Kolbe Center Advisors
WAdvisory Council – Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation
(Last Revision: February 24, 2020)
Bishop Roman Danylak (RIP)
Position/Title
Past Apostolic Administrator of Eparchy of Toronto
Graduate Degrees
Pontifical Urban University, S.T.L., Pont. Lateran Univ. J.U.D.
Expertise
Philosophy, Theology, Church History, Canon and Civil Law, Sacred Scripture
Rev. Victor P. Warkulwiz (RIP)
Position/Title
Former Theological Reviewer
Former National Director, Apostolate for Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
Former National Director, Apostolate for Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Physics, Temple Univ.
M.Div., Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary
M.A. in Theology, Holy Apostles Seminary
M.Div., Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary
M.A. in Theology, Holy Apostles Seminary
Expertise
Physics, Mathematics, Theology, History, Natural Sciences, Philosophy
Rev. James Anderson
Position/Title
Philosopher/ Theologian
Graduate Degrees
JD, Law - Univ. of CA
STB, Theology - Angelicum, Rome
Ph.D., Phil. Georgetown U., Wash., D.C.
STB, Theology - Angelicum, Rome
Ph.D., Phil. Georgetown U., Wash., D.C.
Expertise
Philosophy, Law, Naval Science, Theology, Medical Ethics
Comments
Former US Navy officer
Pamela Acker
Graduate Degrees
BS in Biology from Southeast Missouri State University; MS in Biology from The Catholic University of America.
Robert Auten
Position/Title
Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Graduate Degrees
BA in Biology from CSULB Cal St Univ. Long Beach 1974 Magna Cum Laude and 1 yr post grad work in Medical Microbiology at CSULB and 1 year of clinical internship at St. John’s Health Center Santa Monica, CA.
Expertise
Robert Auten has been a CA licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientist since 1977. He has worked in all areas of the clinical lab including supervising Hematology for 1 year and 27 years as supervisor of the Transfusion Medicine / Blood Bank at CVHP Intercommunity Hospital in Covina CA.
He has an MA in Theology and Biblical Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena CA. 1987 where he was on the president’s honor role. In the 1980’s he founded and pastored a Calvary Chapel fellowship in Payson, AZ, and taught for a year in the Calvary Chapel Bible School in Twin Peaks CA.
He has an MA in Theology and Biblical Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena CA. 1987 where he was on the president’s honor role. In the 1980’s he founded and pastored a Calvary Chapel fellowship in Payson, AZ, and taught for a year in the Calvary Chapel Bible School in Twin Peaks CA.
Comments
He was received into the Catholic Church on the Easter Vigil in 1999. He completed the Marian Catechist consecration shortly before Fr. John Hardon S.J. passed away in the year 2000 and he has been continuously active, primarily at the parish level, in catechetics ever since. He is very involved in teaching at Catholic Men’s Fellowship; the Adult Bible Study and the Legion of Mary at St. Louise de Marillac Church in Covina, CA. and in prison ministry at Ca Institute for Men at Chino Prison. He has just completed a book titled Saint Joseph: The Forgotten Father of the Church.
Robert Bennett
Position/Title
Software Architect
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Physics, Stevens Tech
Expertise
Physics, Automata, AI
Comments
Thesis on General Relativity
Eric D. Bermingham
Position/Title
Senior Engineer
Graduate Degrees
M.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Eng., Univ. of Illinois
Expertise
Aerodynamics, Aircraft and Turbine Engine Performance, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Noah’s Ark, The Flood, Ancient History, Computational Analysis of Dove Aerodynamics
Comments
Demonstrated evidence of Noah’s Flood will overturn Evolution and the attendant heretical, Modernist mindset currently infecting both the Church and the world.
Robin Bernhoft
Position/Title
Physician
Graduate Degrees
M.D., Washington University
Expertise
Biology, Creation/Evolution History
Comments
Creation/Evolution history discussed on radio show
Guy Berthault
Position/Title
Researcher
Graduate Degrees
Graduate Ecole Polytechnique, France
Lynne Bissonette-Pitre
Position/Title
Psychiatrist
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Neurophysiology, John Hopkins University
Dwite Brown
Position/Title
Retired Professor of Computer Science
Graduate Degrees
Master of Divinity, Systematic and Philosophical Theology, GTU Berkeley
Sal Ciresi
Position/Title
Director, St. Jerome Biblical Guild
Graduate Degrees
M.A., Theology
Gregory Clovis
Position/Title
Director, Family Life International, UK
Graduate Degrees
BSc, University of London, Software Engineering
Rev. Linus Clovis
Graduate Degrees
Ph. D, Mathematics; London University; licentiate in Canon Law (JCL) from Urbaniana University in Rome; STB from Angelicum in Rome.
