Dr. Livia Alexandra Dinu (livia.dinu@imt.ro)

Dr. Livia Alexandra Dinu is a Senior Researcher (CS I) at the National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies (IMT Bucharest), Romania. She received her B.Sc. in Biochemistry (2010) and M.Sc. in Advanced Materials (2012) from the University of Bucharest, followed by a Ph.D. in Chemistry.
Her research activity focuses on the development of advanced electrochemical sensing platforms based on functional nanomaterials, with particular emphasis on carbon-based nanostructures (nanocrystalline graphite, graphene and doped graphene), hybrid nanocomposites, and nanozyme-type materials. She has extensive expertise in the design, microfabrication, and integration of miniaturized three-electrode systems on silicon substrates, enabling scalable and reproducible sensor architectures compatible with microtechnologies.
Dr. Dinu’s work is centered on the development of highly sensitive and selective electrochemical sensors for the detection of emerging pollutants, including pesticides (e.g., glyphosate), pharmaceuticals, and endocrine-disrupting compounds, in environmental and biological samples. Her approach combines nanomaterial engineering with molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) and advanced electrochemical techniques (CV, DPV, EIS), as well as validation in real samples and correlation with standard analytical methods.
She is actively involved in national and international research projects addressing environmental monitoring, water quality, and health-related applications, contributing to the development of portable and on-site sensing devices. Her recent research also explores sustainable nanomaterials derived from biomass and their integration into electrochemical platforms, supporting the transition toward green and circular technologies.
Dr. Dinu coordinated the PRE-PUB national project (2018-2020) on electrochemical and optical studies on precocious puberty, detecting hormones and the endocrine disruptor, bisphenol A. She coordinates the national WATERGUARD (https://www.imt.ro/waterguard/) (2025-2026) project on portable glyphosate detection systems and contributes as key person to PORTABLE-SENS national project (https://www.imt.ro/portable-sens/index_en.html) and to several national research programs focused on developing electrochemical sensors and nanozyme materials. She is responsible for a sub-project in the PNTS large infrastructure project of IMT (https://research4industry.ro/ro), where her focus is on developing electrochemical sensors on SiO2/Si substrate.
Dr Dinu has co-authored over 60 ISI-indexed publications, including more than 15 as main author in Q1 journals, and is co-inventor of two national patents: i) on microfabricated electrochemical sensor systems on SiO2/Si substrate; and ii) nanozyme synthesis compatible with microfabrication technologies. Her work has received international recognition through several poster and oral presentation awards, including the Best Invited Paper Award at The 17th International Conference on Physics of Advanced Materials (ICPAM-17) held in Hamamatsu, Japan in November 2025.
She is actively engaged in interdisciplinary collaborations at the interface of materials science, analytical chemistry, and microtechnology. Full CV