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'''Lidia Morawska''' ([[Poland]], [[1952]]) is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, at the [[Queensland University of Technology]] (QUT)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morawska|first=Lidia|title=QUT {{!}} Staff Profiles {{!}} Lidia Morawska|url=https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/l.morawska/|access-date=2021-09-06|website=Faculty of Science|language=en}}</ref> in Brisbane, Australia; the Director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Health|first=International Laboratory for Air Quality &|title=Home|url=https://research.qut.edu.au/ilaqh/|access-date=2021-09-06|website=International Laboratory for Air Quality & Health|language=en-AU}}</ref> at QUT, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Air Quality and Health; a Co-Director in Australia for the Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home 主页|url=http://www.accaqsm.com/|access-date=2021-09-06|website=ACC AQSM|language=en}}</ref>; an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Environmental and Climate Research (ECI), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China; and a Vice-Chancellor Fellow, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
'''Lidia Morawska''' ([[Poland]], [[1952]]) is a Polish-born Australian aerosol physicist. She is director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health and a Distinguished Professor at the [[Queensland University of Technology]]. Her research involves on the areas of applied physics, focusing on radiation physics, environmental physics, and atmospheric physics. Since 2020 she started focusing on the transmission of [[COVID-19]] and that same year she became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science ({{post-nominals|country=AUS|FAA}}).<ref name="QUT" /><ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Australian Academy of Science|date=2021|title=Professor Lidia Morawska|url=https://www.science.org.au/profile/lidia-morawska|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Australian Academy of Science}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Salas|first=Javier|date=19 July 2020|title=El mayor riesgo se da en espacios cerrados y abarrotados, salvo si la ventilación es eficiente|language=spanish|trans-title=The biggest risk occurs in closed and crowded spaces, unless ventilation is efficient|work=El Pais|url=https://elpais.com/ciencia/2020-07-18/el-mayor-riesgo-se-da-en-espacios-cerrados-y-abarrotados-salvo-si-la-ventilacion-es-eficiente.html|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref>

Distinguished Professor Morawska has made a significant contribution to the emerging field of nano and ultrafine particle (UFP) science, driving innovative research, and raising the profile of this research field internationally. Her research has led to significant progress in the understanding of atmospheric particulate matter, particularly in the nanoparticle science field. This knowledge is key to setting the direction of human and environmental risk assessment and management globally. She has delivered new tools for detecting and analyzing ambient particulate matter and new insights into the characteristics of human exposure to air pollution, and impact on human health. Her scientific contributions are evidenced by numerous high-profile professional appointments, awards, and extensive citations.


==Academic career==
==Academic career==
Distinguished Professor Morawska is a physicist and received her doctorate in 1982 at the [[Jagiellonian University]], [[Kraków]], Poland for research on radon and its progeny.
Morawska holds an MSc (1976) and PhD (1982) from the [[Jagiellonian University]] in [[Kraków]], Poland. Following graduation she moved to Canada where she worked as a post-doctoral fellow first at [[McMaster University]] where she was a Fellow in the International Atomic Energy Agency. Afterwards, she moved to the [[University of Toronto]] for a second postdoctoral study. She then migrated to Queensland, Australia to take up an appointment as associate professor at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) . She was promoted to full professor and became director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health at QUT in 2003.<ref name="QUT">{{cite web|last=Mlorawska|first=Lidia|title=Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska|url=https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/l.morawska|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Queensland University of Technology}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Lidia Morawska|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/lidia-morawska-428572|access-date=2021-07-01|website=The Conversation|language=en}}</ref>


Prior to joining QUT in 1991, she spent several years in Canada (from 1987-1991) conducting research first at [[McMaster University]] in Hamilton as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and later at the [[University of Toronto]].
She is a consultant to the [[World Health Organization]], trustee of the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and member of both the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand and the American Association for Aerosol Research. Moreover, she acts as an international committee member of the Aerosol Science Researching Center at the [[National Sun Yat-sen University]].<ref name="QUT" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Center Staffs|url=http://aerosol.nsysu.edu.tw/EN/staffs-info.asp?id=272|access-date=2021-01-25|website=National Sun Yat-sen University}}</ref>


