Dr Maggie Lord

Dr  Maggy Lord is a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland (https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/16992). She leads the Infrared surveillance and diagnostics team within the Faculty of Science. Her research focuses on developing novel and rapid next-generation surveillance and diagnostic tools for the detection of infectious pathogens in humans and the environment and for characterising disease-carrying vectors.  Her current specialisation involves the development of next-generation, smart, non-invasive tools based on infrared light. She recently pioneered the application of infrared light for detecting malaria through the skin of patients (https://stories.uq.edu.au/news/2022/life-saving-light-beam-to-detect-malaria/amp-index.html)