Eugene Conti
Position/Title
Physician
Graduate Degrees
M.S., Marine Science, C.W. Post College of Long Island University
M.D., Autonomous University of Guadalajara
M.D., Autonomous University of Guadalajara
Markus Deju
Graduate Degrees
Doctor of Natural Science, Vienna University, Vienna (Austria)
Licenciatura in Biological Science, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, CHILE
Licenciatura in Biological Science, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, CHILE
Rachel Dilly
Position/Title
Project Manager
Graduate Degrees
B.S., Geological Engineering, University of Rolla
Expertise
Expert in Geological and Environmental Site Investigations
Comments
Co-Founder, Pregnancy Resource Center, Rolla, Missouri
Mark Eschmann
Graduate Degrees
B.S. Applied Mathematics, Univ of Tulsa
M.S. Applied Mathematics, Univ of Tulsa
Ph.D. Statistics, Baylor University
M.S. Applied Mathematics, Univ of Tulsa
Ph.D. Statistics, Baylor University
Timothy Fahrenholz
Position/Title
Chemist
Graduate Degrees
B.S., Hobart College
Expertise
M.S., Medicinal Chemistry
Comments
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry
Major Fecteau
Position/Title
Major, U.S. Army
Graduate Degrees
M.S., Physics, University of Michigan
Expertise
Electro-optics and Radiation Measurement
Bradford Fellmeth
Graduate Degrees
AA in Music from Bucks County Community College, PA
BA in Theology summa cum laude and
MA in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH
Master's Thesis THOU ART DUST: RECOVERING THE REVEALED DOCTRINE OF THE ORIGIN OF MAN'S BODY
BA in Theology summa cum laude and
MA in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH
Master's Thesis THOU ART DUST: RECOVERING THE REVEALED DOCTRINE OF THE ORIGIN OF MAN'S BODY
Christopher Feigenbutz
Position/Title
Attorney
Graduate Degrees
J.D., Widener University School of Law, cum laude
Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD
B.S. in Biology and minors in Chemistry and Theology
Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD
B.S. in Biology and minors in Chemistry and Theology
Expertise
Licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and before the US Patent and Trademark Office
Comments
Out of college he taught high school biology, anatomy, and chemistry for 9 years at a private Catholic high school. He then worked at an intellectual property law firm for about 4 years, and for the last several years has worked as a patent/trademark attorney and as a government contractor examining international patent applications in the area of biotechnology.
Carol Fontana
Position/Title
Mechanical Engineer
Graduate Degrees
B.S., M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Expertise
Worked for thirteen years at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
Comments
Home-school Mother; part-time Physics teacher
Maciej Giertych
Position/Title
Professor
Former Member of the European Parliament
Former Member of the European Parliament
Graduate Degrees
M.A., Oxford Univ., Forestry
Ph.D., Univ. of Toronto,Tree Physiology
Dr. habil(~DSc), Poznan Agricultural Acad, Tree genetics
Ph.D., Univ. of Toronto,Tree Physiology
Dr. habil(~DSc), Poznan Agricultural Acad, Tree genetics
Expertise
Tree physiology, Genetics – esp. of populations, Evolution, Political science, Civilizations, Pro-life topics
C. Brad Grinstead
Graduate Degrees
Georgia Southern University, Dept. of Biology
BS Biology
MS Biology (emphasis Parasitology)
BS Biology
MS Biology (emphasis Parasitology)
Rev. Thomas Hickey (RIP)
Position/Title
Diocesan Priest
Graduate Degrees
M.A. Theology
Hannah Holden
Graduate Degrees
B.S., Zoo Science, Friends University, Wichita KS
Working towards: M.S. Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, Wichita KS
Working towards: M.S. Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, Wichita KS
Expertise
Research into ardeids; raising egrets
Josef Holzschuh
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D. Geophysics
Terrence Hughes
Position/Title
M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science, Northwestern University
Graduate Degrees
Dr. Hughes has published scores of papers in major scientific journals and two books dealing with glaciation and climate change over a span of 40 years. Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Ohio State from 1968 to 1974. From 1974 to 2010: Associate Professor (6 years) and then Full Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. Since 2010: Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences and Climate Change at the University of Maine.
