1. LIDIA MARIN
1A Valea Ialomitei Street, Bl. C18A, Ap 128
061961, Bucharest - ROMANIA
Mobile: +40 723 219 224 E-mail: lidmarin@yahoo.com
Nationality: Romanian
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2012‒2013 Hasselt University Postdoctoral researcher DSOS Group
2007-2012 Hasselt University PhD student in Chemistry
2006-2007 Joseph Fourier University Master of Science in Chemistry (Major: Organic
Chemistry)
2001-2006 Politehnica University of Bucharest Chemical Engineering (Major: Organic
Chemistry), 2nd
out of 9 graduates
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITY
2012-2013 Design and synthesis of quinoxaline-based cyclo(oligophenylene) derivatives
2007-2012 PhD thesis within the “Design & Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors” (DSOS)
Department, Diepenbeek– BELGIUM; "4H-Cyclopenta [2,1-b:3,4-b']-dithiophene donors and
quinoxaline acceptors with broadened absorption patterns toward light harvesting materials
for organic photovoltaics"
2007 (6 months) Masters internship within the “Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM),
Chimie Inorganique REdox (CIRE)”, Grenoble – FRANCE; “Synthesis of silylated ligands
for the elaboration of chelating hybrid materials”
2006 (4 months) Engineering internship in bioremediation within “BIOBASIC
Environnement”, Clermont Ferrand – FRANCE; “Critical parameters concerning the
remediation of organic pollutants”
2003 (1 month) Engineering internship within the “Laboratoire de Catalyse, Chimie Fine et
Polymères – ENSIACET, INP Toulouse – FRANCE; “Diene Synthesis”
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Materials for Organic Optoelectronics
 Designed and synthesized electron poor quinoxaline monomers acting as versatile
coupling partners
 Utilized Palladium catalyzed cross-coupling reactions (Suzuki, Stille) and Nickel
mediated polycondensation reactions

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TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY
Organic synthesis ─ Schlenk and glove-box techniques ─ Microwave synthesis ─ Purification
techniques ─ NMR spectroscopy ─ (Gas Chromatography) Mass Spectrometry ─
(Preparative) HPLC ─ Gel Permeation Chromatography ─ UV Spectroscopy ─FT-IR
Spectroscopy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate student mentor
 Taught 2nd
year organic chemistry lab
 Wrote and guided research projects for 2nd
and 3rd
year bachelor students
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
9. Quinoxaline-Based Cyclo(oligophenylenes)
Marin, L.; Kudrjasova, J.; Verstappen, P.; Penxten, H.; Robeyns, K.; Lutsen,
L.;Vanderzande, D.J.M.; Maes, W. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 2425–2430
8. N-acyl-dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]pyrrole-based low bandgap copolymers affording improved
open-circuit voltages and efficiencies in polymer solar cells
Kesters, J.; Verstappen, P.; Vanormelingen, W.; Drijkoningen, J.; Vangerven, T.; Devisscher,
D.; Marin, L.; Champagne, B.; Manca, J.; Lutsen, L.;Vanderzande, D.J.M.; Maes, W. Sol.
Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 136, 70–77
7. “Fluorination as an effective tool to increase the open-circuit voltage and charge carrier
mobility of organic solar cells based on poly(cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b’]dithiophene-alt-
quinoxaline) copolymers”
Verstappen, P., Kesters, J., Vanormelingen, W., Heintges, G., Drijkoningen, J., Vangerven,
T., Marin, L.., Koudjina, S., Champagne, B. R., Manca, J., Lutsen, L., Vanderzande, D.,
Maes, W. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 2960-2970
6. “In Situ Monitoring the Thermal Degradation of PCPDTBT Low Band Gap Polymers with
Varying Alkyl Side-Chain Patterns”
Marin, L., Penxten, H., Van Mierloo, S., Carleer, R., Lutsen, L., Vanderzande, D., Maes, W.
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 4912–4922.
5. “Quinoxaline derivatives with broadened absorption patterns”
Marin, L., Lutsen, L., Vanderzande, D. and Maes, W. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 5866–
5876.
4. “Thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazoles – promising building blocks in the synthesis of semiconductors
for plastic electronics”
Bevk, D.; Marin, L.; Lutsen, L.; Vanderzande, D.; Maes, W. RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 11418-
11431.
3. “Reaction of 4H-cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophenes with NBS - a route toward 2H-
cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene-2,6(4H)-diones”

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Marin, L.; Van Mierloo, S.; Zhang, Y.; Robeyns, K.; Champagne, B.; Adriaensens, P.;
Lutsen, L.; Vanderzande, D.; Maes, W. Tetrahedron 2013, 69, 2260–2267.
2. “Trivalent organophosphorus reagent induced pinacol rearrangement of 4H-cyclopenta[2,1-
b:3,4-b′]dithiophen-4-one”
Marin, L.; Zhang, Y.; Robeyns, K.; Champagne, B.; Adriaensens, P.; Lutsen, L.;
Vanderzande, D.; Bevk, D.; Maes, W. Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 526-529.
1. Fingerprints for Structural Defects in Poly(thienylene vinylene) (PTV): A Joint
Theoretical–Experimental NMR Study on Model Molecules”
Diliën, H.; Marin, L.; Botek, E.; Champagne, B.; Lemaur, V.; Beljonne, D.; Lazzaroni, R.;
Cleij, T. J.; Maes, W.; Lutsen, L.; Vanderzande, D.; Adriaensens, P. J. J. Phys. Chem. B 2011,
115, 12040-12050.
LANGUAGES Romanian: mother tongue
English: advanced
French: advanced
Dutch: basic
INTERESTS Travelling, music, cooking, gardening, sports (hiking, ski, climbing),
reading, and photography
REFERENCES available upon request