Maggie Knight

Maggie Knight is a Postdoctoral Research Officer in Environmental Science at the School of Environmental & Natural Sciences, focusing on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) dynamics in wastewater systems. Her work bridges environmental microbiology and public health through innovative metagenomic and molecular biology approaches.

Research Activities: Active in AMR research, Maggie investigates transmission pathways across wastewater-environment continua and evaluates surveillance methodologies at national scales. Her recent projects include airport wastewater analysis and comparative studies of high-throughput qPCR versus metagenomic techniques.

Key Collaborations: Collaborates across disciplines with teams specializing in microbial ecology, environmental engineering, and molecular diagnostics.