Darrel R. Falk (born 1946) is professor of biology at Point Loma Nazarene University in Point Loma, California (United States). Falk has a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta (1973).

College Years

Falk attended Simon Fraser University, originally planning on becoming an M.D. eventually. In his second university semester, he signed up for Introduction to Biology, Genetics, and Davelopmental Biology. Darrel R. Falk graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.

Postdoctoral Studies

He did post-doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia (1973-74) and at the University of California at Irvine, California (1974-76).

Personal

He is also the director of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute outreach program and Executive Director of The BioLogos Foundation.

His research interests have included molecular genetics of Drosophila melanogaster, organization of genes; mechanism of repair of chromosome breaks and molecular changes in the Notch gene in various species of Drosophila; and the use of gene cloning technology to characterize damaged chromosomes at the molecular level and PCR and DNA sequencing to compare homologous gene sequences in different species of Drosophila.

His teaching experience:

• Assistant/Associate Professor, Syracuse University (1976-84)
• Professor, Mount Vernon Nazarene College (Ohio) (1984-88)
• Professor and Department Chair, Point Loma Nazarene University (1988 to present)

He has also 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 Dr. Francis S. Collins. Dr. Falk is a Christian and a theistic evolutionist.

References

External links

• Dr. Darrel Falk at Point Loma Nazarene University
• One man’s odyssey to reconcile belief and biology Falk tells his journey to find acceptance as a Christian evolutionist. Science & Theology News.