Malcolm K. Hughes
Regents Professor, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
PhD, University of Durham, 1970
Office: West Stadium, Room 293 [Map]
Phone: (520) 621-6470
Email: mhughes@ltrr.arizona.edu
Malcolm K. Hughes is a member of ISPE's executive committee and involved in the Climate Assessment Project for the Southwest (CLIMAS). He studies how and why climate varies on interannual to century time scales. Specific areas of interest include past climate in Europe, Asia, and the Sierra Nevada, as indicated by tree rings; fine detail of wood structure revealed by microdensitometry; and the potential of 3,000-year-old and older giant sequoia as proxy climate records. He is also a collaborator in an effort to improve knowledge of the Earth's climate since AD 1000 from tree rings, ice cores, laminated sediments, and historical records.