She has conducted ground-breaking research in this field since 1991, when she established the Environmental Aerosol Laboratory at QUT, renamed the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) in 2002. As Director, she leads this laboratory conducting fundamental and applied research in the complex, interdisciplinary field of air quality and its impact on human health, with a specific focus on atmospheric fine, UFP and nanoparticles. This was the first research institution in Australia specializing in environmental aerosol science, and the first to base Australian exposure guidelines on Australian data.
Also, she is associate editor of ''Science of the Total Environment'' journal, and in 2020 she was elected Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Science]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lidia Morawski |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/science-of-the-total-environment/editorial-board/lidia-morawska |website=Elsevier |access-date=2021-01-25}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|date=2020-05-25|title=Australia's top scientists elected as Fellows of the Academy|url=https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/australias-top-scientists-elected-fellows-of-academy|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Australian Academy of Science}}</ref>


She then took up a position as Associate Professor at the QUT, in 2003.
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==Research==
Her research is diverse and involves ground-breaking studies in the area of applied physics, particularly in radiation physics, environmental physics, and atmospheric physics. She has been focused in the interdisciplinary field of air quality and its impact on human health and the environment, with a particular focus on the science of airborne particulate matter.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=University of Surrey|title=Professor Lidia Morawska|url=https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/lidia-morawska|url-status=live|access-date=1 July 2021|website=University of Surrey}}</ref>


She is a long-standing collaborator and Advisor to the [[World Health Organization]], contributing to all WHO air quality-related guidelines over the past two decades. She co-chairs the group responsible for the WHO Air Quality Guidelines, the most important document on which nations base their air quality standards. The upcoming guidelines (to be released in 2021) set new directions for air pollution management and, for the first time, include UFP, based on the cutting-edge research conducted over two decades by D/Prof Morawska and her team that has influenced policy makers.
Among her research she has studies the levels of atmospheric pollution in Australia, and the effect of the ultrafine particles in the health of people who perform different activities in the outside.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Morawska|first=Lidia|date=22 December 2017|title=Walking mightn’t be good for you if it’s through Australia’s polluted city streets|work=The Conversation|url=https://theconversation.com/walking-mightnt-be-good-for-you-if-its-through-australias-polluted-city-streets-88772|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> Furthermore, she has described the benefits of using facemasks and air purifiers to protect the population from the harmful particles released by bushfire smoke.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Morawska|first=Lidia|date=12 December 2019|title=From face masks to air purifiers: what actually works to protect us from bushfire smoke?|work=The Conversation|url=https://theconversation.com/from-face-masks-to-air-purifiers-what-actually-works-to-protect-us-from-bushfire-smoke-128633|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>


== Awards & Recognition ==
She has received funding from different sources and for different research projects, some of which are:<ref name=":1" />
In recognition of her contributions to the field, Distinguished Professor Morawska received the 2021 ISIAQ Special 2020 Award for an Extraordinary Academic Leadership, International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate<ref>{{Cite web|title=Special 2020 Award|url=https://www.isiaq.org/v_newsletters/article_199238225.htm|access-date=2021-09-06|website=www.isiaq.org}}</ref>. In 2020, was elected in a Fellow to the [[Australian Academy of Science]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lidia Morawska|url=https://www.science.org.au/profile/lidia-morawska|access-date=2021-09-06|website=www.science.org.au|language=en}}</ref>, was named one of Australia’s top 40 researchers in The Australian Research Magazine (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Research September 2020 — Contents|url=http://specialreports.theaustralian.com.au/p8906432/|access-date=2021-09-06|website=Research September 2020}}</ref>, ranked in [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'s Good Weekend’s 40 Australians Who Mattered: Health and Science<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mannix|first=Kate Aubusson, Liam|date=2020-11-27|title=Good Weekend's 40 Australians Who Mattered: Health and Science|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/good-weekend-s-40-australians-who-mattered-health-and-science-20201113-p56e94.html|access-date=2021-09-06|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref>, and ranked 16,428 in the Stanford University ranking of 100,000 Top Scientists. She was also the recipient of the 2020 QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Leadership Excellence, the 2018 [[Eureka Prizes|Eureka Prize]] for Infectious Diseases Research (Australian Museum of Eureka Prizes), as well as the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) 2017 David Sinclair Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Sinclair Award|url=https://www.aaar.org/awards/annual-awards/david-sinclair-award/|access-date=2021-09-06|website=The American Association for Aerosol Research}}</ref>''.'' Prior to this, she was also the recipient of a ‘QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Award 2017’ ''“in recognition of a significant and superior contribution to the work of the university”,'' and in 2011, the ‘[[Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand]] (CASANZ) ‘for ''“…sustained and dedicated contribution to the understanding of fine particles in the air”.'' She is also past President of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate.
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|Energy Transitions, Air Pollution and Health in Australia
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|2016
|Application of Low-Cost Air Pollution Sensors for Personal Exposure Monitoring
|NHMRC Centers of Research Excellence
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|2015
|Revolutionizing Protection Against Air Pollution
|ARC Discovery Project
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=== COVID-19 research ===
== History ==
She grew up in a city in the south-eastern part of Poland – Przemyśl. This is where she completed her primary and secondary education during her university years and before leaving for Canada, she resided in Krakow.
Since 2020 Morawska has been collaborating with researchers in China and worldwide on how [[COVID-19]] is transmitted in hospitals, public transport and through daily activities such as singing.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q91958993}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Q|Q100737401}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Q|Q104504417}}</ref>


