Lauren Elizabeth Hughes is an Australian carcinologist and curator.
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.