Laura Piddock is Professor of Microbiology. Since she started her PhD in 1982, she has been at the forefront of antimicrobial research.

Laura started her career in a clinical environment and has successfully integrated this background with academic research. She has published over 190 original articles and 20 non-research policy original articles and reviews in international peer reviewed journals, 50 invited review articles, 21 research letters, 157 conference proceedings, 6 chapters in academic books and co-authored 9 reports to the UK government or WHO. She has given over 200 lectures at international conferences. She has an H-index of 86. Her current research focuses on understanding mechanisms of antibiotic resistance as a basis for drug discovery and includes multidrug efflux (pumping out of the bacterial cell) and regulation (switching on and off) of bacterial multidrug efflux pumps.