Loukas Tsigaras
Deputy Technical Director, Pathway to Clean Indoor Air
Working groups
Background
Loukas has a background in biomedical engineering and 5 years of experience embedded in healthcare-focused industry projects. His work spans technical systems engineering and multidisciplinary integration in start-ups, through to large-scale implementation projects. As Deputy Technical Director of the Pathway to Clean Indoor Air project at Burnet Institute, Loukas bridges the gap between academia and industry, translating engineering solutions into real-world settings for greater public benefit. His current focus is the design, delivery and evaluation of indoor air quality interventions across public spaces, and what it takes to make clean indoor air available to all, at scale.
Qualifications
- 2022: Master of Engineering (Biomedical), The University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2017: Bachelor of Biomedicine, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Current projects
Using ultraviolet light to reduce COVID-19 in aged care homes (ELUCIDAR study)
Ultraviolet light has been used for decades to disinfect the air and prevent disease. This study explores using UV light to reduce COVID-19 infection in residential aged care facilities.
Pathway to Clean Indoor Air
A 2-year research project that tests solutions in real-world settings to identify scalable, evidence-based solutions for improving indoor air quality in schools, public spaces and public sector offices.