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==Research==
It was originally thought and maintained by the [[World Health Organization]] that the virus could only spread through contaminated surfaces and droplets which could not travel farther than two meters (six feet) before falling to the ground. Morawska played a key role in arguing that the virus could in fact spread via airborne particles called "aerosols", which linger in an enclosed space for longer and can infect at a greater distance. It was widely thought at the time that aerosols were only a risk factor in certain medical settings, such as when [[ventilator]]s are used.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q99730713}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2021-05-26|title=Improving ventilation will help curb SARS-CoV-2|url=https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/05/26/improving-ventilation-will-help-curb-sars-cov-2|access-date=4 June 2021|website=The Economist}}</ref>
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 atmospheric particulate matter.


=== COVID-19 research ===
Her research on this area started since the [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak|SARS outbreak in early 2000s]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ireland|first=Tom|date=10 November 2020|title=There'll be PhDs written on the psychology and politics of this topic|work=The Biologist|publisher=Royal Society of Biology|url=https://www.rsb.org.uk/biologist-covid-19/professor-lidia-morawska-interview|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> The results of this research showed that these viral particles could form in people´s throats during daily activities. In summer of 2020 she coauthored a letter asking for the airborne transmission of SARS-Cov-2 to be recognized and addressed, was signed by over 200 scientists from 32 countries. In this letter, she explains that in order to reduce the transmission cases of COVID-19 is imperative to be in ventilated areas.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Morawska|first1=Lidia|last2=Milton|first2=Donald K|date=1 November 2020|title=It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa939|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases|volume=71|issue=9|pages=2311-2313}}</ref> In her own words:<ref name=":2" /><blockquote>The biggest risk is in closed and crowded spaces, unless the ventilation is efficient…In well ventilated places such as hospitals, where studies have been performed, this is not a problem because the viral drops are eliminated by a quick and efficient ventilation.</blockquote>After different complications to convince the World Health Organization about the fact that the virus is airborne and the importance of well-ventilated areas it was confirmed that there are three ways of COVID-19 transmission: fomites (viral particles found in surfaces), drops released when coughing or talking, and aerosols.<ref name=":2" />
During the '''COVID-19 pandemic''', Distinguished Prof Morawska assembled and led a multidisciplinary group of 239 scientists guiding public health authorities worldwide to recognize the significance of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus-laden particles and the immense risk it poses to human health. The WHO and numerous national authorities (e.g. the US Centres for Disease Control) subsequently updated their advice regarding airborne transmission, preventing millions of new infections and saving countless lives. Distinguished Professor Morawska and her team’s work is considered one of the four key elements in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and is of immeasurable global significance<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lewis|first=Dyani|date=2020-07-08|title=Mounting evidence suggests coronavirus is airborne — but health advice has not caught up|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02058-1|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=583|issue=7817|pages=510–513|doi=10.1038/d41586-020-02058-1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Opinion {{!}} Need some good news about covid-19? Here are six reasons for optimism.|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/14/need-some-good-news-about-covid-19-here-are-six-reasons-optimism/|access-date=2021-09-06|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>. In 2020, she became a Member of the Task Force on Workplace, School, and Travel Safety, The Lancet COVID Commission<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lidia Morawska|url=https://covid19commission.org/lidia-morawska|access-date=2021-09-06|website=Lancet Commission on COVID-19|language=en-US}}</ref>, looking into building-related risk factors which are a critical, but missing, component of SARS-CoV-2 outbreak investigations (March 2021).

