Junk science is a term used in U.S. political and legal disputes that brands an advocate’s claims about scientific data, research, or analyses as spurious. The term may convey a pejorative connotation that the advocate is driven by political, ideological, financial, or other unscientific motives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_science
So who is staffing the Erik von Daniken Chair?
Not a creationist, that's for sure.