Past Herrmann Lectures

SPEAKERS

2021 | PERRY PHILLIPS

"The Thrice Supported Big Bang"

March 28, 29, & 31, 2022

Dr. Perry Phillips received his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Cornell University where he became a Christian as a graduate student. He has taught at the college level for over 15 years and was a senior quality assurance engineer with Comverse, a high-tech firm in the Boston area. He has published numerous articles in the area of theology and science.
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2020 | JOHN HARRIS

"Vitiligo: Journey to Understand and Treat a Skin Disease"

October 22, 26, & 29, 2020

Dr. John Harris is a tenured Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in Worcester, MA where he also serves as Director of the Vitiligo Clinic and Research Center, focusing both on the clinical management of vitiligo patients as well as research into new therapeutic strategies.
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2019 | PRAVEEN SETHUPATHY

"What Does it Mean to be Human? Common Ground between Science and Faith"

October 7–9, 2019

Dr. Praveen Sethupathy is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Director of the Center for Genomics at Cornell University, where he directs a research lab focused on genomic approaches to understand human health and disease.
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2018 | CARRIE TIBBLES

"All God's Children: Best Practices in Loving and Serving Vulnerable Children Around the World"

October 29, 30, and November 1, 2018

Dr. Carrie Tibbles is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School as well as the Director of Graduate Medical Education and Vice-chair of Clinical Innovations in Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center.
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2017 | KEN BISHOP

"The Present State of Cancer Research and How a Doctor’s Faith and Vocation Inform One Another"

October 2, 16, and 23, 2017

Dr. Kenneth Bishop is a hematologist and oncologist at Sturdy Hematology & Oncology Associates.
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2016 | JENNIFER WISEMAN

"Unfolding Majesty: A Cosmic Journey from Light to Stars to Planets and Life"

November 9–11, 2016

Dr. Jennifer Wiseman is an astronomer, author, and speaker. She is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation and directs the program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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2014 | DENIS ALEXANDER

"Is Life Going Anywhere?: Creation-biology, Randomness, and Purpose"

November 5–7, 2014

Dr. Denis Alexander is the Emeritus Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St Edmund's College, Cambridge, where he is a Fellow. Dr. Alexander gave the prestigious Gifford lectures in 2012.
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2013 | Owen Gingerich

"On the Nature of Science"

October 8–10, 2013

Owen Gingerich is Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
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2012 | Walter Thorson

"Intelligent Design or Naturalism in Biological Science?"

November 7–8, 2012

Walter Thorsen received a B.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, and was a research fellow at the National Science Foundation at Harvard University.
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