Nikos Mattheos is a periodontist, researcher, academic teacher and digital entrepreneur. He is currently Visiting Professor at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand and affiliated with the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. He is a specialist in Periodontology accredited by the European Federation of Periodontology. He is also considered a world-class expert in online learning and has designed and conducted online and face-to-face courses in Implant Dentistry in many parts of the world. He maintains private practice focused in oral rehabilitation and implant dentistry in Hong Kong. International Association of Dental Research researcher’s award in 2003 and 2013 and the Andre Schroeder Award in 2014 and 2021. Multiple Teaching awards, including Vice Chancellors commendation (Australia, Griffith University), Honorable Mention (2017 Greater China MOOC awards).

Having started in the University of Athens, he went on to attain a Masters degree in Health Informatics at the University of Malmö, Sweden, where he continued with PhD and completed specialist training in Periodontology. He then completed a 3 year-residency in Periodontology, Fixed Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry in the University of Bern, Switzerland under Professor N.P. Lang. He has held professoriate positions in Sweden, Australia, Hong Kong, and Thailand. He has designed and directed postgraduate MSc, D Clin Dent and MDS programmes, as well as hospital clinics in Implant Dentistry. Other past academic appointments include Associate Dean for Postgraduate education and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education in the University of Hong Kong.