Katrina Campbell

Katrina Campbell is a Professor in Food Security & Diagnostics at the Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast. Katrina is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Society of Biology, a member of the Irish Toxicology Society, SFET, the International Society for the study of harmful algae and Sensors100 Network. Her research focuses on identifying known and emerging threats within the food supply chain from “environment to farm to fork to waste”. She designs state-of-the-art rapid biosensor methods of analysis for the detection of toxins, chemical contaminants and harmful organisms, to enhance water quality, food safety and sustainability for the benefit of both animal and human health with an outlook on increasing food security. New areas of exploration are in the fields of diagnostics for animal and human health using novel materials and nanotechnology.