- Fazale Rana
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footnotes =Fazale (
Fuz ) Rana is the son of aMuslim scientist and currently serves as the vice president for science apologetics at Reasons To Believe. His research in biochemistry there provided him with the initial evidence that life must have been created. A personal challenge daring him to read the Bible led him to the scriptural evidence that the Creator is theGod of theBible .Education
Fazale attended
West Virginia State College (WVSC) as aPresidential Scholar where he earned a BS degree in chemistry with honors. He also completed aPh.D. inchemistry with an emphasis inbiochemistry atOhio University , where he twice won theDonald Clippinger Research Award . His postdoctoral studies took him to theUniversity of Virginia andUniversity of Georgia .Fact|date=July 2008Professional History
Before joining Reasons To Believe, Fuz worked for seven years as a Senior Scientist in product development for
Procter & Gamble . [ [http://www.lifeissues.org/cloningstemcell/fazalerana.htm Life Issues] ]Publications and Conferences
Fazale has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals including
Biochemistry, Applied Spectroscopy , FEBS Letters,Journal of Microbiology Methods , and The Journal of Chemical Education. He has made presentations at twentyinternational scientific meetings Fact|date=July 2008 and co-authored a chapter on Biological and Synthetic Membranes. [ [http://www.biola.edu/id/fos2004/speakers/ Conference speakers] ,Biola University ]Books
Fazale coauthored (along with Hugh Ross) the books
Origins of Life (NavPress, 2004) andWho Was Adam? (NavPress, 2005). [ [http://www.reasons.org/about/biographies.shtml#fazale_rana Reasons to Believe] ] He has recently completed his newest book on biochemical design entitled . [ [http://www.amazon.com/Cells-Design-Chemistry-Creators-Artistry/dp/0801068274/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217643518&sr=1-1 Amazon.com] ]Current Projects
Today Fazale travels widely speaking on science and faith issues at
churches , business firms, and universities. He also participates in the weekly podcast Creation Update, another podcast Science News Flash, and has made guest appearances on The John Ankerberg Show,Harvest Show , and Newsmakers (hosted byJerry Rose onThe Total Living Network ).Fact|date=July 2008Fazale is currently an adjunct faculty member at
Biola University . [ [http://www.biola.edu/academics/professional-studies/scienceandreligion/faculty/ Science and Religion Faculty] ,Biola University ]Personal Life
Fazale is a
Christian and lives inSouthern California with his wife, Amy, and their three daughters. [ [http://www.reasons.org/about/biographies.shtml#fazale_rana Reasons to Believe Biography of Fazale Rana] ]References
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