Arthur Peacocke
For over 25 years followed an academic scientific career in the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford in the field of the physical chemistry of biological macromolecules (particularly DNA) and was awarded a D.Sc. degree by Oxford University in 1962. His scientific publications include 126 papers and 3 books (inter alia The Molecular Basis of Heredity, 1965) and his most recent scientific work is The Physical Chemistry of Biological Organization (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1983, repr.1989). He was awarded a B.D. degree by the University of Birmingham in 1971 and a D.D.degree by the University of Oxford in 1982. He published: Theology for a Scientific Age (Blackwells, Oxford, 1990; for which he received a Templeton Foundation Prize in 1995; Chaos and Complexity (from Univ. Notre Dame Press) and in the autumn of 1996, he published two new volumes; From DNA to Dean- reflections and explorations of a Priest-scientist (Canterbury Press, Norwich, 1996) and God and Science - a quest for Christian credibility (SCM Press, London, 1996). He was ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1971 and he is an Honorary Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where he was Honorary Chaplain from 1989 to 1996. He has lectured extensively on science and theology in the United States where he has held, inter alia, visiting professorships at the Chicago Center for Religion and Science, at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences at Berkeley. In 1993 he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. By personally convening in Cambridge in 1984 an international group of those interested in the interaction of science and theology he was a prime mover in the process that led to the formation of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology.
August Meessen
1951/1955 - Study at the Faculty of Science of the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium. 1955/1960 - Teaching at the UCL of theoretical physics at introductory and final levels, for Engineers, Mathematicians and Physicists. Experimental and theoretical research in Nuclear Physics and Solid State Physics. Doctor of Science at the UCL with the “greatest distinction”; 1960 /1962 - Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; 1962 /1975 -Associated Lecturer (chargé de cours) and Associated Professor at the UCL. Lecturer at the Universities of Liège and Namur in Belgium. Ordinary Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. Teaching Quantum Mechanics, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Solid State Physics and Didactics of Physics. Research in Solid State Physics and Theoretical Physics. Professor emeritus and continued research in various fields. Two of the more important publications:P. Rouard and A. Meessen: “Optical Properties of Thin Metal Films”, Progress in Optics, 15, 77-137 (1977). A.Meessen: “Spacetime Quantization, Elementary Particles and Cosmology”, Foundations of Physics, 29, 281-316 (1999).
B. V. Subbarayappa
Present Position: Visiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore; Professor of History of Science, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (Rajasthan). International: President, International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (related to UNESCO through The International Council of Science) – 1997 – 2001; Elected Full Member, International Academy of History of Science, Paris, 1987; Awarded Copernicus Medal by the Polish Academy of Sciences. Awarded Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bologna (Italy) at the celebration of the 200th Birth Anniversary of Luig Galvani (1999). Publications:Author/Editor of Ten Books on History of Indian Science, Science and Society; published over 70 papers in national and international journals and other publications. Current interest: Science, Religion, and humanism: Delivered lectures on certain aspects of Indian Thought relating to matter, space, and time as well as the approach to knowledge and consciousness. A volume titled: Indian Perspectives on the Physical World (500 pages) dealing with these dimensions of Indian Thought, is now under publication.
Beverly Rubik
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. Biophysics, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1979. Employment Experience: 1984-85 : Consultant and Senior Scientist, International Health Services, Palo Alto, CA; 1985: Project Manager, Dynasty Laboratories, Santa Clara, CA; Lecturer, Institute for Culture and Creation Spirituality Holy Names College, Oakland, CA; 1986-87: Founding Director, Center for Frontier Sciences, Temple University Philadelphia, PA; 1996; Institute for Frontier Science. Service and Honors: 1995: member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Complementary Therapies in Medicine; 1996; Symposium chair and speaker on energy medicine at annual conference of the Drug Information Association, Orlando, FL; 1995: Selected Publications: Rubik, B. (1995) The Status of Field Investigations by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Office of Alternative Medicine, on the Efficacy of Some Alternative Cancer Treatments. In J. Burke (ed.), Proceedings of the First World Congress on Cancer, Darling Harbor, Sydney, Australia, April 16-18, 1994, Sydney: Independent Medical Research. Rubik, B. (1995) Life at the Edge of Science: An Anthology of Papers by Beverly Rubik. Philadelphia: Center for Frontier Sciences at Temple University [14 papers; 176 pp]. Rubik, B. (1995) The NIH Office of Alternative Medicine: What Has It Accomplished in Its 3 Years? Professional Affiliations: Acupuncture Society of Pennsylvania; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Academy of Medical Acupuncture; Bioelectromagnetics Society International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy.