== Honors and awards ==
Her scientific career has been recognized and awarded in multiple occasions by various organizations, among those are:<ref name="QUT" /><ref name=":4" />

* 2020: Place 16,428 in the list of the 100,000 best scientists in the world according to the [[Stanford University]].
* November 2020: Recognition by [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] as one of the best scientists in the area of health and science.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Aubsson|first=Kate|last2=Mannix|first2=Liam|date=27 November 2020|title=Good Weekend's 40 Australians Who Mattered: Health and Science|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/good-weekend-s-40-australians-who-mattered-health-and-science-20201113-p56e94.html|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>
* September 2020: Nominee in the list of the Top 40 Australian scientists by the Australian Research Magazine.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 2020|title=Research Superstars|work=The Australian Research|url=https://specialreports.theaustralian.com.au/1540291/9/|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>
* May 2020: Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Science]].<ref name=":3" />
* 2018: [[Eureka Prizes|Eureka Prize]] for Infectious Diseases Research by the Australian Museum of Eureka Prizes.
* 2017: David Sincalir Award by the American Association for Aerosol Research.
* 2017: Queensland University of Technology Vice-Chancellor´s Performance Award.
* 2011: Clean Air Medal by the [[Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand]].


==== Top 5 Publications ====
==Selected works==
1. Morawska, L., et al., “A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection”. ''Science'', 372(6543):  689-691, 2021<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Morawska|first=Lidia|last2=Allen|first2=Joseph|last3=Bahnfleth|first3=William|last4=Bluyssen|first4=Philomena M.|last5=Boerstra|first5=Atze|last6=Buonanno|first6=Giorgio|last7=Cao|first7=Junji|last8=Dancer|first8=Stephanie J.|last9=Floto|first9=Andres|last10=Franchimon|first10=Francesco|last11=Greenhalgh|first11=Trisha|date=2021-05-14|title=A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection|url=https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abg2025|journal=Science|language=EN|doi=10.1126/science.abg2025}}</ref>. '''''This paper is a call for a “paradigm shift” in combating airborne pathogens such as COVID-19, demanding universal recognition that infections can be prevented through improving indoor ventilation systems. Paper ranked In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric (14/05/2021).'''''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Altmetric – A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection|url=https://science.altmetric.com/details/105823984|access-date=2021-09-06|website=science.altmetric.com}}</ref>
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She has more than 800 academic publications, including scientific articles, book chapters, and conference papers. Among the most cited publications are:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska|url=https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=gJUlfqcAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-07-01|website=scholar.google.com.au}}</ref>


