[1] She has published work on the museum's collection of 182 glass sea creatures made by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.

[8] In December 2020 she explained about bias in the fossil record within the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture about Planet Earth given by Christopher Jackson.

[9] Four months later she was elected Chair of the Board of Trustees overseeing the United Kingdom arts diversity charity Culture&.

The citation said that "their efforts have together sent a clarion call to museums and heritage organisations to acknowledge colonial histories and to take action.

"[12] Lowe was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to science communication and diversity in natural history.