Dr. Tayyaba Hasan advances light‑based antimicrobials and optical diagnostics with NIH/NCI and DoD/AFOSR support. She holds multiple issued patents on photoactivatable antimicrobial agents and pathogen‑targeted photosensitizers. Her group delivers rapid point‑of‑care antibiotic susceptibility tests, portable QLED‑powered PDT tools, and clinically translatable PDT combinations for infection control and oncology.