| Lauren E. Hughes | |
| Birth Name: | Lauren Elizabeth Hughes |
| Workplaces: | Australian Museum Natural History Museum, London |
| Alma Mater: | University of New England |
| Thesis Title: | Biodiversity of Amphipods in the Solitary Islands New South Wales, Australia |
| Thesis Url: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6434 |
| Thesis Year: | 2007 |
| Author Abbrev Zoo: | 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]
, 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.
Her zoological author abbreviation is Hughes.[3]