomer amino acids from a nonracemic mixture
    W Jiang, D Athanasiadou, S Zhang, R Demichelis, KB Koziara, P Raiteri, ...
    Nature Communications 10 (1), 2318 2019

  • Nanostructure of calcareous biominerals and osteopontin
    D Athanasiadou
    McGill University (Canada) 2019

  • Nanostructure, osteopontin, and mechanical properties of calcitic avian eggshell
    D Athanasiadou, W Jiang, D Goldbaum, A Saleem, K Basu, MS Pacella, ...
    Science Advances 4 (3), 3219 2018

  • Chiral acidic amino acids induce chiral hierarchical structure in calcium carbonate
    W Jiang, MS Pacella, D Athanasiadou, V Nelea, H Vali, RM Hazen, ...
    Nature communications 8 (1), 15066 2017

  • New insights into the chemical and isotopic composition of human-body biominerals II: COM kidney stones from Greece
    D Athanasiadou, A Godelitsas, D Sokaras, AG Karydas, E Dotsika, ...
    Int Arch Urol Complic 3, 020 2017

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Chiral acidic amino acids induce chiral hierarchical structure in calcium carbonate
    W Jiang, MS Pacella, D Athanasiadou, V Nelea, H Vali, RM Hazen, ...
    Nature communications 8 (1), 15066 2017
    Citations: 173

  • Nanostructure, osteopontin, and mechanical properties of calcitic avian eggshell
    D Athanasiadou, W Jiang, D Goldbaum, A Saleem, K Basu, MS Pacella, ...
    Science Advances 4 (3), 3219 2018
    Citations: 121

  • DNA nanostructures as templates for biomineralization
    D Athanasiadou, KMM Carneiro
    Nature Reviews Chemistry 5 (2), 93-108 2021
    Citations: 64

  • Homochirality in biomineral suprastructures induced by assembly of single-enantiomer amino acids from a nonracemic mixture
    W Jiang, D Athanasiadou, S Zhang, R Demichelis, KB Koziara, P Raiteri, ...
    Nature Communications 10 (1), 2318 2019
    Citations: 28

  • New insights into the chemical and isotopic composition of human-body biominerals. I: Cholesterol gallstones from England and Greece
    D Athanasiadou, A Godelitsas, D Sokaras, AG Karydas, E Dotsika, ...
    Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 27 (2), 79-84 2013
    Citations: 27

  • DNA hydrogels for bone regeneration
    D Athanasiadou, N Meshry, NG Monteiro, AC Ervolino-Silva, RL Chan, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (17), e2220565120 2023
    Citations: 11

  • Peptide-decorated DNA nanostructures promote site-specific hydroxyapatite growth
    AL Danesi, D Athanasiadou, AO Aderinto, P Rasie, LYT Chou, ...
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14 (1), 1692-1698 2021
    Citations: 8

  • Nanostructure of mouse otoconia
    D Athanasiadou, W Jiang, N Reznikov, AB Rodriguez-Navarro, R Krger, ...
    Journal of Structural Biology 210 (2), 107489 2020
    Citations: 8

  • Uniaxial hydroxyapatite growth on a self-assembled protein scaffold
    AL Danesi, D Athanasiadou, A Mansouri, A Phen, M Neshatian, J Holcroft, ...
    International journal of molecular sciences 22 (22), 12343 2021
    Citations: 6

  • Focusing on the native matrix proteins in calcific aortic valve stenosis
    N Anousakis-Vlachochristou, D Athanasiadou, KMM Carneiro, ...
    Basic to Translational Science 8 (8), 1028-1039 2023
    Citations: 5

  • New insights into the chemical and isotopic composition of human-body biominerals II: COM kidney stones from Greece
    D Athanasiadou, A Godelitsas, D Sokaras, AG Karydas, E Dotsika, ...
    Int Arch Urol Complic 3, 020 2017
    Citations: 5

  • Chemical and Ultrastructural Characterization of Dentin Treated with Remineralizing Dentifrices
    D Athanasiadou, D Eymael, B Hajhamid, KMM Carneiro, A Prakki
    Journal of Functional Biomaterials 15 (1), 25 2024
    Citations: 4

  • Exploring Calcium Phosphate Biomineralization Systems Using In Situ Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy
    LA DiCecco, R Gao, D Athanasiadou, RL Chan, KMM Carneiro, DF Kelly, ...
    Microscopy and Microanalysis 28 (S1), 1818-1820 2022
    Citations: 3

  • Hydroxyapatite Growth on Amelogenin‐Amelotin Recombinamers
    D Athanasiadou, AL Danesi, L Umbrio, J Holcroft, B Ganss, ...
    ChemNanoMat 7 (7), 851-857 2021
    Citations: 2

  • Guinea fowl eggshell structural analysis at different scales reveals how organic matrix induces microstructural shifts that enhance its mechanical properties
    AB Rodrguez-Navarro, N Domnguez-Gasca, D Athanasiadou, N Le Roy, ...
    Acta Biomaterialia 178, 244-256 2024
    Citations: 1

  • Nanostructure of calcareous biominerals and osteopontin
    D Athanasiadou
    McGill University (Canada) 2019
    Citations: 1