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EnglishAACR2Anglo-American Cataloguing RulesPersoncreated2023-10-31humanHelen Cohnupdated2025-12-02humanhttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007295b.htmpersonLachLoriAACR2EntomologistLori 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.19931996Career position - Research Associate, Tellus Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.19961997Career position - Intern, School for Field Studies, Kenya20042005Career position - National Science Foundation International Research Fellow, Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Mauritius20052009Career position - Research Fellow, Murdoch University20092013Career position - Assistant Professor, University of Western Australia20132016Award - ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award ( DECRA) at James Cook University20152015Award - 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 Council20162019Career position - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University2018Career position - Member, National Exotic Invasive Ant Scientific Advisory Group2019Career position - Associate Professor, James Cook University2021Career position - IUCN Species Survival Commission Ant Specialist Group founding steering committee member2021Career position - Director of Work Integrated Learning, James Cook University20222022Award - Ian Mackerras Medal, Australian Entomological Society2023Career position - Deputy Director, ARC Plant Biosecurity Training Centre, James Cook University
Froggatt Award, Invasive Species Council (2003 - )
Received the Award (jointly) 2015 for raising awareness of efforts to eradicate Yellow Crazy Ants from the Wet Tropic World Heritage Area
Ian Mackerras Medal, Australian Entomological Society (1984 - )
Awarded the Medal 2022
James Cook University (1998 - )
Associate Professor 2019 - ; Deputy Director, ARC Plant Biosecurity Training Centre 2023
'Lach, Lori', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of TechnologyLach, LoriSwinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative InnovationEncyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationEdited Book: Ant ecologyLach, Lori, Parr, Catherine L. and Abbott, Kirsti L.Ant ecologyOxfordOxfrod University Press2010Journal Article: Associate Professor Lori Lach wins the 2022 Ian Mackerras MedalAnonAssociate Professor Lori Lach wins the 2022 Ian Mackerras Medal2022Myrmecia5843