Stephen M. Barr is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Delaware and former Director of its Bartol Research Institute.  (Ph.D. Physics 1978, Princeton University) Prof. Barr research area is theoretical particle physics, especially grand unified theories, theories of CP violation, neutrino oscillations, and particle cosmology. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2011). He is the author of Modern Physics and Ancient Faith (Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 2003) and The Believing Scientist (Eerdmans, 2016).

More information at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barr

Daniel Kuebler is Professor of Biology at Franciscan University and former Dean of the School of Natural and Applied Sciences there. (Ph.D. Molecular and Cell Biology 1999, UC Berkeley).  His research involves studying adult stem cells in bone marrow and adipose tissue for use in orthopedic treatments. He teaches courses in evolution, cell biology, and science and faith. He is the co-author of The Evolution Controversy: A Survey of Competing Theories (Baker Academic, 2007), a scientific critique of the various theories of evolutionary thought, and is currently working on a book examining the integration of Catholic teaching and evolution.

More information at https://snas.franciscan.edu/faculty/kuebler-dan/

Robert J. Scherrer is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Vanderbilt University. (Ph.D. Physics 1986, University of Chicago) Prof. Scherrer does research in theoretical cosmology, especially dark energy, dark matter, big bang nucleosynthesis, and large scale structure of the universe.  He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2001), and among other awards is the recipient of the Klopsteg Memorial Award of the American Association of Physics Teachers (2011) and The Ohio State University Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching (1999). He is the author of Quantum Mechanics, An Accessible Introduction (Addison-Wesley, 2006).

More information at https://my.vanderbilt.edu/robertscherrer

Maureen Condic is a Professor and Faculty Ombudsman at the Catholic University of America. Before that she was Associate Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Utah with an adjunct appointment in Pediatrics and taught Embryology in the Medical School. (Ph.D., 1989, UC Berkeley) Her research has focused on the role of stem cells in development and regeneration and has been recognized by both the Basil O’Connor and the McKnight awards. In 2015, she was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life, an international scientific advisory body to the Vatican.  n 2018, she was appointed by the President of the United States to the National Science Board, that oversees the National Science Foundation and advises both the President and Congress on scientific issues. Dr. Condic is co-author of Human Embryos, Human Beings: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach (CUA Press, 2018) and author of Untangling Twinning (2019).

More information at https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/members/current_members/condic.jsp
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_L._Condic

Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P., is on the faculty of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome. (Ph.D.  Physics 2010, Stanford University) Before joining the Dominican Order, he received a bachelors degree in physics from Caltech and then his doctorate in theoretical particle physics at Stanford, writing and testing simulations for high energy particle colliders like the LHC at CERN. He earned a Licentiate in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America, focusing on the philosophy of science and natural philosophy. After ordination to the priesthood, he taught physics at Providence College. At the Angelicum he teaches philosophy and works on an international project on Science and Religion as part of the Thomistic Institute.

Sister Damien Marie Savino, F.S.E., is a Franciscan Sister and currently serves as the Melchor Visiting Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. Previously, she was Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, MI). She received her Ph.D. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from the Catholic University of America, where she also completed an MA in Theology. Her scientific research focused on endocrine-disrupting chemicals in wastewater, remediation of persistent organic chemicals in soil and groundwater, and the application of resilience theory to ecosystem health. Her interdisciplinary publications focus on integral ecology, theology of creation, evolution and faith, and Catholic social teachings on creation care, and the unique role of human persons in the created world.

More information at  https://www.aquinas.edu/_files/Sr  Damien M  Savino CV updated 8-17_20 – DAMIEN SAVINO.pdf

Chris Clemens is Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and former Senior Associate Dean for Natural Sciences there. He received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Clemens studies white dwarf stars, and his recent projects include seismology of oscillating white dwarf stars and the study of exoplanetary rubble that forms around white dwarfs when asteroids, comets or planets are broken up by high gravity. He also builds spectrographs and their components for observatories around the world. He has authored over 100 research papers and holds four patents. He has also co-founded two startup companies, MegaWatt Solar, Inc., and Syzygy Optics, LLC.

More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Clemens

Christopher T. Baglow (Liaison) is the Director of the Science and Religion Initiative of the McGrath Institute for Church Life of the University of Notre Dame. (Ph.D. Theology 2000, Duquesne University) Since 2005, Prof. Baglow has directed numerous programs for faith-science integration at Catholic high schools, and is Director of Foundations New Orleans, a week-long summer seminar for Catholic high school science and religion teachers. Prof. Baglow is the author of the landmark high-school textbook Faith, Science and Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge (Midwest Theological Forum, 1^st ed. 2009, 2^nd ed. 2020).

More information at https://mcgrath.nd.edu/assets/310890/chris_baglow_cv.pdf

Karin I. Öberg is Professor of Astronomy and the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University (Ph.D. Astrophysics 2009, Univ. of Leiden). Prof. Öberg does research in astrophysics/astrochemistry, especially the impact of chemistry on planet formation, including the compositions of nascent planets. Among other awards she is the recipient of the AAS Newton Lacy Pierce Prize (2016), the Packard Fellowship (2014), and the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2014). In 2026, Prof. Öberg was appointed Harvard’s Senior Vice-Provost for Faculty. More information at https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/karin-oberg

Stephen C. Meredith is Professor in the Department of Pathology, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Department of Neurology of the University of Chicago. (Ph.D. Biochemistry 1982, Univ. of Chicago; MD 1974, Washington Univ.) Prof. Meredith does research in experimental biology, especially the structure of beta-amyloid fibrils using a combination of solution and solid-state NMR, and other physical methods, notably neutron and x-ray scattering.

More information at pathology.uchicago.edu/directory/stephen-c-meredith-md-phd

Jonathan I. Lunine (Former Vice-President, SCS) is Chief Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA and Professor of Planetary Science at Caltech. Formerly he was David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences of Cornell University and Chair of the Department of Astronomy there. (Ph.D.  Planetary Science 1985, Caltech) Prof. Lunine does research in astrophysics, planetary science and astrobiology. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and among other awards is the recipient of the Jean Dominique Cassini Medal of the European Geosciences Union (2015) and the Basic Sciences Award of the Int. Academy of Astronautics (2009).  He is the author of Astrobiology, A Multidisciplinary Approach (Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2005) and Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World (2^nd ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013).

More information at astro.cornell.edu/members/jonathan-lunine.html
and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lunine

Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. is Professor in the Department of Biology of Providence College (Ph.D. Biology 1996, MIT) Prof. Austriaco does research in experimental molecular biology, especially programmed cell death in unicellular eukaryotes. He is a priest of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) and also has a doctorate in theology from the Univ. of Fribourg in Switzerland. Among other distinctions he is an investigator in the NIH-Rhode Island Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Program. He is the author of Biomedicine and Beatitude: An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics (CUA Press, 2011).

More information at http://www.austriacolab.com/AustriacoLab/Home.html
and http://www.providence.edu/biology/faculty/Pages/naustria.aspx