CURRICULUM VITAE
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Name |
NIGEL CHARLES HUGHES |
| Date of Birth | 25 March 1964 |
| Citizenships |
UK (EU) and USA |
| Address |
Dept. of Earth Sciences |
| Telephone | 951 827-3094 |
| Fax | 951 827-4324 |
| nigel.hughes@ucr.edu |
EDUCATION
Undergraduate:
| B.Sc. (Honors) | University of Durham, U.K., Geology, 1982-1985 |
Graduate:
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Certificate of Proficiency
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Visva-Bharati University, Bengali, 1985-1986 Santiniketan, West Bengal, India |
| Ph.D.* | University of Bristol, U.K., Geology, 1986-1990 |
*The Upper Cambrian trilobite Dikelocephalus minnesotensis and its geological setting. Advisor: D.E.G. Briggs.
Appointments:
- Visiting Assistant Professor in Paleontology, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. 1989 - 1990.
- NERC (NATO) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia. 1990 - 1992.
- Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington, D.C. U.S.A. 1992 - 1993.
- Assistant Curator, Cincinnati Museum Center, U.S.A. 1993 - 1997.
- Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution. 1994 -2006
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, U.S.A. December 1993 - 1997.
- Associate Curator, Cincinnati Museum Center, U.S.A. 1997.
- Research Associate, Cincinnati Museum Center. 1997 -
- Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside. 1997 - 2003
- Professor, University of California, Riverside. 2003 -
- Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Organic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. 2004-2005.
- Cooperative Faculty Member - Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Graduate Program. University of California, Riverside. 2005 -
Awards/Grants:
- NERC (NATO) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. $60,000. July 1990 - July 1992. Sole P.I. Faunas, paleogeography, and the early Paleozoic history of India.
- Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship, Washington, D.C. $24,000. November 1992 - October 1993. Sole P.I. Morphological plasticity in trilobites and its evolutionary significance.
- NSF Research Collections in Systematics and Ecology. $32,592. March 1996. Co-P.I. with Drs. W.A. Allmon, S. Lidgard, and D.S. Jones. A workshop: Management Guidelines and Computerization Standards for Invertebrate Paleontology.
- NSF Research Collections in Systematics and Ecology. $238,609. April 1997. P.I. Integration of University of Cincinnati Invertebrate Paleontology Collections with Cincinnati Museum Center.
- NSF Geology and Paleontology Program. EAR-9980426. $100,663. June 2000. P.I. The Neoproterozoic and Cambrian of the Tethyan Himalayan: a test of models of core Gondwana construction.
- NSF Geology and Paleontology Program. EAR-9980372. $125,000. June 2000. Co. P.I. with Peter M. Sadler. Parsimony trees, best-fit fences, and consensus sequences: integrating cladistics and biostratigraphy at high-resolution.
- National Geographic Society. NGS7293-02. $18,000. July 2002. P.I. Cambrian paleontology of Bhutan and its paleogeographic implications.
- American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund. PRF39915-AC8 $119,948. July 2003. P.I. Bridging the biotic - geologic divide: morphological evolution in the Ordovician trilobite Flexicalymene in its temporal, geographic, and phylogenetic context.
- NASA Exobiology Program. USP-S-04-004, NNG05GA24G. $24,576. July 2004. P.I. Symposium on Terminal Addition, Segmentation, and the Evolution of Metazoan Body Plan Regionalization.
- NSF Geology and Paleontology Program. EAR-053868. $175,696. January 2006. P.I. Collaborative Research: Stratigraphic test of the tectonic assembly of equatorial peri-Gondwanaland: a Himalayan perspective.
- NSF Geology and Paleontology Program. EAR-0616574. $198,000. June 2006. P.I. Collaborative Research: Segment development in select trilobite species - glimpses into the evolution of body organization in an early arthropod clade.
Research Interests:
My research program aims, using field- and specimen-based analyses, to provide high-resolution data which addresses major questions of evolutionary mechanism in the early Phanerozoic. By utilizing the strengths of the trilobite fossil record I am attempting to dissect the detailed anatomy of the lower Paleozoic evolutionary radiations of trilobites, and to understand the relationship between patterns of morphological variability and phylogenetic ancestry. Other research interests include lower Paleozoic paleogeography and tectonics (particularly the early Paleozoic history of India and the peri-Gondwana region), shape restoration of deformed fossils, trace fossil paleobiology, and clastic sedimentology/stratigraphy.
