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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Liposomes, functional dendritic polymers, drug delivery, hybrid carbon-based nanomaterials, implants for dental and orthopentics applications, multifunctional coatings, antibacterial/antifungal nanomaterials

ABOUT/BIOGRAPHY

Zili Sideratou was born in 1968 in Chios, Greece. She graduated from the University of Ioannina with a Degree of Chemistry in 1992. She completed her Ph.D. at the National Technical University of Athens in 1997, conducting her doctoral research at NCSR “Demokritos” under the supervision of Dr. C. M. Paleos, in the area of hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals. Following her Ph.D., she worked as a project chemist on a research program funded by the European Commission. From 2001 to 2006, she served as a permanent scientist at NCSR “Demokritos” and later advanced to the position of Senior Researcher. Since 2015, she has held the position of Research Director in the Laboratory of Functional Nanomaterials of Organized Structure at NCSR “Demokritos.”

She is co-author in 88 publications in peer reviewed journals and co-inventor in 5 international and 7 national patents. Her work has received 2,630 citations and she has an h-index of 32 (Source: Scopus, July 2025). Over her 25-year research career, she has participated in more than 20 European and national research projects.

Dr Sideratou is currently the scientific responsible for NCSRD in the KWOSKITE-X project (HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-19, Grant Agreement No: 101091534) https://knowskite-x.eu/

Her current research interests focus on:

  • Preparation and characterization of functionalized carbon-based materials with dendritic polymers; prospected applications as controlled release and targeted drug delivery systems as well as antibacterial/ antifungal agents.
  • Toxicological assessment of nanoparticles and aerosols.
  • Development of dendritic polymer-functionalized carbon-based nanostructured composites for water treatment applications.
  • Development of super-hydrophobic nanocoatings based on functional inorganic nanoparticles and polymer functionalized carbon-based materials for aviation and marine applications.
  • Functionalization, characterization and encapsulation properties of dendritic polymers; prospected applications as controlled release and targeted drug delivery systems as well as gene delivery systems.
  • Preparation and characterization of liposomes and their applications as drug and gene delivery systems.

WEBSITES

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zili-Sideratou/research

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9314-2520

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PUBLICATIONS

Subrati, Mohammed, Lyra, Kyriaki-Marina, Spyrou, Konstantinos, Magdalini Toliou, Ilektra, Petrou, George, Manganiaris, Petros, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Sakellis, Elias, Athanasekou, Chrysoula P., Glisenti, Antonella, Sideratou, Zili and Katsaros, Fotios, Valorization of Industrial Waste Graphite Fines into Graphene Oxide-Based Nanohybrids ChemPlusChem, Volume 90, 2025 [doi]

Piffet, Caroline, Thomassin, Jean-Michel, Stierlin, Emilie, Tchoumtchoua, Job, Fernández, Claudio, Mateo, Marta, Hernández, Leyre, Lyra, Kyriaki Marina, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Sakellis, Elias, Katsaros, Fotios K., Sideratou, Zili and Tsiourvas, Dimitris, Sustainable Antibacterial Chitin Nanofiber/ZnO Nanohybrid Materials: Ex Situ and In Situ Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation Nanomaterials, Volume 15, 2025 [doi]

Panagiotaki, Katerina N., Lyra, Kyriaki-Marina, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Tsiourvas, Dimitris and Sideratou, Zili, Alkyltriphenylphosphonium-Functionalized Hyperbranched Polyethyleneimine Nanoparticles for Safe and Efficient Bacterial Eradication: A Structure–Property Relationship Study International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 26, 2025 [doi]

Heliopoulos, Nikolaos S., Lyra, Kyriaki-Marina, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Katsaros, Fotios K., Stamatakis, Kostas, Papageorgiou, Sergios K. and Sideratou, Zili, Fabrication of Antibacterial and Ultraviolet Protective Wool Fabric Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Guanidinylated Hyperbranched Polyethyleneimine Derivative Materials, Volume 18, 2025 [doi]

