Dr Luisa Holguin Colorado is an early career researcher investigating the visual and optical characteristics of the eye and contact lenses. Dr Colorado was awarded her PhD from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in August 2016. During her PhD project she observed that contact lens wear is associated with a reduction in the number of mucus-secreting conjunctival goblet cells, which means that the eye is less well lubricated, leading to discomfort during blinking.  This discovery may pave the way towards developing strategies to avoid lens-induced discomfort, leading to more satisfied patients and saving the contact lens industry hundreds of millions of dollars each year. During her PhD she was awarded the Cornea and Contact Lens Society Research Award for two consecutive years and she was involved in the Health Equity Committee. In March 2016, she commenced a Research Fellow appointment in  the Contact Lens and Visual Optics Laboratory, QUT to continue her work in the interactions between the human eye and contact lenses.