Chao-Chen Lin Email & Phone Number

Basel, Bs, Ch

Basel, Switzerland

• Leader of Material Characterization Lab: UV-vis, fluorescence, phosphorescence, quantum yield, time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC), cyclic voltammetry (CV), ellipsometry• Quantum chemical calculation by Gaussian to design molecules• Improved prediction accuracy of fluorescence peak wavelengths by 60% through multivariate linear regression on quantum chemical calculation data• Molecular dynamics simulation by Schrödinger to visualize intermolecular interactions•… Show more • Leader of Material Characterization Lab: UV-vis, fluorescence, phosphorescence, quantum yield, time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC), cyclic voltammetry (CV), ellipsometry• Quantum chemical calculation by Gaussian to design molecules• Improved prediction accuracy of fluorescence peak wavelengths by 60% through multivariate linear regression on quantum chemical calculation data• Molecular dynamics simulation by Schrödinger to visualize intermolecular interactions• Optical simulation by Setfos to understand the effect of spectral shape on efficiencies• OLED device characterization: IVL, impedance, lifetime, time-resolved electroluminescence• New molecular design concept to enable a broader range of fluorescent emitters in customer OLED devices, filed a US patent as the main inventor (US20240155945)• Up to 9-fold device lifetime improvement by material combination, filed 2 US patents as the main inventor (US20230209849, US20220336783) Show less

Chiba, Japan

• Joint material evaluation with 2 international customers and technical discussions• Facilitated collaboration between Basel and Chiba

Basel, Switzerland

• Built 2 fluorescence microscopes and managed totally 4; laboratory setup after moving from Zürich to Basel (2017)• Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM), confocal microscopy• Design with AutoCAD and fabrication of multi-layered PDMS-based microfluidic devices• Giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) production with emulsion transfer and electroformation• Designed an on-chip assay to study permeation of peptides across… Show more • Built 2 fluorescence microscopes and managed totally 4; laboratory setup after moving from Zürich to Basel (2017)• Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM), confocal microscopy• Design with AutoCAD and fabrication of multi-layered PDMS-based microfluidic devices• Giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) production with emulsion transfer and electroformation• Designed an on-chip assay to study permeation of peptides across lipid membranes, published in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2018)• Mentored 3 PhD students• Session chair, Lab on a Chip - Molecular Assays to Organs on a Chip symposium (2018) Show less

Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

• Built a fluorescence microscope with one- and two-photon excitation capabilities• TCSPC, FCS and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)• Simulation of fluorophore distribution and fluorescence decay with Python• Small unilamellar vesicle (SUV) production by size-exclusion chromatography• Designed a new assay to measure nanometer membrane distances regulated by synaptic membrane protein, published in Nature Commun. (2014)• Designed a new on-chip assay to study membrane… Show more • Built a fluorescence microscope with one- and two-photon excitation capabilities• TCSPC, FCS and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)• Simulation of fluorophore distribution and fluorescence decay with Python• Small unilamellar vesicle (SUV) production by size-exclusion chromatography• Designed a new assay to measure nanometer membrane distances regulated by synaptic membrane protein, published in Nature Commun. (2014)• Designed a new on-chip assay to study membrane fusion mediated by synaptic membrane proteins, published in J. Phys. Chem. B (2016) Show less

Taipei City, Taiwan

• Laser spectroscopy: fluorescence upconversion, transient absorption (pump-probe), two-photon absorption• Research on transition metal complexes, photochromism and proton transfer• Published as 2nd author in J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2012, 2011) and as 1st author in J. Phys. Chem. A (2010, 2009)• Published a review on transition metal complexes in Coord. Chem. Rev. (2011)

Taipei City, Taiwan

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) and organic photovoltaics (OPV) device fabrication.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude

International Max Planck Research School - Physics of Biological and Complex Systems (IMPRS-PBCS) Teaching: Praktikum Biomolekulare Chemie

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Chemistry, Top 5 Thesis Award

Activities and Societies: Student helper in the 6th Asian Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (ACUP 2010), Taipei.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Chemistry, Gpa 3.94/4.00