Professor Katrina Campbell

Biography

Katrina Campbell is a Professor in Food Security and Diagnostics within the Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast.  Her research focuses on the examination of food systems for the identification and recognition of known and emerging threats including fraud within the food supply chain from “environment to farm to fork to waste” and to determine any consequential effects to plant, animal and human health. A key element of this research is the development of (bio) analytical approaches that can be used for the rapid detection of natural toxins, chemical contaminants, allergens and harmful organisms, as tools to enhance food safety and sustainability. These state-of-the-art scientific techniques and next generation biosensor tools as multiplex detection systems may create a new facet in rapid food safety monitoring and traceability for the benefit of plant, animal and human health with an outlook to increasing food security. Her research also involves examining the impact of the effects of contamination and the implementation of these new diagnostic tools in the food supply chain to all stakeholders including academia, industry, policy makers & consumers. She is extremely interested in the development and implementation and communication of citizen science diagnostics for the future.  She is the Chairperson for the NI Royal Society Biology, a committee member for the NI Royal Society of Chemistry, a member of the International Society for the study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA) and a member of the FSA Joint expert group on animal feeds and feed additives (AFFAJEG). She has >120 publications, H-Index 39 and extensive network within EITFOOD & EU projects.