Nigel Hughes

{{Short description|British-American paleontologist}}

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Nigel Charles Hughes (born 25 March 1964) is a British-American paleontologist. He is Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Riverside.{{cite web |title=Nigel Hughes |url=https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/nigel.hughes |website=UC Riverside |access-date=21 May 2025}}

Hughes graduated in Geology at the University of Durham (1985) and completed a PhD at the University of Bristol (1990).{{cite web |title=Nigel Hughes C.V. |url=https://trilobyte.ucr.edu/nigel-hughes-cv |website=UC Riverside |access-date=21 May 2025 |language=en}}

He received the 2021 Raymond C. Moore Medal from the Society for Sedimentary Geology.{{cite web |title=2021 SEPM Science Awards Winners |url=https://www.sepm.org/2021-awards |website=SEPM |publisher=Society for Sedimentary Geology |access-date=21 May 2025 |language=en |date=2021}}{{cite web |title=Meet UCR's paleontology power pair |last=Bernstein|first=Jules|url=https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/10/14/meet-ucrs-paleontology-power-pair |website=UCR News |date=14 October 2021 |access-date=21 May 2025}} He is the spouse of fellow paleontologist Mary L. Droser.