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Nigel Hughes

Professor of Geology; Earth and Planetary Sciences Undergraduate Advisor

University of California, Riverside

Affiliations

College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)

Earth Sciences

Nigel Hughes is currently serving as a College Of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (Cnas) Professor of Geology; Earth and Planetary Sciences Undergraduate Advisor at University of California, Riverside.

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Nigel Hughes

University of California, Riverside

Professor of Geology; Earth and Planetary Sciences Undergraduate Advisor

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paleontology evolutionary biology palaeogeography earth science geology biology biostratigraphy geochronology paleobiology stratigraphy morphology (biology) systematic palaeontology precambrian research morphological evidence paleoecology india-asia collision zone vertebrate paleontology tectonics india-asia collision systematics living fossil planetary sciences phylogenetics precambrian geology regional geology palaeontologia electronica zoology palaeo-environmental reconstruction palynology eurasian geography gondwana research tectonic evolution integrated stratigraphy orogeny paleoenvironmental reconstruction taphonomy tethyan himalaya myriapoda synapsida cladistics marine micropaleontology paleobotany sedimentary geology quaternary science evolutionary developmental biology taxonomy (biology) mesozoic tectonics cretaceous period tectonophysics marine geology ontogeny paleoanthropology indian himalaya systematic entomology evolutionary significance northern india parahio formation trunk segmentation trilobite taphonomy early arthropod planetary geology craton plant taxonomy protists cretaceous-paleogene boundary evolutionary taxonomies phycology proterozoic aravalli-delhi successions lesser himalaya depositional environment upper ordovician himalayan margin southern china indian subcontinent extraordinary transport himalayan central gondwana

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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Occurrence, Morphology, and Taxonomy of the Late Cambrian Laurentian Dikelocephalid Trilobite Osceolia Walcott, 1914. Journal of Paleontology (2025)

palaeogeographypalaeontologia electronicapaleoecologypalaeo-environmental reconstructionprecambrian researchmarine micropaleontologybiologypaleontologysystematic palaeontologymorphology (biology)precambrian geologyevolutionary biologycretaceous periodpaleoenvironmental reconstructionpalynologybiostratigraphy

Palaeontological Research and Outreach in India From a Base Outside of India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India (2025)

archaeological scienceanthropologypalaeontologia electronicapalaeo-environmental reconstructionpalaeontological researchgeographypaleontologyarchaeologyarchaeological excavationspalynology

Tectonic Trigger to the First Major Extinction of the Phanerozoic: The Early Cambrian Sinsk Event. Science Advances (2024)

palaeogeographytectonicsearth sciencegeochronologyfirst major extinctionprecambrian researchtectonic evolutiontectonic triggercretaceous-paleogene boundarygeologybiostratigraphy

The Convergent Design Evolution of Multiscale Biomineralized Structures in Extinct and Extant Organisms. Communications Materials (2024)

Valentina PerriconeEzra SarmientoAndrew NguyenNigel C. HughesDavid Kisailus

convergent design evolutionbiomineralizationmultiscale biomineralized structuresmaterials scienceextant organisms

U-Pb Zircon Age Constraints on the Late Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Fauna of Sibumasu. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (2024)

Isabel KoranBlair SchoeneShelly WernetteNigel C. HughesPaul Myrow

earth sciencegeochronologyigneous petrogenesislower ordovician faunastratigraphylate cambriangeological datageology

Virtual Taphonomy of Trilobite Heads: Understanding Compressive Deformation Using 3D Modeling and Rigid Body Simulation. Journal of Paleontology (2024)

virtual taphonomymechanical deformationrigid body simulationstructural mechanicsdeformationengineeringanatomical modelmechanical engineeringmechanical sciencemechanics of materialstrilobite headsmultibody system dynamicgeometric modelingmechanicsmechanical modeling

Conulariid Soft Parts Replicated in Silica From the Scotch Grove Formation (Lower Middle Silurian) of East-Central Iowa. Journal of Paleontology (2023)

east-central iowageochemistrysedimentologyconulariid soft partsgeologychemical geologyscotch grove formationpalynology

