Spiros Zinelis

Professor

Department of Biomaterials

 

Contact details

Phone: (+30) 210-746-1102
Email: szinelis[at]dent.uoa[dot]gr

Mailing Address:
2 Thivon Str, 115 27 Athens, Greece

Profiles and publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9188-7839

   

Education / Qualifications

• 1994: B. Eng. Mining and Metallurgical Engineer. National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy. Division of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Athens, Greece.
• 2001: PhD in Metallurgy and Materials Science, Title of the thesis: “ Development of Ti alloys for Biomedical applications”, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy, Athens, Greece.

Academic and professional positions held

• December 2021-today: Professor of Dental Materials, Department of Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, NKUA, Greece.
• September 2016-December 2021: Associate Professor of Dental Materials, Department of Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, NKUA, Greece.
• April 2013-September 2016: Assistant Professor in a tenure track appointment.
• January 2009-April 2013: Assistant Professor of Dental Materials, Department of Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, NKUA, Greece.
• March 2005-January 2009: Lecturer of Dental Biomaterials, Department of Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, NKUA, Greece.

Administrative and organizational experience

• Member of General Assembly and Administration Committees of Dental School.

Awards and Honours

• In 2023 and 2024 he is included in Top 2% Scientists List (for both fields career and year) which is published by Elsevier and Stanford
• 2022: The study "Color, gloss and surface roughness changes of CAD-CAM composite materials after three aging procedures” awarded as the best research presentation in 45th Conference of European Prosthetic Society in Sienna, Italy. 
• 2015: The study “The effect of rheumatoid arthritis and functional loading on physical & mechanical properties of the mandibular condyle in a transgenic mouse model’ was prized by Houston Award, in 91st Conference of European Orthodontic Society, which held on Venice, Italy.
• 2012: The research study entitled “Interfacial characterization of all-ceramic core materials with veneering porcelain” by Tagmatarchis A, Tripodakis AP, Filippatos G, Zinelis S and Eliades G. won the first prize in 5th EAED Scientific Research Award of European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (ΕΑΕD). This completion was held in Cesme, Turkey in 2012 during the 26th conference of EAED.
• 2008: The research study entitled ‘‘Micro CT evaluation of the marginal fit of different In-Ceram alumina coping” presented in June 2008 in Madrid won the second prize from the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry.
• 2003: The research study entitled ‘Comparative study of the effect of in vitro and in vivo aging on morphology, microstructure and elemental composition of nickel-titanium orthodontic archwires’ by Zinelis S, Gioka C, Makou M and Eliades T. published in Hellenic Orthodontic Review (in English and Greek) (2003:6;45-58) won the first award in 2004 from the European Federation of Orthodontics (FEO). This award is presented to the best scientific research published in European Journals in the field of Orthodontics.
• 1994: Award for distinguished undergraduate studies. Technical Chamber of Greece.

Memberships

• Fellow of Academy for Dental Materials
• International Association for Dental Research(IADR)
• American Society for Testing and Materials
• American Society for Materials
• Technical Chamber of Greece

Research Theses – Books

• Eliades T and Zinelis S. Biological Materials: Introduction to tissue mechanics Athens 2006 (ISBN: 960-399-454-5).
• Eliades T and Zinelis S. English Greek Dictionary of Mechanical terms.
• Eliades T, Zinelis S. Mechanics and mechanical properties of biological materials. Blurb July 2019. ISBN: 9780464019084

Research Grants and Contracts

• 2011: Scholarship from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) for the research protocol entitled “Effect of surface roughening treatments on the electrochemical behavior of Ti surfaces for implant dentistry”. The experimental part of this project was carried out in Dental and Biomaterials Research Group under the guidance of Prof Mueller in “Charité” Medical University of Berlin in September-October 2011.
• 2002-2003: Scholarship from the National Foundation for Scholarship for postdoctoral research entitled: “Assessment of optimum surface roughness for metal-ceramic bond strength of representative dental alloys’.
• He has participated in 2 Craft projects (Funded from EU) and 2 domestic and 2 bilateral funded projects (between Greek and Germany)
• He has participated in many projects funded by companies through ELKE in Department of Biomaterials.

Selected publications in scientific journal

• Camenisch L, Polychronis G, Panayi N, Makou O, Papageorgiou S, Zinelis S, Eliades T. The effect of printing orientation on mechanical properties of 3D-printed orthodontic aligners. J Orof Orthop 2024 Accepted. doi.org/10.1007/s00056-023-00511-0
• Al Jabbari Υ, Fournelle Ρ, Sufyan Α, Zinelis s, Is fatigue mechanism implicated in intraoral fracture of narrow dental implants? A thorough retrieval analysis of two failed implant fixtures retrieved from a single patient. The Saudi Dent J (2024) 770–777, doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.sdentj.2024.02.006.
• Al Taweel S, Zinelis S, Sofyan A Al Jabbari Y. Does surface priming increase the bond strength of orthodontic brackets? An experimental study. Clin Exp Dent Res 2024;10:e888. 1-8. doi.org/10.1002/cre2.888
• Kosti E, Y. Al Jabbari, Sufyan A, Zinelis S, A SEM/EDS evaluation of debris removal of used rotary Ni-Ti endodontic files by four different cleaning solutions. The Saudi Dent J 2024;36:1086-1092. doi.org/10.1016/j.sdentj.2024.06.011.
• Dimitriadi M, Petropoulou A, Zinelis S, Eliades G. Degree of conversion of dual-cured composite luting agents: The effect of transition metal-based touch-cure activators. J Dent 2024;147,150147. doi.org/10.1016/j.jdent.2024.105147
• Al Jabbari Y, Dimitriadis K, Sufyan A, Zinelis S. Microstructural and mechanical characterization of six Co-Cr alloys made by conventional casting and Selective Laser Melting. J Prosthet Dent. 2024;3:646.e1-646.e10 doi.org/10.1016/j.prosdent.2024.06.015
• Rosa V, Silikas N, Yu B, Dubey N, Gopu S, Zinelis S, Lima A, Bottino M, Ferreira J, Schmalz G, and Watts D. Guidance on the assessment of biocompatibility of biomaterials Fundamentals and testing considerations. Dent Mater: 2024;40:1773-1785. doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2024.07.020
• Petropoulou A, Dimitriadi M, Zinelis S, Antoniadou M, Eliades G. Effect of Photoaging on the Structure, Optical Properties and Roughness of One-Shade Composite Restoratives. J. Funct. Biomater. 2024, 15, 245. doi.org/10.3390/jfb15090245
• Al Jabbari Y, Dimitriadis K, Sufyan A, Zinelis S. Bond strength and interfacial analysis of six Co-Cr alloys made by conventional casting and selective laser melting. J Prostodont. DOI: 10.1111/jopr.13918.
• Zinelis S, Polychronis G, Silvestros S, Barbetseas A, Karasoulos D and Eliades G. Is galvanic corrosion between implant abutments and roots a possible scenario? An experimental study under simulated healthy and inflammatory peri-implant conditions and F anions. Dent Mater. doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2024.11.00

Areas of scientific interest

• Characterization of biomaterials with modern analytical techniques.
• Research for in vivo aging mechanisms of biomaterials based on retrieval analysis.
• Development of novel materials for biomedical applications.