Lesley Hughes

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Lesley Hughes

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0313-9780
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Biography

Lesley Hughes is a Distinguished Professor of Biology and Interim Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering. She is an ecologist whose main research interest has been the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems, and the implications of climate change for conservation. She is a former Lead Author in the IPCC’s 4th and 5th Assessment Report, a former federal Climate Commissioner and now a Councillor and Director with the Climate Council of Australia. She is also a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.

Education/Academic qualification

Ecology, PhD, Seed dispersal by ants in dry sclerophyll vegetation, Macquarie University

1987 → 1990

Award Date: 15 May 1991

External positions

• Member, Climate Science and Knowledge Management Experts Panel, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Australia

2020 → …

Member, Earth System Science Panel, European Research Council

2020 → …

Advisor, Royal University of Bhutan

2019 → …

• Member, Taronga Conservation Science Advisory Council , Taronga Conservation Society Australia

2019 → …

Member, Future Earth Australia Steering Committee , Future Earth Australia

2017 → 2019

Councillor, Climate Council of Australia

Sept 2013 → …

Director, Governor & Member of Eminent Scientists Advisory Group, WWF-Australia

2013 → …

Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists

2013 → …

Chair, Tasmania Climate Action Council

2012 → 2014

Climate Commissioner, A.C.T. Climate Commission Secretariat

2011 → 2013

Director, Biodiversity Node of the NSW Adaptation Hub

2009 → 2019

Co-convenor, Terrestrial Biodiversity Adaptation Research Network for National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility

2009 → 2013

Biological Impacts Node Leader and Co-convenor, ARC Network for Earth System Science

2005 → 2010

Lead Author, 4th & 5th Assessment Report, Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

2005 → 2014

Chair, NSW Scientific Committee

2003 → 2008

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  • The costs and benefits of restoring a continent's terrestrial ecosystems

    Mappin, B., Ward, A., Hughes, L., Watson, J. E. M., Cosier, P. & Possingham, H. P., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 59, 2, p. 408-419 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    9 Citations (Scopus)

  • World population milestone: the impact of 8 billion people explained

    Atwell, B., McGregor, A., Hughes, L., Braithwaite, J., Bagnall, D. & Davies, P., 15 Nov 2022, Australian Geographic.

    Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Website contribution

    Open Access

  • World population milestone: the impact of 8 billion people explained

    Atwell, B., McGregor, A., Hughes, L., Braithwaite, J., Bagnall, D. & Davies, P., 14 Nov 2022, The Lighthouse.

    Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Website contribution

    Open Access

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

    Falster, D., Gallagher, R., Wenk, E. H., Wright, I. J., Indiarto, D., Andrew, S. C., Baxter, C., Lawson, J., Allen, S., Fuchs, A., Monro, A., Kar, F., Adams, M. A., Ahrens, C. W., Alfonzetti, M., Angevin, T., Apgaua, D. M. G., Arndt, S., Atkin, O. K., Atkinson, J., & 198 othersAuld, T., Baker, A., von Balthazar, M., Bean, A., Blackman, C. J., Bloomfield, K., Bowman, D. M. J. S., Bragg, J., Brodribb, T. J., Buckton, G., Burrows, G., Caldwell, E., Camac, J., Carpenter, R., Catford, J. A., Cawthray, G. R., Cernusak, L. A., Chandler, G., Chapman, A. R., Cheal, D., Cheesman, A. W., Chen, S-C., Choat, B., Clinton, B., Clode, P. L., Coleman, H., Cornwell, W. K., Cosgrove, M., Crisp, M., Cross, E., Crous, K. Y., Cunningham, S., Curran, T., Curtis, E., Daws, M. I., DeGabriel, J. L., Denton, M. D., Dong, N., Du, P., Duan, H., Duncan, D. H., Duncan, R. P., Duretto, M., Dwyer, J. M., Edwards, C., Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Evans, J. R., Everingham, S. E., Farrell, C., Firn, J., Fonseca, C. R., French, B. J., Frood, D., Funk, J. L., Geange, S. R., Ghannoum, O., Gleason, S. M., Gosper, C. R., Gray, E., Groom, P. K., Grootemaat, S., Gross, C., Guerin, G., Guja, L., Hahs, A. K., Harrison, M. T., Hayes, P. E., Henery, M., Hochuli, D., Howell, J., Huang, G., Hughes, L., Huisman, J., Ilic, J., Jagdish, A., Jin, D., Jordan, G., Jurado, E., Kanowski, J., Kasel, S., Kellermann, J., Kenny, B., Kohout, M., Kooyman, R. M., Kotowska, M. M., Lai, H. R., Laliberté, E., Lambers, H., Lamont, B. B., Lanfear, R., van Langevelde, F., Laughlin, D. C., Laugier-Kitchener, B. A., Laurance, S., Lehmann, C. E. R., Leigh, A., Leishman, M. R., Lenz, T., Lepschi, B., Lewis, J. D., Lim, F., Liu, U., Lord, J., Lusk, C. H., Macinnis-Ng, C., McPherson, H., Magallón, S., Manea, A., López-Martinez, A., Mayfield, M., McCarthy, J. K., Meers, T., van der Merwe, M., Metcalfe, D. J., Milberg, P., Mokany, K., Moles, A. T., Moore, B. D., Moore, N., Morgan, J. W., Morris, W., Muir, A., Munroe, S., Nicholson, Á., Nicolle, D., Nicotra, A. B., Niinemets, Ü., North, T., O’Reilly-Nugent, A., O’Sullivan, O. S., Oberle, B., Onoda, Y., Ooi, M. K. J., Osborne, C. P., Paczkowska, G., Pekin, B., Guilherme Pereira, C., Pickering, C., Pickup, M., Pollock, L. J., Poot, P., Powell, J. R., Power, S. A., Prentice, I. C., Prior, L., Prober, S. M., Read, J., Reynolds, V., Richards, A. E., Richardson, B., Roderick, M. L., Rosell, J. A., Rossetto, M., Rye, B., Rymer, P. D., Sams, M. A., Sanson, G., Sauquet, H., Schmidt, S., Schönenberger, J., Schulze, E. D., Sendall, K., Sinclair, S., Smith, B., Smith, R., Soper, F., Sparrow, B., Standish, R. J., Staples, T. L., Stephens, R., Szota, C., Taseski, G., Tasker, E., Thomas, F., Tissue, D. T., Tjoelker, M. G., Tng, D. Y. P., de Tombeur, F., Tomlinson, K., Turner, N. C., Veneklaas, E. J., Venn, S., Vesk, P., Vlasveld, C., Vorontsova, M. S., Warren, C. A., Warwick, N., Weerasinghe, L. K., Wells, J., Westoby, M., White, M., Williams, N. S. G., Wills, J., Wilson, P. G., Yates, C., Zanne, A. E., Zemunik, G. & Ziemińska, K., 30 Sept 2021, In: Scientific Data. 8, 1, p. 1-20 20 p., 254.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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    42 Citations (Scopus)
    19 Downloads (Pure)

  • Climate change, human health, and health care systems

    Braithwaite, J., Zurynski, Y., Smith, C. & Hughes, L., 29 Nov 2021, In: MJA Insight+. 2021, 45

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