Invited Talks:
| 1987 | University of Chicago |
| 1988 | American Museum of Natural History University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| 1989 |
Bath Geological Society University of Bristol Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago University of Leeds Trinity College, University of Dublin |
| 1990 | University of Cork Jadavpur University, Calcutta Presidency College, Calcutta Visva-Bharati University, West Bengal University of Lucknow Queensland Museum |
| 1991 |
University of Cambridge |
| 1992 | University of Queensland University of Sydney |
| 1993 | Cincinnati Museum of Natural History University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Alberta, Edmonton Paleontological Society of Washington, Smithsonian Institution Harvard University University of Cincinnati Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University |
| 1994 | Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, DehraDun Ohio State University, Columbus |
| 1995 | College of Wooster, Ohio University of Cincinnati Lyell Meeting, Geological Society of London University of Southern California Mt. St. Joseph's College, Cincinnati Karlov University, Prague Kenyon College, Ohio |
| 1998 | University of California, Los Angeles GSA Cordilleran Section, Long Beach |
| 1999 | San Diego State University California State University, Fullerton |
| 2000 | Scripps Institute of Marine Science, University of California |
| 2001 | Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago Developmental Basis of Evolutionary Change meeting. Biosciences Division, University of Chicago |
| 2002 | University of California, Davis Evolution of Development Annual Seminar, University of California, San Francisco |
| 2003 | Pomona College University of Leicester University of Padova University of Montpellier II Developmental Basis of Evolutionary Change meeting. Biosciences Division, University of Chicago University of Iowa |
| 2004 | Evolution and Development Seminar Harvard University Amherst College Colorado College |
| 2005 | Seilacher Symposium, Yale University |
| 2006 | University of Chicago Florida International University California State University Long Beach University of Cambridge, Evolution and Development Seminar Zoology Dept. Crafoord Lecture, University of Tübingen Venice Workshop on Evolutionary Developmental Biology Instituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere, ed Arti. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology University of Dhaka (organized by British Council) Jahangir Nagar University, Bangladesh (organized by British Council) BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh University of Delhi |
| 2007 | Lyell Meeting invited speaker, Geological Society of London Karlov University, Prague, Czech Republic Evolution and Ecology seminar University of Wisconsin, Madison Lewis G. Weeks lecture. University of Wisconsin, Madison. University of California, Davis |
| 2008 | Fossil Ontogeny Keynote speaker. European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Ghent, Belgium. |
Professional Service:
- 1992 Session chair, Patterns of Evolution, GSA Annual Meeting, Cincinnati
- 1994 Session chair, Paleontology/Paleobotany, GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle
- 1995 Session chair, Ordovician faunas: diversity, ecology, and extinction. 7th International Ordovician Meeting, Las Vegas
- 1995-97 Member of Joint Technical Program Committee of GSA
- 1995-97 Member of Paleontological Society's Committee on Collections
- 1995-96 Coordinator of Paleontological Society's Fossil Festival, Cincinnati
- 1996- Co P.I. and organizer of national NSF workshop on curatorial standards and databases in invertebrate paleontology, Washington D.C.
- 1997 Panel member. Biotic Surveys and Inventories program. National Science Foundation.
- 1997 Panel member. Research Collections in Systematics and Ecology program. National Science Foundation.
- 1997- Paleontological Society's Distinguished Speaker Program.
- 1997 Committee Member, 2nd International Conference on Trilobites, St. Catherines, Ontario.
- 1998-2000 Member, Student Grants Committee, Paleontological Society
- 1998-2002 Technical Editor, Journal of Paleontology.
- 1999-2001 Councilor-at-large (under 40), Paleontological Society
- 2003-2005 Committee Member, Strimple Award, Paleontological Society
- 2004- Member, Editorial Board, Systematic Biology
- 2005- Instructor, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Analytical Paleobiology Workshop, Summer 2005, Santa Barbara.
- 2005 Editor Evolution & Development issue of "Metazoan terminal addition and the evolution of metazoan body organization", resulting from SICB symposium on the same topic held in San Diego in Jan 2005.
- 2006 Group leader, working group on graduate funding student opportunities, NSF workshop in Future Research Directions in Paleontology. May 2006.
Field Work:
Western and mid-continent United States, Australia, Kazakhstan, Indian Himalaya, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, southwestern China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Britain, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Iceland.