Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes is the Assistant Curator of Natural Sciences, Nature + Love and has worked at the Horniman since 2022.
As Assistant Curator of Natural Sciences and the Nature + Love redevelopment project Chris is working on researching the wide variety of collections housed within the Natural History collection.
Chris studied BSc Zoology at Queen Mary, University of London and a MSc Taxonomy and Biodiversity at Imperial College, London in conjunction with the Natural History Museum.
Chris has previously worked as an Assistant Curator at the Natural History Museum (NHM) where he completed major projects including a survey of the Brachiopod collection, resulting in assisting in the coordination of the European Brachiopod Association conference.
He then successfully managed the redevelopment of the prehistoric Marine reptile, amphibian, and trace fossil storage project.
Chris has also worked at the Grant Museum (University College, London), where he worked very closely with students and lecturers, assisting, developing, and teaching classes for undergraduate and master’s students, while also working very closely with the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology (also University College London) on many redevelopment projects and supporting classes.
Chris has given talks to the Malacological Society of London, as well as participating in outreach events throughout the UK including the Lyme Regis, and Yorkshire Fossil Festivals and and numerous meet the scientist events at the Attenborough Studio at the NHM.
Chris has written blogs for both internal and external publications at the NHM, Grant Museum, and the Horniman, while also appearing in different documentary style videos for the Grant Museum and the Horniman.