Alan G. McHughen (born 13 April 1954) is a Canadian-American molecular biologist known for his scholarship in DNA technologies and work developing United States and Canadian regulations governing the safety of genetically engineered crops and foods.
McHughen served as an Assistant then full Professor and Research Scientist with the University of Saskatchewan from 1982 to 2002.
He currently leads the McHughen Research Group at the University of California, Riverside, in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences.
From 2011 to 2012 McHughen served as a Jefferson Science Fellow and Senior Policy Analyst in the Executive Office of the President in the Obama administration.
[3] McHughen is the author of numerous peer-reviewed research articles, academic papers, and contributor to text books on the issue of genetically modified crops.