Mary Dougherty Janetatos
Graduate Degrees
Master’s, Theology Notre Dame
Pontifical Catechetical Institute
Pontifical Catechetical Institute
Gerard Keane (RIP)
Position/Title
Creation author and researcher
Graduate Degrees
Amateur Catholic popularizer of Special Creation to Catholics, Carpenter
Expertise
Origins research
Dean Kenyon
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Biophysics
Rev. George Kosicki, C.S.B (RIP)
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Biochemistry
Gorret Kugonza
Position/Title
Educator
Graduate Degrees
B.A., Education, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
M.A., Human Rights, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Diploma in Counseling, Uganda Martyrs University
M.A., Human Rights, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Diploma in Counseling, Uganda Martyrs University
Comments
Gorret and some members of her family founded a community-based pro-life organization, Rwenzori Prolife and Childcare Foundation (PROCAF). Gorret commits a lot of time to doing pro-life work, establishing pro-life clubs in schools, universities, and colleges, visiting parishes to conduct conferences for couples and to train them in natural family planning. Additionally, she visits seminaries, nursing schools in the region, and radio stations to broadcast pro-life messages to young people. Gorret started an apprenticeship program to help girls who are pregnant outside of wedlock or who have dropped out of school after giving birth to their babies. The skills the girls acquire help them and their babies to begin a new life.
Joseph Magner
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D. Hydrology
Kevin Mark
Position/Title
Dentist
President, Southwest Manitoba Pro-life
President, Southwest Manitoba Pro-life
Graduate Degrees
DMD, University of Manitoba
Expertise
Dentistry, Pro-Life Topics, Evolution/Creation
Joseph Mastropaolo
Position/Title
Prof. Emeritus, California State University
Adjunct Prof. of Physiology, Institute for Creation Research
Adjunct Prof. of Physiology, Institute for Creation Research
Graduate Degrees
M.S., Kinesiology, Univ. of Illinois
Ph.D., Kinesiology, Univ.of Iowa
Post-Doc Research, Human Physiology, Univ. of Chicago Medical School
Ph.D., Kinesiology, Univ.of Iowa
Post-Doc Research, Human Physiology, Univ. of Chicago Medical School
Expertise
Kinesiology, Biomechanics, Physiology, Epidemiology, Origin of the Biosphere, History and Biology of Evolution
Comments
Evolution Is Lethal Antiscience, Creation Research Society Quarterly 38: 151-158, 2001
Thomas McFadden
Position/Title
Procurement Analyst, National Institutes for Health
Graduate Degrees
Masters, Engineering Administration, George Washington University
Expertise
Catholic apologetics, Evolution-creation science conflicts, Evolution’s importance to the secular humanist social and political agenda
Martin McManus
Position/Title
Therapist and Counselor
Graduate Degrees
BA (Sociology & Ancient Classics), MSc (Psych), Adv. Dip (CBT)
Bachelor of Arts degree in Maynooth University, Ireland
Masters degree in Nottingham Trent University (UK)
University Advanced Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Skills & Studies at the University of Derby (UK).
Bachelor of Arts degree in Maynooth University, Ireland
Masters degree in Nottingham Trent University (UK)
University Advanced Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Skills & Studies at the University of Derby (UK).
Expertise
Founder of Truth and Freedom Therapy (TFT)
truthandfreedomtherapy.com
truthandfreedomtherapy.com
Hugh R. Miller
Position/Title
Retired Senior Research Chemist, Battelle Columbus (OH) Laboratories
Graduate Degrees
OSU Graduate Courses: Nuclear Physics, Radiochemistry, Spectroscopic analysis, Electrochemical/ Radioactivation Analysis Research
Expertise
Electrochemical and coatings, Technical writing, Radiometric dating – esp. C14, Geology, Sedimentology, Ichnology, Paleontology
Comments
Research for 18 years in Electrochem. Eng. Div.; 19 years as a Midwest dist. mgr. of CP Chem. and three years in C-14 lab sample pretreatment activities.
Rev. John H. Miller, C.S.C., S.T.D (RIP)
Position/Title
Editor of SOCIAL JUSTICE REVIEW
Graduate Degrees
Doctorate in Sacred Theology and Social Justice
Expertise
Theology
Anthony Nevard
Position/Title
Editor of Daylight Magazine and Secretary of Daylight Origins Society
Graduate Degrees
BSc. Chemistry and Zoology
Expertise
Science Education, author and public speaker on origins
Comments
Daylight has been published since 1991.
Richard J. Neves
Position/Title
Emeritus Professor of Fisheries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Graduate Degrees
B.S., Zoology University of Rhode Island
M.S., Zoology University of Maine
Ph.D., Fisheries University of Massachusetts
M.S., Zoology University of Maine
Ph.D., Fisheries University of Massachusetts
Expertise
Biology, Freshwater Malacology, Endangered Species Management
Florence Nyahwa
Position/Title
SM Nyahwa Foundation
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Plant Pathology/ Microbiology
Post Doctorate: Post graduate diploma in Seed Pathology from KLV University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Post Doctorate: Post graduate diploma in Seed Pathology from KLV University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Rev. John Obasi
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Biomedical Ethics
Jean de Pontcharra
Position/Title
Research Group Head, CEA-LETI (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Laboratoire d’Electronique et de Technologie de l’Informatique), Retired
Graduate Degrees
Microelectronics, CMOS technology, Radiometric Dating methods, Shroud of Turin
Ademar R. Rakowsky
Graduate Degrees
B.A. in Geology and Physics from La Salle University
M.Sc. in Meteorology from McGill University
S.T.B. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
M.Sc. in Meteorology from McGill University
S.T.B. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
S.T.L. from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
Expertise
High School teacher by trade
Comments
“Mentoring and teaching teenage and young adult men is my specialty and deepest joy. Needless to say, I am a big fan of St. John Bosco!”