2. Ma et al., “COVID-19 patients in earlier stages exhaled millions of SARS-CoV-2 per hour”. ''Clinical Infectious Diseases'', ciaa1283, 2020<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ma|first=Jianxin|last2=Qi|first2=Xiao|last3=Chen|first3=Haoxuan|last4=Li|first4=Xinyue|last5=Zhang|first5=Zheng|last6=Wang|first6=Haibin|last7=Sun|first7=Lingli|last8=Zhang|first8=Lu|last9=Guo|first9=Jiazhen|last10=Morawska|first10=Lidia|last11=Grinshpun|first11=Sergey A|date=2020-08-28|title=Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients in Earlier Stages Exhaled Millions of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Per Hour|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1283|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases|volume=72|issue=10|pages=e652–e654|doi=10.1093/cid/ciaa1283|issn=1058-4838|pmc=PMC7499537|pmid=32857833}}</ref>. '''''Paper investigating breath emission of SARS-CoV-2 from 49 COVID-19 patients recruited in Beijing in addition to its environmental detection.'''''
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3. Morawska and Milton, “It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19”. ''Clinical Infectious Diseases'', 71(9): 2311-2313, 2020<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Morawska|first=Lidia|last2=Milton|first2=Donald K|date=2020-07-06|title=It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa939|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases|doi=10.1093/cid/ciaa939|issn=1058-4838|pmc=PMC7454469|pmid=32628269}}</ref>. '''''Open Letter co-signed by 239 scientists from around the world which influenced the WHO in a Press Conference on the 7 July, to acknowledged this as a mode of infection transmission.'''''
Her main book chapter is entitled ''Nanoparticles in European Cities and Associated Health Impacts,'' which was published by ''The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry'' (pp. 1-27) by Springer Berlin.


4. Morawska et al., “How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?” ''Environ. Int.,'' 142:105832, 2020<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2020-09-01|title=How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020317876|journal=Environment International|language=en|volume=142|pages=105832|doi=10.1016/j.envint.2020.105832|issn=0160-4120|pmc=PMC7250761|pmid=32521345}}</ref>. '''''This paper argues that existing evidence is sufficiently strong to warrant engineering controls targeting airborne transmission as part of an overall strategy to limit infection risk indoors.'''''
With respect to her research on COVID-19, her main publications are:


5. Morawska and Cao, “Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: the world should face the reality”. ''Environ. Int..'', 139:105730, 2020. '''''This was the most downloaded Environment International article for the month of May 2020.'''''
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==References==
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Lidia Morawska
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Alma materJagiellonian University
Scientific career
InstitutionsMcMaster University
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Queensland University of Technology
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Lidia Morawska (Poland, 1952) is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)[1] in Brisbane, Australia; the Director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH)[2] at QUT, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Air Quality and Health; a Co-Director in Australia for the Australia – China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM)[3]; an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Environmental and Climate Research (ECI), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China; and a Vice-Chancellor Fellow, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), University of Surrey, United Kingdom.

Distinguished Professor Morawska has made a significant contribution to the emerging field of nano and ultrafine particle (UFP) science, driving innovative research, and raising the profile of this research field internationally. Her research has led to significant progress in the understanding of atmospheric particulate matter, particularly in the nanoparticle science field. This knowledge is key to setting the direction of human and environmental risk assessment and management globally. She has delivered new tools for detecting and analyzing ambient particulate matter and new insights into the characteristics of human exposure to air pollution, and impact on human health. Her scientific contributions are evidenced by numerous high-profile professional appointments, awards, and extensive citations.

Academic career

Distinguished Professor Morawska is a physicist and received her doctorate in 1982 at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland for research on radon and its progeny.

Prior to joining QUT in 1991, she spent several years in Canada (from 1987-1991) conducting research first at McMaster University in Hamilton as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and later at the University of Toronto.

She has conducted ground-breaking research in this field since 1991, when she established the Environmental Aerosol Laboratory at QUT, renamed the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) in 2002. As Director, she leads this laboratory conducting fundamental and applied research in the complex, interdisciplinary field of air quality and its impact on human health, with a specific focus on atmospheric fine, UFP and nanoparticles. This was the first research institution in Australia specializing in environmental aerosol science, and the first to base Australian exposure guidelines on Australian data.

She then took up a position as Associate Professor at the QUT, in 2003.

She is a long-standing collaborator and Advisor to the World Health Organization, contributing to all WHO air quality-related guidelines over the past two decades. She co-chairs the group responsible for the WHO Air Quality Guidelines, the most important document on which nations base their air quality standards. The upcoming guidelines (to be released in 2021) set new directions for air pollution management and, for the first time, include UFP, based on the cutting-edge research conducted over two decades by D/Prof Morawska and her team that has influenced policy makers.

