Darrel R. Falk

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Darrel R. Falk
Born1946 (age 78–79)
Canada
Education Simon Fraser University, University of Alberta
OccupationProfessor of biology at Point Loma Nazarene University
Known forComing to Peace with Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology
Scientific career
FieldsBiologist and author
Institutions University of British Columbia, UC Irvine, Syracuse University, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Point Loma Nazarene University

Darrel R. Falk (born 1946) is an American biologist. He is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Point Loma Nazarene University and is the past president and a current senior advisor with BioLogos Foundation, [1] an advocacy group that emphasizes compatibility between science and Christian faith.

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Education

Falk attended Simon Fraser University, originally planning to become a medical doctor. In his second university semester, he signed up for Introduction to Biology, Genetics, and Developmental Biology. Falk graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. [2] He then completed his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 1973. [2]

Career and research

He did post-doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia (1973–74) and at the University of California at Irvine, California (1974–76). [2] He was an Assistant/Associate Professor at Syracuse University from 1976 to 1984. Then a professor at Mount Vernon Nazarene College in Ohio from 1984 to 1988. Since 1988, he has been a professor at Point Loma Nazarene University.

His research interests have included molecular genetics of Drosophila melanogaster , organization of genes; and mechanism of repair of chromosome breaks.

Christian beliefs

Falk is a Christian and believes in theistic evolution. [3] [4] He is the past president (2009-2012) of The BioLogos Foundation, founded by geneticist Francis Collins, which seeks to find "harmony between science and biblical faith" by advocating for "an evolutionary understanding of God’s creation". [5] [6]

He has authored a book on the creation–evolution controversy titled Coming to Peace with Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology (InterVarsity Press, 2004), with a foreword by Collins. He has been critical of the intelligent design movement and written about the movement frequently on The BioLogos Foundation's website. [7]

In May 2025, Falk started a Substack addressing the fraught relationship between science and Evangelical Christianity, particularly in the context of the dismantling of science initiated in the early months of Trump's second presidency. [8] It began with a three-part series entitled "Challenging Times for Science in America."

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References

  1. ↑ "The BioLogos Team". BioLogos Foundation . Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Darrel R. Falk". Point Loma Nazarene University. 2009. Archived from the original on June 6, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  3. ↑ "On Reducing Irreducible Complexity, Part II - Science and the Sacred". September 21, 2009.
  4. ↑ Video on YouTube
  5. ↑ "Our History: 2006 to Today". BioLogos Foundation. Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ "What we believe". BioLogos Foundation . Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ Falk, Darrel (May 3, 2012). "The BioLogos Forum - Darrel Falk". BioLogos Foundation. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  8. ↑ Falk, Darrel (May 6, 2025). "Substack: Darrel Falk" . Retrieved May 23, 2025.
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