Christina M. Puchalski
Christina M. Puchalski possuiu um Mestrado em biologia pela UCLA (Los Angeles) e outro pela George Washington University School of Medicine (Washington D.C.). Foi Directora de Educação no National Institute for Healthcare Research em Rockville. Actualmente é Professora auxiliar no Departments of Medicine and Health Care Sciences. É também Directora e fundadora do George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health. É membro de várias associações profissionais tais como a Society for Medical Decision Making. Publicou mais recentemente “Spirituality and End-of-Life Care: A Time for Listening and Caring,” Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2002;5(2):289-294 e “Discussing Religious and Spiritual Issues at the End of Life: A Practical Guide for Physicians,” JAMA, February 13, 2002;287(6):749-754.
Christopher Corbally
Chris Corbally completed his doctorate in astronomy at the University of Toronto (Canada) in 1983. His research interests, in addition to multiple star systems, include stellar spectral classification, peculiar and metal-weak stars, galactic structure and telescope technology. He entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1963 and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1976. He has been a research astronomer of the Vatican Observatory, Vatican City State, since 1983, and is currently its Vice Director for VORG. He was Dean of the Vatican Observatory Summer School at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, in 1988, 1990, and 1999. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a member of the American Astronomical Society, as well as a member of the International Astronomical Union, for which he is the National Representative of the Vatican City State. Corbally is a member of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science , which he has served as a council member, a Vice President, and as the President (1999/2002). He is an adjunct associate professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona in Tucson since 1989.
Ervin Laszlo
Doctorat ès-Lettres & Sciences Humaines, Sorbonne, Paris 1970. Current Positions and responsibilities: Founder and President of the Club of Budapeste; Founder and Director of the General Evolution Research Group; Chair of World Commission Global Consciousness & Spirituality; Science Director of International University of Peace of Berlin; Administrator of Université Interdisciplinaire de Paris; Senator of International Medici Academy; Patron of Edinburgh Internacional Centre for World Spiritualities; Member of International Academy of Science; Member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science; Editor of World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution; General Editor of World Futures General Evolution Studies; Previous Positions and Responsabilities: Professor of philosophy and faculty exchange scholar, the State University of New York. Visiting Professor of music and aesthetics, Indiana University. Visiting Professor of philosophy, Northwestern University. Fellow of the Yale, Princeton and Gothenburg Universities. Programme Director of the Nations Institute for training and researche. Science adviser of the Director-General of UNESCO. Rector of the Vienna Academy for the Study of the Future and President of the International society for the Systems Sciences(ISSS).