Awards & Recognition

In recognition of her contributions to the field, Distinguished Professor Morawska received the 2021 ISIAQ Special 2020 Award for an Extraordinary Academic Leadership, International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate[4]. In 2020, was elected in a Fellow to the Australian Academy of Science[5], was named one of Australia’s top 40 researchers in The Australian Research Magazine (2020)[6], ranked in The Sydney Morning Herald's Good Weekend’s 40 Australians Who Mattered: Health and Science[7], and ranked 16,428 in the Stanford University ranking of 100,000 Top Scientists. She was also the recipient of the 2020 QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Leadership Excellence, the 2018 Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research (Australian Museum of Eureka Prizes), as well as the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) 2017 David Sinclair Award[8]. Prior to this, she was also the recipient of a ‘QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Performance Award 2017’ “in recognition of a significant and superior contribution to the work of the university”, and in 2011, the ‘Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand (CASANZ) ‘for “…sustained and dedicated contribution to the understanding of fine particles in the air”. She is also past President of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate.

History

She grew up in a city in the south-eastern part of Poland – Przemyśl. This is where she completed her primary and secondary education during her university years and before leaving for Canada, she resided in Krakow.

Research

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 atmospheric particulate matter.

COVID-19 research

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Distinguished Prof Morawska assembled and led a multidisciplinary group of 239 scientists guiding public health authorities worldwide to recognize the significance of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus-laden particles and the immense risk it poses to human health. The WHO and numerous national authorities (e.g. the US Centres for Disease Control) subsequently updated their advice regarding airborne transmission, preventing millions of new infections and saving countless lives. Distinguished Professor Morawska and her team’s work is considered one of the four key elements in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and is of immeasurable global significance[9][10]. In 2020, she became a Member of the Task Force on Workplace, School, and Travel Safety, The Lancet COVID Commission[11], looking into building-related risk factors which are a critical, but missing, component of SARS-CoV-2 outbreak investigations (March 2021).

Top 5 Publications

1. Morawska, L., et al., “A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection”. Science, 372(6543):  689-691, 2021[12]. This paper is a call for a “paradigm shift” in combating airborne pathogens such as COVID-19, demanding universal recognition that infections can be prevented through improving indoor ventilation systems. Paper ranked In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric (14/05/2021).[13]

2. Ma et al., “COVID-19 patients in earlier stages exhaled millions of SARS-CoV-2 per hour”. Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciaa1283, 2020[14]. Paper investigating breath emission of SARS-CoV-2 from 49 COVID-19 patients recruited in Beijing in addition to its environmental detection.

3. Morawska and Milton, “It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19”. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71(9): 2311-2313, 2020[15]. Open Letter co-signed by 239 scientists from around the world which influenced the WHO in a Press Conference on the 7 July, to acknowledged this as a mode of infection transmission.

4. Morawska et al., “How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?” Environ. Int., 142:105832, 2020[16]. This paper argues that existing evidence is sufficiently strong to warrant engineering controls targeting airborne transmission as part of an overall strategy to limit infection risk indoors.

5. Morawska and Cao, “Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: the world should face the reality”. Environ. Int.., 139:105730, 2020. This was the most downloaded Environment International article for the month of May 2020.

References

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  12. ^ Morawska, Lidia; Allen, Joseph; Bahnfleth, William; Bluyssen, Philomena M.; Boerstra, Atze; Buonanno, Giorgio; Cao, Junji; Dancer, Stephanie J.; Floto, Andres; Franchimon, Francesco; Greenhalgh, Trisha (14 May 2021). "A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection". Science. doi:10.1126/science.abg2025.
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  14. ^ Ma, Jianxin; Qi, Xiao; Chen, Haoxuan; Li, Xinyue; Zhang, Zheng; Wang, Haibin; Sun, Lingli; Zhang, Lu; Guo, Jiazhen; Morawska, Lidia; Grinshpun, Sergey A (28 August 2020). "Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients in Earlier Stages Exhaled Millions of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Per Hour". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72 (10): e652–e654. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1283. ISSN 1058-4838. PMC 7499537. PMID 32857833.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
  15. ^ Morawska, Lidia; Milton, Donald K (6 July 2020). "It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)". Clinical Infectious Diseases. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa939. ISSN 1058-4838. PMC 7454469. PMID 32628269.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
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