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Dr. Larisa Florea
Associate Professor, Chemistry

Biography

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.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

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 Conference Paper, 2024 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 Journal Article, 2024 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 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

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, 2023 DOI TARA - Full Text

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 Conference Paper, 2023 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 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

Donato, S. and Nocentini, S. and Martella, D. and Kolagatla, S. and Wiersma, D.S. and Parmeggiani, C. and Delaney, C. and Florea, L., Liquid Crystalline Network Microstructures for Stimuli Responsive Labels with Multi-Level Encryption, Small, 2023 Journal Article, 2023 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, 2023 TARA - Full Text 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 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

J. Qian, C. Delaney, L. Florea and A. L. Bradley, Direct laser writing of submicron photonic arrays for vapor responsive sensing, E-MRS 2022, Strasbourg, 1/6/2022, 2022 Poster, 2022

Dunne, A. and Francis, W. and Delaney, C. and Florea, L. and Diamond, D. and Ramadan, M., Stimuli-Controlled Fluid Control and Microvehicle Movement in Microfluidic Channels, 2021, 128-157pp Book, 2021 DOI

Colm Delaney, Jing Qian, Xia Zhang, Radislav Potyrailo, A. Louise Bradley, Larisa Florea, Direct laser writing of vapour-responsive photonic arrays, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9, 2021, p11674 - 11678 Journal Article, 2021 TARA - Full Text DOI

Marc del Pozo, Colm Delaney, Marina Pilz da Cunha, Michael G. Debije, Larisa Florea, Albert P. H. J. Schenning, Temperature-Responsive 4D Liquid Crystal Microactuators Fabricated by Direct Laser Writing by Two-Photon Polymerization, Small Structures, 2021, p10.1002/sstr.2 Journal Article, 2021 TARA - Full Text

Grogan C., Amarandei G., Lawless S., Pedreschi F., Lyng F., Benito-Lopez F., Raiteri R., Florea L., Silicon microcantilever sensors to detect the reversible conformational change of a molecular switch, Spiropyan, Sensors, 20, (3), 2020 Journal Article, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Marc del Pozo, Colm Delaney, Cees W. M. Bastiaansen, Dermot Diamond, Albert P. H. J. Schenning, Larisa Florea, Direct Laser Writing of Four-Dimensional Structural Color Microactuators Using a Photonic Photoresist, ACS Nano, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 TARA - Full Text

Delaney, Colm, Geoghegan, Niamh, Ibrahim, Hossam, O'Loughlin, Mark Thomas, Rodriguez, Brian J., Florea, Larisa, Kelleher, Susan M, Direct Laser Writing to Generate Molds for Polymer Nanopillar Replication, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI TARA - Full Text

Danielle Bruen, Colm Delaney, Johnson Chung, Kalani Ruberu, Gordon G. Wallace, Dermot Diamond, Larisa Florea, 3D Printed Sugar-Sensing Hydrogels, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI TARA - Full Text

Geoghegan, N. and Delaney, C. and Florea, L. and O'Loughlin, M. and Kelleher, S.M., Two-photon polymerization of masters for polymeric nanopillar replication, 24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2020; Virtual, Online, 2020, pp368-369 Conference Paper, 2020

Florea, L., Magnetic movement under the spotlight, Science Robotics, 5, (49), 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

del Pozo, M. and Delaney, C. and Bastiaansen, C.W.M. and Diamond, D. and Schenning, A.P.H.J. and Florea, L., Four-dimensional photonic micro-actuators for microfluidics applications, 24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2020; Virtual, Online, 2020, pp346-347 Conference Paper, 2020 TARA - Full Text

Danielle Bruen, Paula P. Campos, Marystela Ferreira, Dermot Diamond, Colm Delaney*, Larisa Florea*, Boronic Acid Homopolymers as Effective Polycations for Sugar-Responsive Layer-by-Layer Assemblies, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 1, (5), 2019, p990 - 996 Journal Article, 2019 DOI TARA - Full Text

Daikuzono, Cristiane M., Delaney, Colm, Morrin, Aoife, Diamond, Dermot, Florea, Larisa, Oliveira, Osvaldo N., Paper based electronic tongue: a low-cost solution for the distinction of sugar type and apple juice brand, The Analyst, 144, (8), 2019, p2827-2832 Journal Article, 2019 DOI

Sara Zarghami, Yang Xiao, Pawel Wagner, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, David L. Officer, Klaudia Wagner, Dual Droplet Functionality: Phototaxis and Photopolymerization, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, (34), 2019, p31484-31489 Journal Article, 2019 TARA - Full Text DOI