Kaloudi, Angela S., Zygouri, Panagiota, Spyrou, Konstantinos, Athinodorou, Antrea-Maria, Papanikolaou, Eirini, Subrati, Mohammed, Moschovas, Dimitrios, Datta, K.K.R., Sideratou, Zili, Avgeropoulos, Apostolos, Simos, Yannis V., Tsamis, Konstantinos I., Peschos, Dimitrios, Yentekakis, Ioannis V. and Gournis, Dimitrios P., A Strategic Synthesis of Orange Waste-Derived Porous Carbon via a Freeze-Drying Method: Morphological Characterization and Cytocompatibility Evaluation Molecules, Volume 29, 2024 [doi]

Gerostathis, Spiros, Athanasopoulos, Alexandros, Panagiotaki, Katerina N., Sideratou, Zili, Tsiourvas, Dimitris and Sophianopoulou, Vicky, Antifungal Activity of Functionalized Hyperbranched Polyethyleneimine Derivatives against Quiescent Conidia and Germlings of the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus nidulans Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, Volume 38, Pages: 2781 – 2794, 2024 [doi]

Lyra, Kyriaki-Marina, Tournis, Ioannis, Subrati, Mohammed, Spyrou, Konstantinos, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Athanasekou, Chrysoula, Papageorgiou, Sergios, Sakellis, Elias, Karakassides, Michael A. and Sideratou, Zili, Carbon Nanodisks Decorated with Guanidinylated Hyperbranched Polyethyleneimine Derivatives as Efficient Antibacterial Agents Nanomaterials, Volume 14, 2024 [doi]

Mavroidi, Barbara, Kaminari, Archontia, Sakellis, Elias, Sideratou, Zili and Tsiourvas, Dimitris, Carbon Dots–Biomembrane Interactions and Their Implications for Cellular Drug Delivery Pharmaceuticals, Volume 16, 2023 [doi]

Loukopoulos, Stelios, Sakellis, Elias, Kostakis, Marios G., Gerokonstantis, Dimitrios-Triantafyllos, Tsipas, Polychronis, Gardelis, Spiros, Kontos, Athanassios G., Katsaros, Fotis K., Sideratou, Zili, Romanos, George Em., Dimoulas, Athanasios, Thomaidis, Nikolaos S. and Likodimos, Vlassis, Co-assembled MoS2-TiO2 Inverse Opal Photocatalysts for Visible Light-Activated Pharmaceutical Photodegradation ACS Omega, Volume 8, Pages: 33639 – 33650, 2023 [doi]

Stagni, Venturina, Kaminari, Archontia, Contadini, Claudia, Barilà, Daniela, Sessa, Rosario Luigi, Sideratou, Zili, Vlahopoulos, Spiros A. and Tsiourvas, Dimitris, A Triphenylphosphonium-Functionalized Delivery System for an ATM Kinase Inhibitor That Ameliorates Doxorubicin Resistance in Breast Carcinoma Mammospheres Cancers, Volume 15, 2023 [doi]

Bottagisio, Marta, Palombella, Silvia, Lopa, Silvia, Sangalli, Fabio, Savadori, Paolo, Biagiotti, Marco, Sideratou, Zili, Tsiourvas, Dimitris and Lovati, Arianna B., Vancomycin-nanofunctionalized peptide-enriched silk fibroin to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis-induced femoral nonunions in rats Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Volume 12, 2023 [doi]

Tournis, Ioannis, Tsiourvas, Dimitris, Sideratou, Zili, Boutsika, Lamprini G., Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Boukos, Nikos K. and Sapalidis, Andreas A., Superhydrophobic nanoparticle-coated PVDF-HFP membranes with enhanced flux, anti-fouling and anti-wetting performance for direct contact membrane distillation-based desalination Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, Volume 8, Pages: 2373 – 2380, 2022 [doi]

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