Cast
Meet the Cast
Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, Phd
Philosopher of Science
Stephen C. Meyer Stephen C. Meyer received his PhD in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture in Seattle. He is the author of Signature in the Cell, the New York Times bestselling Darwin’s Doubt, and, most recently, Return of the God Hypothesis.
John Lennox, PhD
Mathematician
John Lennox, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Oxford University, is an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy, and religion. He has spoken at many academic institutions, is a Senior Fellow of the Trinity Forum, and has debated Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins. He has published numerous books, including God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?
Peter Thiel
Co-Founder of Paypal and Palantir Technologies
Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. He is a public critic of materialism, regarding it as a spiritually empty, reductive worldview that cannot account for meaning, morality, or human uniqueness.
Brian Keating, PhD
Cosmologist
Brian Keating is a Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe’s oldest light, the cosmic microwave background, using it to learn about the origin of the universe.
Luke A. Barnes, PhD
Astrophysicist
Luke Barnes is a theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and postdoctoral researcher at Western Sydney University. He received his PhD in Astronomy from the University of Cambridge. He has published papers in the fields of galaxy formation and the fine-tuning of the universe for life and is the co-author of A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos.
David Berlinski, PhD
Mathematician
David Berlinski received his PhD in philosophy from Princeton University and was later a postdoctoral fellow in mathematics and molecular biology at Columbia University. He has authored numerous works ranging from systems analysis and theoretical biology to the philosophy of mathematics. A man of culture, he tangled with the “new atheists” in Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions.
Jay W. Richards, PhD
Philosopher
Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., is Vice President of Social and Domestic Policy and the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute. He is author or editor of more than a dozen books and many articles and essays, and has appeared in several documentaries including The Case for a Creator and The Privileged Planet.
Robert Sheldon, PhD
Plasma Physicist
Robert Sheldon is a plasma physicist who has had a long career in academia studying satellite instrumentation, space plasma physics, comets, cosmology, nuclear propulsion, and science and faith issues. He has published over 60 papers and 3 books including Laser Satellite Communication.
Timothy McGrew, PhD
Philosopher
Timothy J. McGrew is a professor of philosophy at Western Michigan University, and the chair of its department of philosophy. His particular expertise includes theories of knowing and the history and philosophy of science. He is known for his public debates and his rigorous analysis of the fine-tuning argument for God.
Douglas Axe, PhD
Biologist
Douglas Axe is the Rosa Endowed Chair of Molecular Biology at Biola University, the founding Director of Biologic Institute, the founding Editor of BIO-Complexity, and the author of Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed. His research, which examines the functional and structural constraints on the evolution of proteins and protein systems, has been featured in many scientific journals.
Michael Behe, PhD
Biochemist
Michael J. Behe is Professor of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He has authored over 40 technical papers and three books — Darwin’s Black Box, The Edge of Evolution, and Darwin Devolves — which argue that living systems at the molecular level are best explained as being the result of deliberate intelligent design.
James Tour, PhD
James Tour is the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Computer Science, and Professor of Materials Science and Nano-Engineering at Rice University. Tour has over 700 research publications and more than 130 patent families. Tour is well known for his vigorous critiques of unguided origin-of-life theories.
Organic Chemist
Frank J. Tipler, PhD
Frank J. Tipler is a cosmologist and Professor of Mathematical Physics at Tulane University. He is the author of The Physics of Immortality about the ultimate limits of computers and the role computers will play in the universe; The Physics of Christianity; and The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, about fine tuning and the significance of intelligent life in the universe.
Mathematical Physicist
Bijan Nemati, PhD
Physicist
Bijan Nemati is the chief scientist and founder of Tellus1 Scientific. He received his PhD in high energy physics from the University of Washington. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he led several key testbeds that together demonstrated the feasibility of astrometric detection of Earth-like exoplanets in the habitable zones of nearby sun-like stars.
Sarah Salviander, PhD
Astrophysicist
A former researcher in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas, Sarah Salviander is an astrophysicist who studies extreme deep-space phenomena, mostly quasars, supermassive black holes, and giant galaxies. She has authored peer-reviewed journal and conference papers as well as popular-level magazine articles. She also regularly brightens social media feeds as a science educator.
Walter Myers III
Former Microsoft Engineer
Walter is a Principal Engineering Manager leading a team of engineers for Microsoft Azure Cloud. He holds a master’s degree in Philosophy from Biola University's Talbot School of Theology, where he is an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Arts in Science & Religion program.
William A. Dembski, PhD
Mathematician
A noted mathematician and philosopher, William A. Dembski is a Founding and SeniorFellow with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture and a Distinguished Fellow with the Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. His recent books include Evolutionary Informatics and the second edition of The Design Inference.
Brendan Dixon
Former Software Engineer at Microsoft & Amazon AWS
Brendan Dixon is a Software Architect with experience designing, creating, and managing projects of all sizes. He has worked both as a Principal Engineer and Development Manager for industry leaders such as Microsoft and Amazon.
Richard Gunasekera, PhD
Biochemist
Richard Gunasekera is Research Professor of Science, Technology and Health at Biola University, and holds professorships in Biological Sciences and Biochemistry. He has enjoyed a long career in higher education as a professor and a scientist in the field of biochemical genetics and forensic science.
Richard Sternberg, PhD
Evolutionary Biologist
Richard Sternberg is an evolutionary biologist with interests in the relation between genes and morphological homologies, including the nature of genomic “information.” He holds two PhD's: one in Biology (Molecular Evolution) from Florida International University and another in Systems Science (Theoretical Biology) from Binghamton University.
Brian Miller, PhD
Physicist
Brian Miller obtained a BS in physics with a minor in engineering from MIT and a PhD in complex systems physics from Duke University. His research focuses on thermodynamics, information theory, protein rarity, and the origin of life. He helps manage the intelligent design research program and helped launch the biannual Conference on Engineering in Living Systems.
David W. Snoke, PhD
Physicist
David W. Snoke is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Pittsburgh and co-director of the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute. His experimental group uses a wide array of optical methods to study fundamental questions of quantum mechanics in semiconductor systems.
Casey Luskin, PhD
Geologist
Casey Luskin is a scientist and an attorney with graduate degrees in science and law. He holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Johannesburg, where he specialized in paleomagnetism and the early plate tectonic history of South Africa. He is a prolific science writer and is the director of research at the Center for Science and Culture.
Michael Newton Keas, PhD
Historian of Science
After earning a PhD in the history of science from the University of Oklahoma, Mike Keas won research grants from such organizations as the National Science Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author of Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion.