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Dr. Larisa Florea

Associate Professor (Chemistry)
      
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Dr. Larisa Florea

Associate Professor (Chemistry)

 floreal@tcd.ie

 


Larisa studied organic chemistry and chemical engineering at University Politehnica in Timisoara, Romania (B.Sc. Hons). In 2009 she joined the Adaptive Sensors Group at Dublin City University where she earned her Ph.D. in materials chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Dermot Diamond. Larisa began her postdoctoral career at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, and in 2016 she achieved a senior position as Team Leader in Materials Chemistry and Microfluidics. In 2018 Larisa was awarded an Irish Research Council Laureate grant and an ERC-Starting grant that enabled her to establish an independent research career in School of Chemistry and AMBER.
Project Title
 Artificial micro-vehicles with life-like behaviour (ChemLife)
From
1/10/2018
To
30/09/2023
Summary
The ChemLife project seeks to develop new bio-inspired microscopic vehicles fabricated from stimuli-responsive materials using advanced 3D fabrication technologies. These soft, smart vehicles will be designed to swim or crawl through fluids to actively recognise, sense, and respond to the external environment.
Funding Agency
European Commission
Programme
European Research Council (ERC) - Starting Grant
Project Type
Research
Project Title
 Functional & Dynamic 3D Nano- Micro- Devices by Direct Multi-Photon Lithography
From
01/09/2020
To
31/08/2024
Summary
5D NanoPrinting project aims to provide an innovative integrated technological approach, based on two-photon 3D direct printing processes, for the development (prototyping) of functional 3D Nano- MicroDevices (NEMS/MEMS).
Funding Agency
European Commission
Programme
H2020-FET OPEN
Project Type
Research and Innovation
Project Title
 Smart coatings for medical devices
From
1/01/2020
To
31/12/2020
Summary
The objective of the project is the development of stimuli-responsive coatings of adjustable friction coefficient for improved manipulation of medical devices in-vivo.
Funding Agency
Industry co-funded project (SFI/AMBER - Stryker)
Programme
SFI/AMBER-Industry co-funded
Project Type
Research
Project Title
 SFI-AMBER PhD Programme
From
1/10/2018
To
30/09/2022
Summary
Funding Agency
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Programme
SFI-AMBER PhD Programme
Project Type
PhD FELLOWSHIP
Project Title
 The Development of Chemopropulsion-based Fluidic Transport Systems
From
2015
To
2019
Summary
This project signifies a curious meeting of intriguing chemistry and biomimicry, allowing for the motion of microscopic droplets, which behave like cargo-carrying vesicles found in biology. This work has tremendous implication for the area of molecular diagnostics and biological analysis, as the concept combines the field of droplet microfluidics (possibility for DNA amplification, polymerase chain reaction and sensitive detection of rare mutant DNA) with a precise optical control of the process. Light provides contactless stimulation, biocompatibility and a non-invasive and highly precise control of these vehicles in both time and space.
Funding Agency
Australian Research Council
Programme
Discovery Projects
Project Type
Research