Michael Randolph
Graduate Degrees
M.S, Information Management Marymount University
B.S. Philosophy University of Idaho
A.A.S. Data Processing Northern Virginia Community College
B.S. Philosophy University of Idaho
A.A.S. Data Processing Northern Virginia Community College
Edward A. Razz
Position/Title
Advisor Engineer, Naval Nuclear Laboratory
Graduate Degrees
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Union College
Expertise
Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Two-Phase Flow Modeling, Catholic Apologetics
Patrick Redmond
Position/Title
Retired Professor of History and Archaeology; IBM, Data Analyst, Genographic Project
Graduate Degrees
PhD , History, School of Oriental and African Affairs, University of London, London, UK
Expertise
Genographic Project
Terrence J. Riesch, D.D.S.
Position/Title
Oral Surgeon
Graduate Degrees
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
D.D.S., Marquette University School of Dentistry
Completed a General Practice Residency at Meriter Hospital
Completed an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
D.D.S., Marquette University School of Dentistry
Completed a General Practice Residency at Meriter Hospital
Completed an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Comments
Catechist
Andrew Schmirmer
Position/Title
Prof. of Applied Mathematics, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Graduate Degrees
B.S., St. Norbert’s, Mathematics
M.A., Education, Marquette Univ.
M.A., Education, Marquette Univ.
Comments
Pro-life activist
Thomas P. Schuman
Position/Title
Assistant Prof, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Rolla
Graduate Degrees
M.S., Chemistry
Ph.D., Materials Science, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville
Ph.D., Materials Science, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville
Expertise
Original sin, Origin of man and agriculture, Chemistry and materials training
Josef Seifert
Position/Title
Professor and Rector, International Acad. of Philosophy, Liechtenstein-Chile
Graduate Degrees
M.S., Chemistry
Ph.D., Dr. phil., Univ. of Salzburg Habilitation
Dr. Phil. habil., Univ. of Munich
Ph.D., Dr. phil., Univ. of Salzburg Habilitation
Dr. Phil. habil., Univ. of Munich
Expertise
Psychology, History of Art, Theology, Ethics, Philosophy of Man
Byron R. Sever
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Physics, U. of Illinois
Randy J. Sronce
Graduate Degrees
B.S. Chemistry, University of Texas at Tyler
Expertise
Studied for a summer at ETH Zürich; specialized in nanochemistry and organic mechanisms; pursuing a Doctorate at Texas A&M beginning in the fall of 2018.
Joseph Strada
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering
Robert A. Sungenis
Position/Title
President: Catholic Apologetics International
Graduate Degrees
M.S., Chemistry
M.A., Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary
Ph.D. cand., Maryvale, U.K.
M.A., Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary
Ph.D. cand., Maryvale, U.K.
Expertise
Theology, Biblical Exegesis, Biblical Chronology, Science, Evolution/Creation, Relativity, Cosmogony, Cosmology, Astronomy
Dominique Tassot
Position/Title
President of CEP, Centre d’études et de prospective sur la science
Graduate Degrees
Ph.D., Philosophy, Graduate Ecole des Mines de Paris
Expertise
Philosophy Russian and Chinese culture Exegesis
Mr. Wim Vanraes
Graduate Degrees
Masters in Archaeology at the State University of Ghent, Belgium
Final thesis: “Belgian Radiocarbon Dates: General Processing and Analysis of the Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Periods”
Undergrad in Archaeology, European and Middle Eastern History and Science of Arts at Ghent University.
Final thesis: “Belgian Radiocarbon Dates: General Processing and Analysis of the Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Periods”
Undergrad in Archaeology, European and Middle Eastern History and Science of Arts at Ghent University.
Tom West, Jr
Position/Title
President, Applied Systems Research, Inc.
Graduate Degrees
M.A., Theology, Christendom College
M.S., Eng., George Wash. Univ.
M.S., Management, Wright State Univ
M.S., Eng., George Wash. Univ.
M.S., Management, Wright State Univ
Expertise
Theology, Philosophy, Engineering
Michael Zaccaria
Graduate Degrees
M.S., Mechanical Engineering
M.S., Materials Engineering
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering
M.S., Computer Science
M.S., Materials Engineering
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering
M.S., Computer Science