Lauren E. Hughes
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Born
Lauren Elizabeth Hughes
AlmamaterUniversity of New England
InstitutionsAustralian Museum
Natural History Museum, London
Natural History Museum, London
Lauren E. Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lauren Elizabeth Hughes |
| Alma mater | University of New England |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Australian Museum Natural History Museum, London |
| Thesis | Biodiversity of Amphipods in the Solitary Islands New South Wales, Australia (2007) |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Hughes |
Lauren Elizabeth Hughes is an Australian carcinologist and curator. She specialises in the study of amphipods.
Hughes graduated from the University of New England, Armidale with a PhD in 2007. Her thesis was titled "Biodiversity of Amphipods in the Solitary Islands New South Wales, Australia".[1]
As of 2022[update], Hughes is principal curator of invertebrates at the Natural History Museum, London.[2] Prior to this, she worked at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
Hughes and zoologist James K. Lowry have described a number of amphipods in a number of joint papers.[3][4][5]
Her zoological author abbreviation is Hughes.[6]