Saez J., Glennon T., Czugala M., Tudor A., Ducree J., Diamond D., Florea L., Benito-Lopez F., Reusable ionogel-based photo-actuators in a lab-on-a-disc, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 257, 2018, p963 - 970, p963-970 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Yang Xiao, Sara Zarghami, Klaudia Wagner, Pawel Wagner, Keith C. Gordon, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, David L. Officer, Moving Droplets in 3D Using Light, Advanced Materials, 30, (35), 2018, p1801821 Journal Article, 2018

Dunne A., Delaney C., McKeon A., Nesterenko P., Paull B., Benito-Lopez F., Diamond D., Florea L., Micro-capillary coatings based on spiropyran polymeric brushes for metal ion binding, detection, and release in continuous flow, Sensors (Switzerland), 18, (4), 2018 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Danielle Bruen, Colm Delaney, Dermot Diamond, Larisa Florea, Fluorescent Probes for Sugar Detection, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018 Journal Article, 2018

Akyazi T., Tudor A., Diamond D., Basabe-Desmonts L., Florea L., Benito-Lopez F., Driving flows in microfluidic paper-based analytical devices with a cholinium based poly(ionic liquid) hydrogel, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 261, 2018, p372 - 378, p372-378 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Maresova E., Tomecek D., Fitl P., Vlcek J., Novotny M., Fiser L., Havlova S., Hozak P., Tudor A., Glennon T., Florea L., Coyle S., Diamond D., Skalican Z., Hoskovcova M., Vrnata M., Textile chemiresistors with sensitive layers based on polymer ionic liquids: Applicability for detection of toxic gases and chemical warfare agents, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 266, 2018, p830 - 840, p830-840 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Akyazi T., Saez J., Tudor A., Delaney C., Francis W., Diamond D., Basabe-Desmonts L., Florea L., Benito-Lopez F., Applications of Ionic Liquid Materials in Microfluidic Devices, RSC Smart Materials, 2018-January, (28), 2018, p234 - 271, p234-271 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Paula P. Campos, Aishling Dunne, Colm Delaney, Cara Moloney, Simon E. Moulton, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Marystela Ferreira, Dermot Diamond, Larisa Florea, Photoswitchable Layer-by-Layer Coatings Based on Photochromic Polynorbornenes Bearing Spiropyran Side Groups, Langmuir, 2018 Journal Article, 2018

Tudor A., Delaney C., Zhang H., Thompson A.J., Curto V.F., Yang G.-Z., Higgins M.J., Diamond D., Florea L., Fabrication of soft, stimulus-responsive structures with sub-micron resolution via two-photon polymerization of poly(ionic liquid)s, Materials Today, 21, (8), 2018, p807 - 816, p807-816 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Wayne Francis, Aishling Dunne, Colm Delaney, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Spiropyran Based Hydrogels Actuators- Walking in the Light, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017 Journal Article, 2017

C. M. Daikuzono, C. Delaney, H. Tesfay, L. Florea, O. N. Oliveira, A. Morrin, D. Diamond, Impedance spectroscopy for monosaccharides detection using responsive hydrogel modified paper-based electrodes, The Analyst, 142, (7), 2017, p1133--1139 Journal Article, 2017

Holmes R., Yang X.-B., Dunne A., Florea L., Wood D., Tronci G., Thiol-ene photo-click collagen-PEG hydrogels: Impact of water-soluble photoinitiators on cell viability, gelation kinetics and rheological properties, Polymers, 9, (6), 2017 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Alexandru Tudor, Janire Saez, Larisa Florea, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Dermot Diamond, Poly (ionic liquid) thermo-responsive hydrogel microfluidic actuators, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017 Journal Article, 2017

Wayne Francis, Klaudia Wagner, Stephen Beirne, David L. Officer, Gordon G. Wallace, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, Electrotactic ionic liquid droplets, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017 Journal Article, 2017

Bruen D., Delaney C., Florea L., Diamond D., Glucose sensing for diabetes monitoring: Recent developments, Sensors (Switzerland), 17, (8), 2017 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Grogan, Catherine, Larisa Florea, Slavica Koprivica, Silvia Scarmagnani, Luke O'Neill, Fiona Lyng, Fran Pedreschi, Fernando Benito-Lopez, and Roberto Raiteri, Microcantilever arrays functionalised with spiropyran photoactive moieties as systems to measure photo-induced surface stress changes, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2016 Journal Article, 2016

Deignan, J., M. Jacobs, L. Florea, S. Coyle, D. Diamond, M. Pacelli, R. Paradiso, Textile piezoresistive sensors for on-body measurement of spinal extension, SENSORS, 2016 IEEE, 2016 Journal Article, 2016