Details Date
Evaluator, several H2020 calls (e.g. H2020-PHC-2014-Stage 1&2, 2020-PHC-2015-Stage 1, H2020-FET OPEN)
Reviewer for several internationally recognised journals: Science Robotics, Lab on a Chip, Sensors and Actuators B, Advanced Materials, among others.
Review Editor, Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Elsevier
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Romanian Fluent Fluent Fluent
Details Date From Date To
Member of European COST Action MP1205 - 'Advances in Optofluidics' 2014 2017
Zari, E. and Grillo, D. and Tan, Z. and Swiatek, N. and Linfoot, J.D. and Borvorntanajanya, K. and Nasca, L. and Pierro, E. and Florea, L. and Dini, D. and Rodriguez Y Baena, F., A Reinforced Light-Responsive Hydrogel for Soft Robotics Actuation, 2024, pp270-275 , Notes: [cited By 0], Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Augustine, A. and Qian, J. and Faraone, T. and Kolagatla, S. and Prochukhan, N. and Morris, M.A. and Bradley, A.L. and Florea, L. and Delaney, C., Direct Laser Writing of Silica Nanoparticle Nanocomposites: Probing Mechanical Reinforcement and Understanding Structural Color from Design Parameters, Small, 2024, Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Lázaro, Isabel Abánades and Anastasaki, Athina and Ardoña, Herdeline Ann M. and Arguilla, Maxx Q. and Bati, Abdulaziz S.R. and Batmunkh, Munkhbayar and Besford, Quinn A. and Browne, Michelle P. and Bryant, Saffron J. and Carlotti, Marco and Contini, Claudia and Delaney, Colm and Draper, Emily R. and Elbourne, Aaron and Evans, Jack D. and Florea, Larisa and Forner-Cuenca, Antoni and Forse, Alexander C. and Gonzalez, Miguel I. and Krause, Simon and Lee, Hiang Kwee and Lerch, Michael M. and Liu, Shi and López-Salas, Nieves and Martin-Martinez, Francisco J. and Pezzato, Cristian and Protesescu, Loredana and Schaufelberger, Fredrik and Pascual, Paula Sebastián and Fernández, Aránzazu Sierra and Tarpeh, William A. and Vilé, Gianvito and von Krbek, Larissa K.S. and Wang, Hongzhang and Wu, Tailin and Wells, Connor J.R. and Cranford, Steven W., 35 challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2024, Matter, 7, (11), 2024, p3699 â€" 3706 , Notes: [Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Green Open Access], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Qian, J. and Kolagatla, S. and Pacalova, A. and Zhang, X. and Florea, L. and Delaney, C. and Bradley, A.L., TPL-fabricated responsive hydrogel-based micro photonic structures for visible vapor sensing, 12663, (1266304), 2023, Notes: [cited By 0], Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Qian, Jing and Kolagatla, Srikanth and Zhang, Xia and Florea, Larisa and Delaney, Colm and Bradley, A. Louise, Novel applications based on dynamic color of photonic structures printed by two-photon lithography, 2023, Notes: [Cited by: 0], Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Alexa Ennis, Deanna Nicdao, Srikanth Kolagatla, Luke Dowling, Yekaterina Tskhe, Alex J. Thompson, Daniel Trimble, Colm Delaney, Larisa Florea, Two-Photon Polymerization of Sugar Responsive 4D Microstructures, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
J. Qian, S. Kolagatla, A. Pacalovas, X. Zhang, L. Florea, A. L. Bradley, and C. Delaney, Responsive spiral photonic structures for visible vapor sensing, pattern transformation and encryption, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, Journal Article, ACCEPTED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Murphy, R.D. and Delaney, C. and Kolagatla, S. and Florea, L. and Hawker, C.J. and Heise, A., Design of Statistical Copolypeptides as Multipurpose Hydrogel Resins in 3D Printing, Advanced Functional Materials, 33, (52), 2023, Notes: [cited By 1], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Florea, L. and Blasco, E. and Mattoli, V., New Frontiers in Materials and Technologies for 3D Two Photon Polymerization, Advanced Functional Materials, 33, (39), 2023, Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Geoghegan, N. and O'Loughlin, M. and Delaney, C. and Rochfort, K.D. and Kennedy, M. and Kolagatla, S. and Podhorska, L. and Rodriguez, B.J. and Florea, L. and Kelleher, S.M., Controlled degradation of polycaprolactone-based micropillar arrays, Biomaterials Science, 11, (9), 2023, p3077-3091 , Notes: [cited By 1], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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A. L. Bradley, Responsive spiral photonic structures for visible vapor sensing, pattern transformation and encryption, Biophotonics Seminar, IPIC Tyndall, 16/09/2022, 2022, IPIC, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
European Research Council Starting Grant 2018
IRC Laureate STG Award Winner 2018
Invent Commercialisation Award, conferred by Dublin City University for the collaboration with UES & GE Global Research 2016
Irish Research Council PhD scholarship award winner - EMBARK Initiative 2009
SFI UREKA Ireland - Undergraduate Research Experience & Knowledge Award Winner 2008
My research comprises several distinct strands of research in the soft matter realm, including development of new stimuli-responsive polymers, 3D fabrication technologies, micro-fabrication of polymeric actuators & sensors, and development of smart micro-vehicles.