Developmental and Functional Controls on Enrolment in an Ancient, Extinct Arthropod. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2023)

vertebrate paleontologyfunctional controlsmyriapodazooarchaeologysynapsidadevelopmental biologybiologyevolutionary developmental biologyextinct arthropodevolutionary biologybehavioral ecologybiological anthropology

Environmental and Trilobite Diversity Changes During the Middle-Late Cambrian Spice Event. Geological Society of America Bulletin (2023)

Lei ZhangThomas J. AlgeoLaishi ZhaoTais W. DahlZhong-Qiang ChenZihu ZhangSimon W. PoultonNigel C. HughesXueqing GouChao Li

ecologygeologyearth scienceenvironmental science

Gill Function in an Early Arthropod and the Widespread Adoption of the Countercurrent Exchange Mechanism. Royal Society Open Science (2023)

early arthropodfish biologyzoologycomparative physiologygill functionaquatic organismscountercurrent exchange mechanismbiologymorphology (biology)evolutionary biologyaquatic food systemecologyecology and evolutionary biology

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Nigel Hughes

Professor of Geology; Earth and Planetary Sciences Undergraduate Advisor

University of California, Riverside

Affiliations

College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS)

Earth Sciences

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Nigel Hughes

University of California, Riverside

Professor of Geology; Earth and Planetary Sciences Undergraduate Advisor

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Occurrence, Morphology, and Taxonomy of the Late Cambrian Laurentian Dikelocephalid Trilobite Osceolia Walcott, 1914. Journal of Paleontology (2025)

Palaeontological Research and Outreach in India From a Base Outside of India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India (2025)

archaeological scienceanthropologypalaeontologia electronicapalaeo-environmental reconstructionpalaeontological researchgeographypaleontologyarchaeologyarchaeological excavationspalynology

Tectonic Trigger to the First Major Extinction of the Phanerozoic: The Early Cambrian Sinsk Event. Science Advances (2024)

palaeogeographytectonicsearth sciencegeochronologyfirst major extinctionprecambrian researchtectonic evolutiontectonic triggercretaceous-paleogene boundarygeologybiostratigraphy

The Convergent Design Evolution of Multiscale Biomineralized Structures in Extinct and Extant Organisms. Communications Materials (2024)

Valentina PerriconeEzra SarmientoAndrew NguyenNigel C. HughesDavid Kisailus

convergent design evolutionbiomineralizationmultiscale biomineralized structuresmaterials scienceextant organisms

U-Pb Zircon Age Constraints on the Late Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Fauna of Sibumasu. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (2024)

Isabel KoranBlair SchoeneShelly WernetteNigel C. HughesPaul Myrow

earth sciencegeochronologyigneous petrogenesislower ordovician faunastratigraphylate cambriangeological datageology

Virtual Taphonomy of Trilobite Heads: Understanding Compressive Deformation Using 3D Modeling and Rigid Body Simulation. Journal of Paleontology (2024)

Conulariid Soft Parts Replicated in Silica From the Scotch Grove Formation (Lower Middle Silurian) of East-Central Iowa. Journal of Paleontology (2023)

east-central iowageochemistrysedimentologyconulariid soft partsgeologychemical geologyscotch grove formationpalynology

Developmental and Functional Controls on Enrolment in an Ancient, Extinct Arthropod. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2023)

Environmental and Trilobite Diversity Changes During the Middle-Late Cambrian Spice Event. Geological Society of America Bulletin (2023)

Lei ZhangThomas J. AlgeoLaishi ZhaoTais W. DahlZhong-Qiang ChenZihu ZhangSimon W. PoultonNigel C. HughesXueqing GouChao Li

ecologygeologyearth scienceenvironmental science

Gill Function in an Early Arthropod and the Widespread Adoption of the Countercurrent Exchange Mechanism. Royal Society Open Science (2023)

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