Expert Profile
- Name:Nigel C. Hughes
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Topic:
- Science & Technology: Intelligent Design
- Title:Professor of earth sciences
- Degree:Ph.D., University of Bristol, 1990
- E-mail: nigel.hughes@ucr.edu
- Phone: (951) 827-3098
- Prefered Media: Print, Radio, Video
Media Contact:
- Iqbal Pittalwala
- iqbal@ucr.edu
- 951.827.6050
Background:
Nigel C. Hughes can comment on evolution versus intelligent design as well as the $27 million Creation Museum, a few miles south of Cincinnati, which offers a biblical version of the Earth's history. He also can comment on Answers Research Journal, the "science" journal launched by the same organization that opened the museum.
Research in Hughes's lab uses information on fossil morphology to address a variety of evolutionary and geological questions. A specimen-based paleobiologist, Hughes is interested in Paleozoic invertebrates, and does field work in Tibet, Bhutan and India. One of his recent research projects focused on the paleogeography of the Himalayan region. He is also interested in the evolution of development, and the fossil record of early arthropod evolution.
Recognitions:
President's Award, Palaeontological Association, UK, 1993
Honorable Mention, Journal of Paleontology Best Paper Award, 1999
Languages Spoken:
English
