WHO WE ARE

Director: Gayle Woloschak
        Gayle Woloschak is currently a professor and molecular biologist working in the Department of Radiology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Her primary research is focused on understanding molecular events that lead to cancer and developing nano-devices for intracellular gene manipulation. Dr. Woloschak received her Ph.D. from the Medical College of Ohio in Medical Sciences with a specialization in immunology/microbiology. She did post-doctoral work training at the Mayo Clinic in molecular immunology and remained on staff there for several years. She also worked at Argonne National Laboratory as senior molecular biologist prior to moving to Northwestern. Dr. Woloschak is on a large number of scientific review panels (NASA, National Institutes of Health, e.g.), editorial boards, and scientific committees. She is also an active member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and currently serves as a member of the SCOBAs (Standing Council of Orthodox Bishops of the Americas) Social and Moral Issues Commission.
        Email: g-woloschak@northwestern.edu

Associate Director: Lea Schweitz
        Lea Schweitz will receive her Ph.D. in philosophy of religion from the University of Chicago Divinity School in December 2007. She holds degrees from the University of Chicago Divinity School and Luther College. She was a resident dissertation fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame in 2005-06. Her fellowships and grants include the Wilson teaching Fellowship, a Martin Marty Center Dissertation Fellowship, a grant for advanced theological studies from the ELCA, and the Wabash Fellowship ­ Chicago Forum on Pedagogy and the Study of Religion.
        Email: lschweitz@lstc.edu

Visiting Professor in Religion and Science: John Albright
        Dr. John Albright is visiting professor of religion and science at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Dr. Albright retired in 2004 from Purdue University Calumet (Chicago area campus) where he was head of the Chemistry and Physics department since 1995. Prior to his position at Purdue, Dr. Albright spent more than 30 years at Florida State University. At FSU he taught not only physics courses but also graduate courses in humanities which bridged the “two cultures” gap. Dr. Albright was also Southeast Regional Director of the Templeton Course Program in 1994 and he continued in this capacity (1995-1999) after moving to Chicago.
        Email: jraphysics@aol.com

Visiting Professor of Religion and Science: Carol Rausch Albright
        Carol Rausch Albright, Visiting Professor of Religion and Science at LSTC, has authored, co-authored, or edited four books and published more than a dozen articles and book chapters in the field of religion and science. She and her husband, John R. Albright, served as regional co-directors for the Templeton Foundation Science and Religion Course Program, first in the Southeastern U.S., then in the Midwest. For nine years, she was Executive Editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. She has also been a science writer, an encyclopedia editor (World Book), and director of campus ministry at Oregon State University. For more information, see www.carolalbright.org.

Adjunct Professor of Religion and Science: Thomas Gilbert
        Dr. Thomas Gilbert is Adjunct Professor of Religion and Science at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Before coming to the position, Dr. Gilbert, spent over 30 years at Argonne National Labortory, where he retired as senior physicist in 1987. While at Argonne, Dr. Gilbert worked in the areas of Theoretical Chemical Physics and Environmental Risk Analysis. In 1988, he helped create the Zygon Center with Philip Hefner. In 1989, Dr. Gilbert created the Epic of Creation lecture series. Over the years, he has written numerous articles and book chapters.
        Email: winitom@concentric.net

Executive Coordinator; Editor of News and Views: Christina Heisser
        Email: zcrs@zygoncenter.org

Projects Administrator; Assistant for Epic of Creation: David Glover
        Email: epic@lstc.edu

Senior Fellow: Philip Hefner
        Dr. Hefner directed the Zygon Center from its beginnings in 1988 to 2003. Hefner received his PhD in theology from the University of Chicago. He is currently an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), professor emeritus of systematic theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and editor-in-chief of the Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. Hefner has written 8 books and more than 150 articles. His most notable book, The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, Religion (Fortress Press, 1993) received the Templeton Foundation's Best Books in Religion and Science Award. He has also given many lectures over the years, with his most recent appearances being a series of lectures for the Metanexus Institute in 2003-2004 centering on the theme of created co-creator and being the featured speaker at the 2006 Goshen Conference on Religion and Science.
        Email: pnhefner@sbcglobal.net