In 2023 Lucy won an Alumnae Achievement Award for her trailblazing work promoting nature-based solutions to human-elephant conflict in Africa and around the world.

She currently manages the multi-donor Elephant Crisis Fund for the organisation Save the Elephants, supporting global elephant conservation efforts, and continues her own research through the centre she established at Sagalla, near Tsavo National Park in Kenya.

Lucy's nominee said: “Dr Lucy King has blazed a trail in developing and promoting nature-based solutions to human-wildlife conflict in Africa and around the world, for which I think she thoroughly deserves recognition through these awards. Lucy has won many high-profile awards including the St Andrews Prize for the Environment, the UNEP/CMS Thesis Award, and the Future for Nature Award. She now manages the multi-donor Elephant Crisis Fund which supports similar projects around the world, in addition to continuing her own research through the vibrant research centre she established at Sagalla, near Tsavo National Park in Kenya.”