Lidia Morawska
Also known as: Morawska, L., Morawska, Lidia
ARC Training Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission (Thrive), Australian Laureate Fellow, Jagiellonian University, Queensland University of Technology
About
Lidia Morawska PHD, FAA, FRSB, AAAS IHM, FTSE is a Distinguished Professor and Australian Laureate Fellow in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. She is the Director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) at QUT, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Air Quality and Health; the Centre Director for the ARC Training Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission (THRIVE) hosted at QUT; a Vice-Chancellor Fellow of the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom; and an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Environmental and Climate Research (ECI) at the Jinan University in Guangzhou, China. 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. She is an author of >1,200 journal papers, book chapters and conference papers. Lidia has been involved at the executive level with a number of relevant national/international professional bodies, is an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society of Biology, and is acting as an advisor to the WHO. She is the recipient of numerous scientific awards including the Prime Minister Prize for Science 2025.
Employment
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ARC Training Centre for Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission (Thrive) Centre Director2023 - Present
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Australian Laureate Fellow2023 - Present
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Queensland University of Technology Distinguished Professor2020 - Present
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University of Surrey Vice-Chancellor Fellow2020 - Present
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Jinan University Adjunct Professor2018 - Present
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International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, QUT Director and Founder1993 - Present
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Queensland University of Technology Professor1991 - Present
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University of Toronto Post-Doctoral Fellow1988 - 1991
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McMaster University Post-Doctoral Fellow1987 - 1988
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Queensland University of Technology
Education
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Jagiellonian University PhD? - 1982
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Jagiellonian University MSc? - 1976
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (1099)
- The hidden infectious disease-related sepsis risk of wildfire-specific PM2.5 Save
- Optimizing indoor air quality in HVAC systems using deep reinforcement learning with multi-objective dynamic weight reward function Save
- Contributions of traffic to daily PM2.5 exposure and links to cancer mortality Save
- Real-Time Detection of Airborne Pathogens: Science Fiction or Imminent Reality? Save
- A Safe Shelter to Survive and Thrive in a Changing Climate Save
- Building ventilation - A taxonomy of international terminology Save
- Comparison of High Spatial Resolution PM2.5, PM10, and NO2 Estimates Using a Deep Ensemble Machine Learning Framework in a Low Pollution Setting Save
- Respiratory cross-infection in non-invasive ventilation devices Save
- High-Resolution Spatiotemporal Characterization of PM2.5 across On-Road Microenvironments Using Large-Scale Taxi-Based Mobile Monitoring in a Chinese City Save
- Effects of the interaction between walking activity and air pollution on daily respiratory symptoms in people with COPD Save