Aishling Dunne, Colm Delaney, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Solvato-morphologically controlled, reversible NIPAAm hydrogel photoactuators, RSC Advances, 2016 Journal Article, 2016

Dunne, A. and Ardle, S.M. and Hennessy, J. and Florea, L. and Diamond, D., PH and photo-responsive hydrogel actuators, 2016, pp1138-1139 Conference Paper, 2016

Ziółkowski, Bartosz, Larisa Florea, Jannick Theobald, Fernando Benito-Lopez, and Dermot Diamond, Porous self-protonating spiropyran-based NIPAAm gels with improved reswelling kinetics, Journal of materials science, 2016 Journal Article, 2016

Francis, W. and Delaney, C. and Florea, L. and Diamond, D., Self-powered micro-droplets for biomimetic microfluidics, 2016, pp758-759 Conference Paper, 2016

Florea, Larisa, Alain Martin-Mayor, M. Mounir Bou-Ali, Kate Meagher, Dermot Diamond, Mustafa Tutar, and Fernando Benito-Lopez, Adaptive coatings based on polyaniline for direct 2D observation of diffusion processes in microfluidic systems, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2016 Journal Article, 2016

Tudor, Alexandru, Larisa Florea, Simon Gallagher, John Burns, and Dermot Diamond, Poly (Ionic Liquid) Semi-Interpenetrating Network Multi-Responsive Hydrogels, Sensors, 2016 Journal Article, 2016

Akyazi, T. and Tudor, A. and Diamond, D. and Basabe-Desmonts, L. and Florea, L. and Benito-Lopez, F., Cholinium based poly ionic liquid hydrogel as negative flow passive pump in paper-based analytical devices, 2016, pp11-12 Conference Paper, 2016

Opto-Smart Systems in Microfluidics in, 2016, [Florea, Larisa, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito-Lopez] Book Chapter, 2016

Tudor, A. and Saez, J. and Florea, L. and Benito-Lopez, F. and Diamond, D., Temperature-controlled poly(ionic liquid) microfluidic valves, 2016, pp1134-1135 Conference Paper, 2016

Tudor, A. and Gallagher, S. and Florea, L. and Diamond, D., Poly(ionic liquid) based dual responsive smart hydrogels, 2015, pp1542-1544 Conference Paper, 2015

(ed.), Microcantilever arrays coated with photoactive polymeric brushes as systems to measure photo-induced surface stress changes, 2015 Proceedings of a Conference, 2015

Glennon, T. and Saez, J. and Czugala, M. and Florea, L. and McNamara, E. and Fraser, K.J. and Ducree, J. and Diamond, D. and Benito-Lopez, F., Photo-switchable microvalve in a reusable Lab-on-a-disc, (7180873), 2015, pp109-112 Conference Paper, 2015 DOI

Matzeu, Giusy, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Advances in wearable chemical sensor design for monitoring biological fluids, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Aishling Dunne, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Solvato-morphologically controlled, reversible photo-actuated hydrogels, operative in neutral environments, Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), 2015 Transducers-2015 18th International Conference on, 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Wayne Francis, Cormac Fay, Larisa Florea, and Dermot Diamond, Self-propelled chemotactic ionic liquid droplets, Chemical Communications, 2015 Journal Article, 2015

Bartosz ZIOLKOWSKI: Larisa FLOREA, Dermot Diamond, 'Photo-responsive spiropyran-based n-isopropylacrylamide (nipam) gels', HANNA MOORE + CURLEY , WO/2015/011211, 2015 Patent, 2015 URL

Coyle S., Curto V.F., Benito-Lopez F., Florea L., Diamond D., Wearable Bio and Chemical Sensors, Wearable Sensors: Fundamentals, Implementation and Applications, 2014, p65 - 83, p65-83 Journal Article, 2014 DOI

Stumpel, Jelle E., Bartosz Ziółkowski, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, Dirk J. Broer, and Albertus PHJ Schenning, Photoswitchable ratchet surface topographies based on self-protonating spiropyran--NIPAAM hydrogels, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2014 Journal Article, 2014

Simon Gallagher, Larisa Florea, Kevin J. Fraser, and Dermot Diamond, Swelling and shrinking properties of thermo-responsive polymeric ionic liquid hydrogels with embedded linear pNIPAAM, International journal of molecular sciences, 2014 Journal Article, 2014

