Júlio C. M. Souza

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Júlio C. M. Souza (Souza, J.C.M) is currently a tenure-track researcher at the Dept. of Materials Engineering and Ceramics (DEMaC) and at the Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO), University of Aveiro.

Dr. Souza has an interdisciplinary background including a license degree in dentistry (DDS) and a MSc in materials science & engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). He accomplished his PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Minho (UMinho, Portugal) in cooperation with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium). He performed a postdoctoral research at the University of Minho (2016-2021). He was also a visiting professor at the UFSC, Brazil, (2013-2016) and a visiting investigator at the College of Medicine at Rockford, University of Illinois (UIC), USA, and at the UIC College of Dentistry at Chicago (2016-2018). He was an invited assistant professor in dental biomaterials and research methods at the IUCS-CESPU (2021-2023) and at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2023-2025).

Publications
Up to date, Dr. Souza has published a total of 173+ articles in ISI journals leading to a current Scopus h-index at 41. Also, he published 3 books by Artes Médicas/GrupoA, Elsevier, and Aeditora publishers. Within the last 5 years, a publication rate of approximately 12 articles/year in international scientific indexed (ISI) journals has been accomplished by Dr. Souza considering the advisement of PhD and MSc students on a dynamic scientific mobility within a multidisciplinary research network.

Supervising
Dr. Souza was the main advisor of 40+ MSc theses and 3 PhD theses; he was also the co-advisor in 16+ MSc and 5 PhD theses.  Currently, he is the advisor in 1 PhD thesis and the co-advisor in 3 PhD theses.

Scientific interests

-Development of enhanced biomedical materials, implants, prostheses, and related medical devices.

- New approaches methodologies (NAMs) to assess the performance of structural materials and medical devices in simulated body environments.

- Computational simulations.

- Surfaces with antimicrobial & anti-biofilm effects.

10 Featured Studies

1. Souza JCM, Sordi MB, Kanazawa M, Ravindran S, Henriques B, Silva FS, Aparicio C, Cooper LF. Nano-scale modification of titanium implant surfaces to enhance osseointegration. Acta Biomaterialia. Ed. Elsevier. 2019 Aug; 94:112-131. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.05.045

2. Oliveira MN, Sahoo N, Carvalho O, Silva FS, Gomes J, Özcan M, Henriques B, Souza JCM. Friction of laser-textured zirconia coated with a platelet-rich fibrin. Journal of Dental Research. Ed. SAGE. 2025 Jan; 28:220345241305318. doi: 10.1177/00220345241305318

3. Pinto-Borges H, Pinto J, Carvalho O, Henriques B, Silva F, Gomes J, Ramos A, Souza JCM. Stresses, friction, and wear on different materials and design for temporomandibular joint total joint replacement (TMJ TJR). Tribology International. Ed. Elsevier. 2023 Feb; 178:108051. doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2022.108051

4. Fabris D, Moura JPA, Fredel MC, Souza JCM, Silva FS, Henriques B. Biomechanical analyses of one- piece dental implants composed of titanium, zirconia, PEEK, CFR-PEEK, or GFR-PEEK: Stresses, strains, and bone remodeling prediction by the finite element method. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2022 Jan;110(1):79-88. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.34890

5. Bins-Ely L, Suzuki D, Magini R, Benfatti CAM, Teughels W, Henriques B, Souza JCM. Enhancing the bone healing on electrical stimuli through the dental implant. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. Ed. Taylor&Francis. 2020 Jun; 23(14):1041-1051. doi: 10.1080/10255842.2020.1785437

6. Gonçalves IMR, Herrero ER, Carvalho O, Henriques B, Silva FS, Teughels W, Souza JCM. Antibiofilm effects of titanium surfaces modified by laser texturing and hot-pressing sintering with silver. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater. Ed. Wiley. 2021 Oct; 109(10):1588-1600. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.34817

7. Messous R, Henriques B, Bousbaa H, Silva FS, Teughels W, Souza JCM. Cytotoxic effects of submicron- and nano-scale titanium debris released from dental implants: an integrative review. Clinical Oral Investigations. Ed. Springer. 2021. 25(4):1627-1640. doi: 10.1007/s00784-021-03785-z

8. Kleinsorgen F, Torres O, Ferreira F, Henriques B, Ramos A, Souza JCM. Detection of submicron titanium debris associated with peri-implantitis. Discover Nano. 2026 21(1), 305. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-026-04741-0

9. Escobar M, Souza JCM, Barra GMO, Fredel MC, Özcan M, Henriques B. On the synergistic effect of sulfonic functionalization and acidic adhesive conditioning to enhance the adhesion of PEEK to resin- matrix composites. Dental Materials. 2021 Apr;37(4):741-754. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2021.01.017

10. Coelho C, Calamote C, Pinto AC, Esteves JL, Ramos A, Escuin T, Souza JCM. Comparison of CAD-CAM and traditional chairside processing of 4-unit interim prostheses with and without cantilevers: Mechanics, fracture behavior, and finite element analysis. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. 2021 Mar;125(3):543.e1- 543.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2020.11.007 

Projects

Dr. Souza supported the approval of 6 projects by FCT (Portugal), 3 by FEDER (European fund), 5 projects by CAPES (Brazil), 5 by CNPq (Brazil), and 1 by FINEP (Brazil). Currently, he is a principal investigator (PI) in one FCT project, named IMPLBiosense (2024.15650.PEX), and a research member in a FCT-FEDER (ILuminAAT - COMPETE2030-FEDER-00895600) project on technological approaches to avoid biofilm accumulation. He is also a research member in an internationalisation project funded by CNPq (CNPq/MCTI/FNDCT Nº 22/2024), named iTextSurfaces (444785/2024-8), on the development of innovative implants using machine learning (ML) models.

Such strong scientific collaboration with joint projects results in a scientific mobility and integration of improved methods developed by scientific research groups working together to improve the long-term performance of materials, engineering systems, implants, and prostheses.

Editorial board

-Associate editor on the topic collection "Computational Modelling and Performance Optimization in Digital Reconstructive Dentistry" for Frontiers in Dental Medicine (Frontiers publisher): 2026-current;
-Associate editor for Scientific Letters (CESPU publisher): 2021- current;
-Associate editor for RevSALUS (RACS publisher): 2019-current;
-Associate editor for J Functional Biomaterials (MDPI publisher): 2024-2026.

Organizing Upcoming Events

Workshop on "Digital Manufacturing and Surface Engineering for Biomedical Applications"
Date: 2 November, 2026. Time: 12:00
Address: ANF. 8.1.43 - Anf. António Correia, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 
F5 Symposium on Biomaterials Application in Dentistry and Orthopedics at the FEMS Euromat 2027.
19th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes
Date: 12–16 September 2027.
Graz, Austria

Ongoing Supervisions

Carolina de Assis Pinto Ferreira

PhD Student

Françoise Kleinsorgen

PhD Student

Keila da Conceicao Costa

PhD Student

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