Background
Hughes, Malcolm Kenneth was born on July 24, 1943 in Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Son of Joseph Kenneth and Gladys Bertha (Linahen) Hughes. came to the United States, 1986.
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Malcolm Kenneth Hughes
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Malcolm Kenneth Hughes, British Dendrochronologist, educator, administrator. Achievements include establishment of climate record in British Isles tree rings; reconstruction of temperatures in pre-instrumental times, e.g. in Scotland and Kashmir, of drought frequency in California from giant sequoia tree rings.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Botany and Zoology with honors, U. Durham, England, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Durham, England, 1970.
Career
Research fellow Soil Biology Institute, U. Aarhus, Denmark, 1968-1969;
research fellow Botany Department, U. Durham, 1969-1971;
lecturer II in ecology Biology Department, Liverpool (England) Polytechnic, 1971-1973;
senior lecturer in ecology, Liverpool (England) Polytechnic, 1973-1980;
principal lecturer in ecology, Liverpool (England) Polytechnic, 1980-1982;
reader in ecology, Liverpool (England) Polytechnic, 1982-1986;
professor dendrochronology, director Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1986;
director division global change, Arizona Research laboratories, 1989-1992;
visiting fellow Cooperative Institute Research in Environmental Science, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1992-1993. Internal/external examiner degree candidates Council for National Academy Awards and Universities Oxford, Durham, East Anglia, Ulster, Aix-Marseille, and Auckland, since 1974. External examiner degree studies in ecology New College, Durham, 1978-1985.
External examiner ecology Institute Biology, England, 1980-1986. Member combined science studies board Council National Academy Awards, England, 1983-1986. Member review panel arid lands science academic program U. Arizona, 1990, chairman review panel remote sensing academic program, 1991, member review panel statistics department, 1991, Chairman of Commission on global change faculty of science,1986-, chairman coordinator commission on global change, 1988-1992.
Organizer GlobalDendroclimatology Workshop, 1978-1982. Member terrestrial life science grants committee Natural Environment Research Council, England, 1982-1985, member advanced courses review panel, 1984-1985. Member United States National Committee for International Union Quaternary Research, since 1988.
Member organizing committee 1989 Global Change Institute Universities' Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1988-1989. Member paleoclimatology advisory panel National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, 1989-1991. Member of advisory panel. earth system history National Science Foundation, 1990.
Member technical advisory panel Western Region National Institute Global Environmental Change unites states department Energy, 1990-1992. Member commission on geophysical and environmental data NAS, since 1994. Lecturer, presenter in field.
Achievements
Membership
Board trustees National Institute Global Environmental Change, since 1992. Fellow Royal Meteorological Society. Member American Geophysical Union, British Ecological Society (secretary energy and production biology group 1972-1978, member meetings committee 1972-1978, county 1984-1986).
Connections
Children: Rachel Janet, Daniel John.