Gallagher, Simon, Andrew Kavanagh, Bartosz Zíołkowski, Larisa Florea, Douglas R. MacFarlane, Kevin Fraser, and Dermot Diamond, Ionic liquid modulation of swelling and LCST behavior of N-isopropylacrylamide polymer gels, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014 Journal Article, 2014

Larisa Florea, Silvia Scarmagnani, Fernando Benito-Lopez, and Dermot Diamond, Self-assembled solvato-morphologically controlled photochromic crystals, Chemical Communications, 2014 Journal Article, 2014

Deignan, J. and Florea, L. and Coyle, S. and Diamond, D., Wearable chemical sensing - Optimizing Platforms and sensitivity for real-time sweat analysis, 2014, pp2184-2186 Conference Paper, 2014

Larisa Florea, Klaudia Wagner, Pawel Wagner, Gordon G. Wallace, Fernando Benito‐Lopez, David L. Officer, and Dermot Diamond, Photo-Chemopropulsion--Light-Stimulated Movement of Microdroplets, Advanced Materials, 2014 Journal Article, 2014

Wagner, Klaudia, Michele Zanoni, Anastasia BS Elliott, Pawel Wagner, Robert Byrne, Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, Keith C. Gordon, Gordon G. Wallace, and David L. Officer, A merocyanine-based conductive polymer, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013 Journal Article, 2013

Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito-Lopez, Polyaniline coated micro-capillaries for continuous flow analysis of aqueous solutions, Analytica chimica acta, 2013 Journal Article, 2013

Gallagher, Simon, Andrew Kavanagh, Larisa Florea, Douglas R. MacFarlane, Kevin J. Fraser, and Dermot Diamond, Temperature and pH triggered release characteristics of water/fluorescein from 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate based ionogels, Chemical Communications, 2013 Journal Article, 2013

Ziółkowski, Bartosz, Larisa Florea, Jannick Theobald, Fernando Benito-Lopez, and Dermot Diamond, Self-protonating spiropyran-co-NIPAM-co-acrylic acid hydrogel photoactuators, Soft Matter, 2013 Journal Article, 2013

Larisa Florea, Cormac Fay, Emer Lahiff, Thomas Phelan, Noel E. O'Connor, Brian Corcoran, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito-Lopez, Dynamic pH mapping in microfluidic devices by integrating adaptive coatings based on polyaniline with colorimetric imaging techniques, Lab on a Chip, 2013 Journal Article, 2013

Larisa Florea, Aoife McKeon, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito-Lopez, Spiropyran polymeric microcapillary coatings for photodetection of solvent polarity, Langmuir, 2013 Journal Article, 2013

Larisa Florea, Dermot Diamond, and Fernando Benito‐Lopez, Photo-Responsive Polymeric Structures Based on Spiropyran, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2012 Journal Article, 2012

, Synthesis and characterisation of spiropyran-polymer brushes in micro-capillaries: Towards an integrated optical sensor for continuous flow analysis, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2012 Journal Article, 2012

Larisa Florea, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Alexandre Hennart, and Dermot Diamond, Photo-detection of solvent polarities using non-invasive coatings in capillaries, Procedia Engineering, 2011 Journal Article, 2011

Larisa Florea, Emer Lahiff, and Dermot Diamond, Modified polyaniline nanofibres for ascorbic acid detection, 2011 Conference Paper, 2011

Adil Palani, Larisa Florea, Evangelos Gerasimou, Sabina Nitu, Carol Csunderlik, and Monika Simon, Study of the N-methylcarbamylsuccinamic Acid Synthesis, Revista de Chimie, 2010 Journal Article, 2010

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

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, 2022

Research Expertise

Description

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.

Projects

  • Title
    • Artificial micro-vehicles with life-like behaviour (ChemLife)
  • 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
  • Date From
    • 1/10/2018
  • Date To
    • 30/09/2023
  • Title
    • Functional & Dynamic 3D Nano- Micro- Devices by Direct Multi-Photon Lithography
  • 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
  • Date From
    • 01/09/2020
  • Date To
    • 31/08/2024
  • Title
    • Smart coatings for medical devices
  • 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)
  • Date From
    • 1/01/2020
  • Date To
    • 31/12/2020
  • Title
    • SFI-AMBER PhD Programme
  • Funding Agency
    • Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
  • Date From
    • 1/10/2018
  • Date To
    • 30/09/2022
  • Title
    • The Development of Chemopropulsion-based Fluidic Transport Systems
  • 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
  • Date From
    • 2015
  • Date To
    • 2019

Recognition

Representations

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

Awards and Honours

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

Memberships

Member of European COST Action MP1205 - 'Advances in Optofluidics' 2014 – 2017