Terry Hughes (biologist)

Terence P. Hughes (born 1956, in Dublin, Ireland) is a professor of marine biology at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia.

[1] His research interests encompass coral reef ecology, macroecology and evolution, as well as social-ecological interactions.

[2] His recent work has focused on marine ecology, macroecology, climate change, identifying safe planetary boundaries for human development, and on transformative governance of the sea in Australia, Chile, China, the Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Maine and the Coral Triangle.

[17] Hughes was joint winner of the 2018 John Maddox Prize, awarded by Nature and Sense about Science.

[19] He and Catherine Lovelock were jointly awarded the Suzanne Cory Medal by the Australian Academy of Science in March 2023.

Distinguished Professor Terry Hughes FAA, ARC Laureate Fellow and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University.