I have been a professor of physics at LeTourneau University since 2001. I graduated from Baker University in Kansas, majoring in mathematics and physics. I completed my Ph.D. in experimental high energy physics in 1989 with the University of Kansas with a focus on hadronic B meson decays. My work with the ARGUS Collaboration in Germany led to post-doctoral appointments with the Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, then Cornell University, resulting in over 100 articles in refereed journals.

I then taught at Bethel College in Indiana from 1993 until following the call to come to LeTourneau University. I have taught introductory physical science, astronomy, creation and evolution, and cosmology in addition to a broad range of undergraduate physics courses. My passion lies in finding a meaningful fit between science and biblical faith. This led me to write three articles as student resources on the topics of Big Bang cosmology, the age of the Earth and plate tectonics (links found below.) One goal of this work is to be a voice of reason in the midst of the emotional conflict between science and Biblical faith, helping to show that both are mutually supportive.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Kansas, 1989, High Energy Physics
  Dissertation: B Meson Decays to Dπ and Dππ
• B.S. Baker University, 1984, Mathematics and Physics

My Journey in High Energy Physics

Recent Scholarly Activity

• Review of "Faith, Form and Time: What the Bible Teaches and Science Confirms about Creation and the Age of the Universe" by Kurt Wise, with personal response July, 2023
• Presentation "Cosmology for Christians" given at the Rosslyn Academy, Nairobi, Kenya on March 24, 2023
• Review of "What's Eating the Universe? And Other Cosmic Questions" by Paul Davies in "Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith" Volume 74 Number 4 December 2022
• Review of "Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World" by David Kaiser in "Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith" Volume 73 Number 3 September 2021.
• Review of "Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe" by Roger Penrose in "Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith" Volume 69 Number 3 September 2017.
• Teaching Physics in China, talk given at the Texas Regional APS/AAPT/SPS fall meeting, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Oct. 25, 2019).
• "Kilonova: A New Era in Astronomy", talk given at the CSCA meeting at Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada, May 11-14, 2018.
• "Cosmology for Everyone", talk given at the American Scientific Affiliation Annual Meeting, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, July 27, 2015.
• "Recent Scholarly Perspectives on Genesis", talk given in the science seminar series at LeTourneau University, February 26, 2015.

Articles on Science & Faith

• "A Christian Physicist?" chapter of LeTourneau University Integration of Faith and Learning, LeTourneau University internal publication, 2014.
• "The Higgs Particle: Does it remove the need for God?" (Fall 2012)
• "Critical Thinking" chapter in Cornerstones of Life and Learning, LeTourneau University internal publication, 2009.
• "A Christian Physicist Examines the Age of the Earth" (Fall 2003)
• "A Christian Physicist Examines the Big Bang Theory" (Fall 2003)
• "A Christian Physicist Examines Noah's Flood and Plate Tectonics" (Fall 2003)