Lidia Morawska


(MENAFN- The Conversation) Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty; Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health); Director - Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), queensland university of technology profile articles activity

Lidia Morawska is a Professor in the School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, the Director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) at QUT, which is a WHO Collaborating Centre on Air Quality and Health, and a Co-Director in Australia for the Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC – AQSM). She conducts fundamental and applied research in the interdisciplinary field of air quality and its impact on human health and the environment, with a specific focus on science of airborne particulate matter. Professor Morawska is a physicist and received her doctorate at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland for research on radon and its progeny. Prior to joining QUT she spent several years in Canada conducting research first at McMaster University in Hamilton as a Fellow of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and later at the University of Toronto. Professor Morawska is an author of over seven hundred journal papers, book chapters and conference papers. She has also been involved at the executive level with a number of relevant national and international professional bodies and has been acting as an advisor to the World Health Organization. She is a past President of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate.

Experience
  • –present Professor, Science and Engineering Faculty, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Nanotechnology and Molecular Science, Queensland University of Technology
  • –present Director, International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (WHO CC for Air Quality and Health)
  • –present Director - Australia, Australia, Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management
Education
  • 1982
    Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, PhD Physics
  • 1976
    Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, MSc Physics
Publications
  • 2017 *Please contact me for a comprehensive publication list,
Grants and Contracts
  • 2017 Establishing Advanced Networks for Air Quality Sensing and Analyses Role: Funding Source: ARC Linkage Projects
  • 2016 Energy Transitions, Air Pollution and Health in Australia Role: Funding Source: NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence (CRE)
  • 2016 Application of Low Cost Air Pollution Sensors for Personal Exposure Monitoring Role: Funding Source: NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence (CRE)
  • 2015 Revolutionising protection against air pollution Role: Funding Source: ARC Discovery Project
Professional Memberships
  • Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate
  • American Association for Aerosol Research
  • International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences (nominated in 1998)
Research Areas
  • Atmospheric Aerosols (040101)
  • Environmental Monitoring (050206)
  • Environmental Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified (090799)

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