User:Jtomkins

Dr. Jeff Tomkins is a research scientist 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 University 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 ranks at Clemson becoming a faculty member in 2002. At this time he also assumed the directorship of the Clemson University Genomics Institute. In 2006, Dr. Tomkins started the Clemson Environmental Genomics Laboratory, handing over management of the Genomics Institute to another faculty member. The Clemson Environmental Genomics Laboratory under the leadership of Dr. Tomkins focused on research related to three NSF projects which 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 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, he 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 a frequent technical article contributor to the monthly ICR magazine "Acts and Facts" and also makes occasional news article contributions to the ICR web site.

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