Jeffrey Tomkins
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Dr. Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Tomkins is the Biology Department Chairman and a Research Associate at the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) in Dallas, TX. He joined ICR in January 2009 after working for 19 years at Clemson University in South Carolina. Dr. Tomkins originally joined the staff at Clemson in 1990 as a research technician in a plant breeding program in the Agronomy Department immediately after finishing his M.S. degree in Plant Science from the University of Idaho. While working as a research tech, he obtained his Ph.D. in Genetics from Clemson in 1996. Shortly after this, Dr. Tomkins became a Postdoctoral Scientist at the Clemson University Genomics Institute. He moved up the faculty ranks at Clemson becoming a non-tenure track Research Assistant Professor in 1998 and then a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2002. He also assumed the directorship of the Clemson University Genomics Institute in 2002 following the departure of the previous Director. In 2006, Dr. Tomkins started the Clemson Environmental Genomics Laboratory, handing over management of the Genomics Institute to another faculty member. The Genomics Institute then became a dedicated core service lab while the Clemson Environmental Genomics Laboratory under the leadership of Dr. Tomkins focused on research related to three NSF grants. The NSF projects involved the development of model genomic systems for three key ecological plant species (Mimulus, Aquilegia, and Fagaceae).
With the NSF genomics research projects at Clemson coming to a close in late 2008, Dr. Tomkins took the opportunity to make a radical change and dedicate the latter part of his scientific career to openly working in the creation science arena and being employed at ICR. While he had been a creationist for many years, Dr. Tomkins maintained a low profile while working at a large secular university for obvious reasons.
Dr. Tomkins is currently performing research at ICR in the area of genomics using bioinformatic tools and DNA and protein sequence data freely available in various public databases around the world. He is also heading up the Biology Department in the ICR graduate school and teaches a course called "Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology" (BI 505). Dr. Tomkins is also a frequent technical article contributor to the monthly ICR magazine "Acts and Facts" and writes occasional news articles for the ICR web site.
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Creation Science Articles by J.P. Tomkins
- Human-Chimp Similarities: Common Ancestry or Flawed Research Tomkins, Jeffrey. 2009. Acts and Facts. 38(6):12
- Common DNA Sequences: Evidence of Evolution or Efficient Design? Tomkins, Jeffrey. 2009. Acts and Facts. 38(8):12-13
- Dinosaur Protein Sequences and the Dino-to-Bird Model. Tomkins, Jeffrey. 2009. Acts & Facts. 38 (10): 12-14.
- Dinosaur DNA Research: Is the Tale Wagging the Evidence? Johnson, James, Jeffrey Tomkins and Brian Thomas. 2009. Acts & Facts. 38 (10): 12-14.
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