Tassos Papadiamantis

Anastasios (Tassos) Papadiamantis comes from Greece and has a BSc in Physics with specialisation in Atomic – Molecular Physics and LASERs from the Physics Department and an MSc in “Optics and Vision” from the School of Medicine and the Departments of Physics, Materials Science and Technology and Mathematics of the University of Crete. Through his MSc work at the Institute of Vision and Optics he became interested in nano- and biomaterials and did a PhD at the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline, studying the post-eruptive maturation process of dental enamel and developed a synthetic proxy, which was able to replicate the maturation process for research purposes. During his PhD, he also got involved with EU FP7 projects like ModNanoTox and QualityNano and eventually joined NanoMILE as a postdoc, focusing mainly on database (DB) creation, data curation and subsequent data analysis, with the intention to identify, and propose ways to bridge, potential gaps in the cross-study continuity and comparability of ENM characterisations and bioassays. He is now part of NanoFASE where is mainly dealing with the development of a DB, which will include the data produced in NanoFASE, using techniques developed by Duke University, and apply it to the datasets from NanoMILE and NanoFASE. This collaboration also links other EU and US projects aiming to link and harmonise different DBs, bring the nanosafety community closer, promote data sharing and contribute to wider project collaboration and continuity. Tassos is also aiming to use mathematical and non-linear statistical techniques to analyse the produced data and try to identify underlying patterns between the physicochemical, atomic and molecular characteristics of ENMs and their effects on the environment and biological organisms. Tassos is also part of EC4SafeNano project and is assisting the Coordination Team and the Steering Group of the EU NanoSafety Cluster on their day-to-day activities and organisation.