Lorraine L. Maltby

Early life and education Maltby became interested in freshwater ecology during her A-Levels, where she completed a project on urban ecology. She moved to Newcastle University for an undergraduate degree in zoology. She then moved to the University of Glasgow for graduate studies, where she studied the life history of freshwater Erpobdella leeches.

Research and career Maltby was awarded a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) postdoctoral research grant and moved to the University of Sheffield in 1984. She has studied chemical pollution in Yorkshire rivers. Maltby is chair of the Board of Trustees of the Freshwater Habitats Trust.

Awards and honours 2019 Elected Fellow of the Freshwater Biological Association 2020 Appointed officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to Environmental Biology, Animal and Plant Sciences.

Selected publications