Fernando C. Rodrigues
Em 1977 foi galardoado com o prémio Pfizer pelos resultados da aplicação de processamento de imagem em medicina. Foi-lhe atribuido o Prémio Gulbenkian de Ciência e Tecnologia em 1978 e em 1982 pelo desenvolvimento de algoritmos de cálculo de sistemas ópticos e pela aplicação de técnicas laser na caracterização de matérias primas texteis. Em 1989, a Sociedade Histórica da Independência de Portugal galardoou-o, pelo conjunto da sua obra científica, com o Prémio da Identidade Nacional. Pelo trabalho desenvolvido em Teoria da Informação recebeu o Prémio da Boa Esperança em 1990. A União Profissional dos ópticos e Optometristas Portugueses fá-lo seu sócio honorário, pelo contributo para o avanço da óptica e optometria em Portugal, em 1990. A Casa da Imprensa votou-o como cientista do Ano de 1993 atribuindo-lhe o Prémio Bordalo. Pela contribuição para o avanço do conhecimento científico e técnico dos sistemas de comunicações, electrónica, intelligence e teoria da informação recebeu da AFCEA-Internacional a Meritorious Service Award em 1994. O relatório Porter (1995) refere, como um dos quatro exemplos de sucesso, a sua actividade na aplicação da optoelectrónica ao sector corticeiro. Em 1996 foi distinguido com a Albert J. Myer Achievement Award pelo trabalho em teoria da informação. Em 1998 recebe o "Diploma de Mérito" da Associação Nacional dos ópticos. Presentemente o seu tema de interesse é a Teoria da Informação.Dirige um Curso de Pós-Graduação sobre "Guerra da Informação" na Universidade Independente, em colaboração com John Dockery (Defense Information System Agency). George Papcun, Cliff Joslyn e Luis Rocha (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Eric Bonabeau (Santa Fé Institute). Foi supervisor de sete teses de Doutoramento. Presentemente faz a supervisão de três alunos de Doutoramento. Os temas das teses são ”Interacção de Materiais com Lasers”, “Design Industrial como Comportamento Emergente” e “Comportamentos Emergentes em Sistemas Complexos”.
Jacques Vallée
Jacques F. Vallée serves as a General Partner of SBV Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley group that invests in North America and Europe, primarily in high-technology. He was born in France, where he received a B.S. in mathematics at the Sorbonne and an M.S. in astrophysics at Lille University. Coming to the U.S. as an astronomer at the University of Texas, where he co-developed the first computer-based map of Mars for NASA, Jacques later moved to Northwestern University where he received his Ph.D. in computer science. He went on to work on information technology research at SRI International and the Institute for the Future, where he directed the project to build the world's first network-based conferencing system as a Principal Investigator on Arpanet, the prototype network for the Internet. Jacques Vallée is a member of the science board for the French Genopole investment fund, based in Evry Apart from his work with information technology and finance, Jacques has had a long-term private interest in astronomy, in writing and in the frontiers of research, notably unidentified aerial phenomena. He is a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration, where he was elected as a Councillor (www.scientificexploration.org). Selected Publications:
Electronic Meetings; Computer Message Systems; The Network Revolution; with British, German, and Swedish editions; Les Enjeux du Millénaire; The Four Elements of Financial Alchemy.
Jan Sapp
Jan has recently been named Canada Research Chair in the History of Biology at the Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur la Science et la Tecnologie (CIRST) at the Université du Quebec. His careeer thus far has featured several quite noteworthy books, such as Evolution by Association: A History of Symbiosis, Oxford University Press; What is Natural? The Coral Reef Crisis, Oxford; Where the Truth Lies, Franz Moewus and the Origins of Molecular Biology, Cambridge University; and Beyond the Gene: Cytoplasmic Inheritance and the Struggle for Authority in Genetics, Oxford. He previously served as Chair of Science and Technology Studies at York University. He is a former Andrew Mellon Fellow and given lectures worldwide, including at the Linnean Society of London, the Centre for Marine Science, Jamaica, the University of Madrid, the Scottish Association for Marine Science in Oban, Scotland, and the Stazione Zoologica, Naples. Jann has been a major proponent of the importance of symbiogenesis and cytoplastmic inheritance including as part of new concepts of speciation. His new book Genesis: The Evolution of Biology is expected to be at the libraries on fall 2003.
John J. Carvalho
Lawrence Fagg
Dr. Lawrence Fagg is a Research Professor of Nuclear Physics at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. He received his Ph. D. in Physics from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and his Master's degree in Religion from George Washington University in Washington, D. C. The author is a Vice-President of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, and a Fellow of the America Physical Society.
