Tomas Duminis

About

Tomas Duminis, PhD is a materials and biomaterials scientist with expertise in dental biomaterials, bioactive glasses, and natural polymer–based scaffolds for biomedical applications. He obtained his PhD in Dental Biomaterials from Queen Mary University of London, where his research focused on the development and characterisation of fluorapatite glass-ceramics for restorative dentistry.

His research and consultancy work spans bioactive glass chemistry, glass-ionomer cements, biopolymers, and the mechanical and structural characterisation of biomaterials for medical, dental, and engineering applications. He has extensive experience with advanced analytical and characterisation techniques, including solid-state NMR, XRD, SEM/TEM, FTIR, nanoindentation, and mechanical testing.

Dr Duminis has held postdoctoral and research assistant positions in the UK and Poland and has published peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in the fields of biomaterials and materials science. He is the Director of Scientia Inventum Limited, a consultancy providing scientific and technical expertise in materials and biomaterials research and development.

Employment

• Jeronimas Ralys Gymnasium Science Teacher (Biology and Chemistry)
  2024 - 2025
• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Postdoctoral Research Assistant
  2023 - 2023
• Queen Mary University of London Research Assistant
  2017 - 2018

Education

• Queen Mary University of London PhD
  2015 - 2019
• London Metropolitan University BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
  2010 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)

• Strontium substitution, coordination chemistry and crystallisation behaviour of fluorapatite glass-ceramics in the SiO₂–Al₂O₃–P₂O₅–CaO/SrO–CaF₂ system
  Materials Research Bulletin 2027 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2026.114354
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• Sr-induced network depolymerisation in oxyfluoride aluminosilicate glasses: An infrared spectroscopy investigation
  Materials Today Communications 2026 1 citation DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2026.115273
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• Evidence for new fluoride coordination in SiO2-Al2O3-P2O5-CaO/SrO-CaF2 compositions used in ion-leachable ionomer-type cements: A 19F MAS-NMR investigation
  Materials Letters 2024 4 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2024.135919
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• The Use of Thymoquinone as a Standard for Quality Assessment of the Seeds of Nigella sativa and Investigation of Their Antioxidant Activity
  Journal of Food Chemistry & Nanotechnology 2023 0 citations DOI: 10.17756/jfcn.2023-165
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• On the Mechanical Properties of Microfibre-Based 3D Chitinous Scaffolds from Selected Verongiida Sponges
  Marine Drugs 2023 15 citations DOI: 10.3390/md21090463
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• The Loss of Structural Integrity of 3D Chitin Scaffolds from Aplysina aerophoba Marine Demosponge after Treatment with LiOH
  Marine Drugs 2023 8 citations DOI: 10.3390/md21060334
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• Natural Polymers with Bioactive Glass Additives for Bone Regeneration: Chemistry and Trends
  The Natural Products Journal 2023 5 citations DOI: 10.2174/2210315513666230428113707
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• Effect of topically applied silver compounds on the demineralisation of hydroxyapatite
  Dental Materials 2022 6 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2022.02.013
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• In vitro hydroxyapatite formation of a tetracalcium phosphate and anhydrous dicalcium phosphate based dentine desensitiser: TRIS buffer vs artificial saliva
  International Journal of Dental Materials 2021 2 citations DOI: 10.37983/ijdm.2021.3302
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• Glass-ionomer cement: Chemistry and its applications in dentistry
  Advanced Dental Biomaterials 2019 6 citations DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102476-8.00008-6
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