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Claudia Daffara is a leading researcher in thermal imaging and its biomedical and agricultural applications, with a focus on developing cost-effective, high-impact sensing technologies. Her major contributions include the design and implementation of a thermal endoscope based on low-cost LWIR camera cores, such as the Lepton sensor, enabling miniaturized thermal visualization for minimally invasive procedures—a breakthrough detailed in her most-cited 2022 paper (7 citations). She has also advanced surgical safety by quantifying thermal spread during bipolar cauterizing in robot-assisted prostatectomy, using experimental pneumoperitoneum and thermal sensors to map spatial-temporal tissue damage (2023, 5 citations). Extending thermal imaging to precision agriculture, Daffara pioneered multi-model ensembles for object detection in multispectral images, addressing global crop losses from pests and diseases through AI-driven, non-destructive diagnostics (2025, 4 citations). Her work bridges engineering, medicine, and agritech, demonstrating how accessible thermal sensors can transform real-time decision-making. With a growing citation record and interdisciplinary reach, Daffara’s research is shaping next-generation tools for surgery and sustainable farming.