Lothar Schafer
Education:University of Munich, 1962, Diplom-Chemiker; 1965, Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.); Professional History: NATO postdoctoral fellow, University of Oslo, Norway, 1965-1967; Research Associate, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1967-1968; Professor, University of Arkansas, 1975-1989; E. Wertheim Distinguished Professor, University of Arkansas, 1989-present. Awards and Honors: University of Arkansas, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Master Teacher Award, 1999; Elected to Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1994-present; Halliburton Teaching Award, 1991-92; IR-100 Award, Research Development Magazine (Chicago, 1985); Univ. of Arkansas: Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Research and Teaching, 1977; Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Grant, 1971-1976. Research Experience: Physical Chemistry, Applied Quantum Chemistry, and Computational Chemistry: Structural studies by gas electron diffraction; ab initio calculations of structures not easily amenable to experiment; development of a Real Time Data Acquisition System for Gas Electron Diffraction; first time-resolved gas electron diffraction studies of laser-excited molecules; computer simulations of adsorption processes at the clay mineral/aqueous solution interface. Books Published: "In Search of Divine Reality - Science as a Source of Inspiration", University of Arkansas Press, 1997.
Maria Sagi
Dr. Sagi received her Ph.D. in Psychology at the Eotvos Lorand Science University of Budapest. She has published eight books and over sixty articles and research papers, many in German and English. Her principal work is a 7-volume work on the experimental investigation of the musical creativity of different segments of the population. Since the late 1980s her interests extended to problems of health and healing, using the insights of psychosomatic and information medicine. Dr. Sagi’s professional experience includes co-directing the European Perspectives research on European identity for the United Nations University, acting as Hungarian coordinator of EUROCIRCON the European Culture Impact Research Consortium, and since its founding in 1993 serving as Scientific Director of the Club of Budapest Hungary. She is a member of the General Evolution Research Group and Managing Editor of World Futures, The Journal of General Evolution. She is associate of the Sociological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Mathieu Ricard
Mathieu Ricard is son of the French philosopher Jean-François Revel. He has a Doctor’s degree in Molecular Genetics at the Institute Pasteur in Paris, and he worked with the Nobel Prize François Jacob. Afterwards, Mathieu Ricard left his work to become a Buddhist monk. Presently, he is the private secretary and interpreter of the H.h. Dalai Lama. He is the editor of: “ Le moine et la philosophe”, with Jean-François Revel, 1997; “ L’Infini dans la paume de la main: Du Big Bang à l’Eveil”, with Trinh Xuan Thun, 2000; “L’Esprit du Tibet: La vie et le monde de Dilgo Khyentsé, maître spirituel”, with the preface of the H.H. Dalai Lama.
Muzaffar Iqbal
Founder-president of Center for Islam and Science (CIS), Canada, received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada (1983). He was Director (Scientific Information) for the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), the main scientific body of the 56 Muslim States of OIC. He was also the editor of Islamic Thought and Scientific Creativity (1991-96)—an international journal in the field of Islam and science. His areas of specialization are the intellectual history of Islam, metaphysical and philosophical aspects of the relationship between Islam and science, Islam and the West and Islam and the contemporary world. His published works include Science in Islamic Polity in the Twenty-first Century (ed., 1995), Health and Medical Profile of the Muslim World (ed., 1993); He was the Guest Editor for the special issue of Islamic Studies, from the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan on Islam and Science (Winter 2000). His most recent books are: Islam and Science, (2002, Ashgate) and God, Life and Cosmos: Christian and Islamic Perspectives (co-ed., 2002, Ashgate).
Nathan Aviezer
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1964; Academic and research Positions: Chairman, Physics Department, Bar-Llan University 70/73 and 76/78; Chairman, Bar-Llan University Ph.D. Committee 1990; Academic Honors: Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1984; Research Professor of the Royal Society of London, 1992. Current Research Grant: UK – Science Research Council, 2001/04. Publications on Science and Religion: “In the Beginning”, published in nine languages. Articles: “Misreading the Fossils: the Dark Side of Evolutionary Biology”, BDD – Journal of Torah and Scholarship, Winter 1996;”The Anthtropic Principle: Why it is important for the Believing Person”, BDD - Journal of Torah and Scholarship, Summer 1997; “Life on Mars?”, B’Or Ha’Torah, 1998; “The Spread of Languages and the Tower of Babel”, BDD – Journal of Torah and Scholarship (in press). Conference on Torah and Science held at Bar-Llan University, published in BDD journal of Torah and Science by Cyril Domb. Since 1996, Professor has given an interdisciplinary Course entitled “Torah and Science” at Bar-Llan University Which received the 1999 Award in the John templeton Foundation Science and religion Course Competition, as well as a subsequent development grant.
