Luke Knibbs
Senior Lecturer
School of Public Health
The University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
Luke is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health, and joined the School of Public Health in 2012. Prior to that, he did 3 years' postdoctoral training at QUT's International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health. He has a special interest in air pollution, bioaerosols, and novel approaches to improving exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology. He held an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (2012-15) awarded for research into bioaerosols and their role in infection transmission. He is on the editorial board of Atmospheric Environment (2016-19). Luke's teaching is at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is the co-director of the Bachelor of Health Sciences program, and course co-ordinator for PUBH3009 (Environmental Health). He also contibutes to PUBH7032 (Children's Environmental Health) and PUBH7027 (Introduction to Environmental Health). He supervises Honours, Masters and PhD students.
Research Interest
Dr Luke Knibbs conducts research and teaching on the health effects of environmental risk factors, with a specific focus on air pollution and bioaerosols (airborne particles of biological origin).
Publications
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Charles HI, Grant WJ, David KL, Joshua H, Margaret R, et al. (2017) Blending multiple data sources for neighborhood estimates of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure for health research. Environmental Science and Technology.
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Belen ZD, Luke KD, Robert WS, Kristiann HC, Marko T, et al. (2017) A shift from motorised travel to active transport: What are the potential health gains for an Australian city?. PLoS One.
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Gongbo C, Luke KD, Wenyi Z, Shanshan L, Wei C, et al. (2017) Estimating spatiotemporal distribution of PM1 concentrations in China with satellite remote sensing, meteorology, and land use information. Environmental Pollution.
