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About Frances Ligler
- Frances S.
- Ligler (born June 11, 1951) is a biochemist and bioengineer who was a 2017 inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- Ligler's research dramatically improved the effectiveness of biosensors while at the same time reducing their size and increasing automation.
- Her work on biosensors made it easier to detect toxins and pathogens in food, water, or when airborne.
- In a 2017 interview, Ligler summarized her work: "Optical biosensors is a whole field where biological molecules are being used for recognition and transduce an optical signal to a small device.
- My teams and I demonstrated the use of optical biosensors for detection of pathogens in food, infectious diseases in people, biological warfare agents, environmental pollutants, explosives and drugs of abuse — things that can kill you." Ligler's interests include microfluidics, tissue on chips, optical analytical devices, biosensors and nanotechnology.
- Ligler holds 32 patents and has authored over 400 scientific papers.
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