Person

Lach, Lori

Occupation
Entomologist

Summary

Lori Lach is an entomologist who focuses on ecological research in the areas of social insect ecology, particularly invasive ants, ant-plant interactions, and pollination. After working in the U.S.A., Kenya and Mauritius, she came to Australia in 2005 to work on biological invasions and conservation in an urban context. Current research programs include Yellow Crazy Ant eradication, developing environmental DNA (eDNA) for the detection of invasive ants, environmental stressors on native bees, and effects of drought on herbivory. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Ant Specialist Group and the National Exotic Invasive Ant Scientific Advisory Group. Lach joined the James Cook University (JCU) in 2013 to work on the ecological effects of bee disease. She is now Professor and Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Plant Biosecurity Training Centre at JCU. For her research she has received the Froggatt Award (jointly) from the Invasive Species Council and the Ian Mackerras Medal of the Australian Entomological Society.

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Chronology

1993 - 1996
Career position - Research Associate, Tellus Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1996 - 1997
Career position - Intern, School for Field Studies, Kenya
2004 - 2005
Career position - National Science Foundation International Research Fellow, Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Mauritius
2005 - 2009
Career position - Research Fellow, Murdoch University
2009 - 2013
Career position - Assistant Professor, University of Western Australia
2013 - 2016
Award - ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award ( DECRA) at James Cook University
2015
Award - Froggatt Award (jointly with colleagues Daniel Bateman, Lucy Karger and Frank Teodo, for raising awareness of efforts to eradicate Yellow Crazy Ants from the Wet Tropic World Heritage Area),Invasive Species Council
2016 - 2019
Career position - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University
2018 -
Career position - Member, National Exotic Invasive Ant Scientific Advisory Group
2019 -
Career position - Associate Professor, James Cook University
2021 -
Career position - IUCN Species Survival Commission Ant Specialist Group founding steering committee member
2021 -
Career position - Director of Work Integrated Learning, James Cook University
2022
Award - Ian Mackerras Medal, Australian Entomological Society
2023 -
Career position - Deputy Director, ARC Plant Biosecurity Training Centre, James Cook University

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Published resources

Edited Books

  • Lach, Lori, Parr, Catherine L. and Abbott, Kirsti L. eds, Ant ecology (Oxford: Oxfrod University Press, 2010), 424 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'Associate Professor Lori Lach wins the 2022 Ian Mackerras Medal', Myrmecia, 58 (4) (2022), 3. Details

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