Paul Davies
Paul Davis é professor de diversas matérias científicas, nomeadamente, matemática, física, astronomia e filosofia, destinadas a alunos de secundário, licenciados e de pós-graduação. Os seus textos foram lidos em diferentes países pelo público em geral e por grupos de ciência especializados. Foi ainda formador de filósofos, membros do clero e crianças do preparatório. Na Newcastle University introduziu o novo Theoretical Physics Degree. Foi ao longo de muitos anos o Director da Escola Dame Allan, uma das mais antigas escolas independentes da Inglaterra. Esteve alguns anos na administração editorial do Journal of Physics A. Foi ainda assessor confidencial de mais de mil artigos técnicos de outros jornais. Descobriu e investigou um número de efeitos quânticos associados aos buracos negros e às etapas primordiais do Big Bang. Ajudou ainda a desenvolver a teoria termodinámica dos buracos negros. Uma das suas mais notáveis descobertas consiste no fenómeno conhecido sob o nome de efeito Davies-Unruh. Também investigou sobre a expansão do univers. Ao longo de mais de dez anos obteve diversos prémios sendo o último The Kelvin Medal and Prize, UK Institute of Physics em 2001.
Steven J. Dick
Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, 1977; Astronomer, U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. Specializing in positional astronomy; 1984-87; Historian of Science, U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.. Historian, NASA High Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS) SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program. Selected Professional Societies and Activities: Associate Editor, International Journal of Astrobiology (Cambridge University Press); Editorial Board, Journal for the History of Astronomy. Helped prepare staff of House Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, for Hearings on Life in the Universe, July 12, 2001; Selected Offices: President International Astronomical Union. Organizing Committee (1991-94), International Astronomical Union. Vice-Chairman (1991-92) and Chairman (1993-94); NASA Group Achievement Award, 2001, to the NASA Astrobiology Team; The Exobiology Program in NASA, Principal Investigator, 1999-2001; Select Publications: Editor, Many Worlds: The New Universe, Extraterrestrial Life, and the Theological Implications (Templeton Foundation Press, 2000); The History of an American Scientific Institution: The U. S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000.
Varadaraja V. Raman
Present Position: Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y.Education: B.S. Physics; M.S. Applied Mathematics (University of Calcutta); Ph.D. Theoretical Physics (University of Paris).Teaching Posts: Taught for 35 years a variety of courses. Publications:Published scores of articles, 300 book reviews, and ten books. Most recent titles are: Scientific Perspectives; Glimpses of Ancient Science; Nuggets from the Gita; Glimpses of Indian Heritage; Balakanda as Literature and CulturalHistory. Recent relevant publications include: Science and Religion: Some Demarcation Criteris (Zygon, Sept. 2001); Was Heisst Cultulle Differenze? in "Die Macht der Differenzen"(Synchron: 2000); Science and Humanism in th Modern World (Prajna Vihara, Jan: 2001); Science and Spirituality: A Hindu Perspective (Zygon, March 2002).
Yoshio Machi
Yoshio Machi, PhD is a professor with the Tokyo Denki University, Graduate School of Engineering, Electronic Engineering. He originally worked in material sciences such as a generation of mm waves, liquid crystal field and semiconductor devices field. Last 15 years he has so interested health care methods such as qigong in China. So, he worked so much in Qigong field using physiological technique and recently his research fields are Human Body Science field such as various relaxation treatments, consciousness power and Human Computer Interaction reducing fatigue problem at using a computer, mobile phone and PDA.