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This is a very incomplete list of just a few top-notch scientists who are also Christians, listed alphabetically by last name. Note that I don't necessarily agree with everything each of the people listed believes, ex, Polkinghorne.

The list only includes people with earned doctorates in "hard" sciences, like biology, chemistry, physics, math, but not psychology, sociology, law, etc. I have also included doctorates in the philosophy or history of science. For those unfamiliar with the nomenclature, a DPhil (or ScD) degree is usually considered equivalent to a PhD. For example, the University of Oxford awards DPhil degrees.

Note that this list does not aim to prove anything about the truth of Christianity, it merely suggests that Christianity and science need not be foes as it is so often portrayed in popular media.


Denis Alexander – Chemistry
PhD Neurochemistry , University of London (King's College)
icon_video_small Video: Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? (BMS World Mission, November 2013)


James N. Anderson – Computer Science
PhD Computer Simulation , University of Edinburgh
PhD Theology , University of Edinburgh


Edgar H. Andrews – Physics
PhD , DSc Physics , University of London


Francisco J. Ayala – Biology
PhD Biology , Columbia University


Ruth Bancewicz – Biology
PhD Genetics , University of Edinburgh


Ian Barbour – Physics
PhD Physics , University of Edinburgh
DD , Yale Divinity School


Stephen Barr – Physics
PhD Physics , Princeton University
icon_video_small Video: Physics, the Nature of Time, and Theology (Franciscan University of Steubenville, 2011)


David J. Bartholomew – Statistics
PhD Statistics , University College London
icon_video_small Video: Victor Stenger's Scientific Critique of Christian Belief (Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, University of Cambridge, 2010)


Michael Behe – Chemistry
PhD Biochemistry , University of Pennsylvania
icon_video_small Video: Evidence of Design from Biology (University of Toronto, 2013)


John A. Bloom – Physics
PhD Physics , Cornell University
PhD Ancient Near Eastern Studies , Annenberg Research Institute
MDiv , Biblical Theological Seminary
icon_video_small Video: How the Universe Points Toward a Creator (Saddleback Church, 2012)


Raymond Bohlin – Biology
PhD Molecular & Cell Biology , University of Texas at Dallas
icon_video_small Video: How Biology Points Toward God (Saddleback Church, 2012)


Walter L. Bradley – Engineering
PhD Materials Science and Engineering , University of Texas at Austin


Cullen R. Buie – Engineering
PhD Mechanical Engineering , Stanford University
icon_video_small Video: What Is Your Faith In? God, Science, and Self (Tufts University, 2012)


Christopher Cagan – Math
PhD Math , University of California, Los Angeles
MDiv , Talbot Theological Seminary (BIOLA)
PhD Religion , Claremont Graduate School


Ben Carson – Medicine (Neurosurgeon)
MD , University of Michigan Medical School
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (highest civilian honor the USA awards)
Subject of full-length movie "Gifted Hands" retelling his life story, played by Cuba Gooding Jr
Awarded more than 50 honorary doctorate degrees
icon_video_small Video: National Prayer Breakfast 2013 (Washington DC, President Obama present, 2013)


Robert W. Carter – Biology
PhD Marine Biology , University of Miami


Joan Centrella – Astrophysics
PhD Astronomy , University of Cambridge


Dorothy Chappell – Biology
PhD Biology , Miami University (Ohio)


Paul Chien – Biology
PhD Biology , University of California at Irvine


Francis Collins –  Chemistry
PhD Physical Chemistry , Yale University
MD , University of North Carolina
Former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (sequenced the human genome)
icon_video_small Video: The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence of Belief (California Institute of Technology, 2009)


Russell Cowburn – Physics
PhD Physics , University of Cambridge


Catherine Crouch – Physics
PhD Physics , Harvard University


William Dembski – Math, Philosophy
PhD Math , University of Chicago
PhD Philosophy , University of Illinois at Chicago
MDiv , Princeton University


Satyan Devadoss – Mathematics
PhD Mathematics , John Hopkins University
icon_video_small Video: God, Math, and the Multiverse (California Institute of Technology, 2011)


David DeWitt – Biology
PhD Biology , Case Western Reserve University


Don B DeYoung – Physics
PhD Physics , Iowa State University


Sharon Dirckx – Neurology
PhD Brain Imaging , University of Cambridge
icon_video_small Video: Why? Looking at God, Evil and Personal Suffering (OCCA Oxford, 2012)


Jonathan Doye – Chemistry
PhD Chemistry , University of Cambridge


George Ellis – Physics
PhD Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics , University of Cambridge


Stephen Freeland – Biology
PhD Genetics , University of Cambridge


David Glass – Physics
PhD Theoretical Atomic Physics , Queens University Belfast
MA Philosophy , Queens University Belfast
icon_video_small Video: Design in Biology & Physics (University of Cambridge, 2012)


Guillermo Gonzalez – Astronomy
PhD Astronomy , University of Washington


Bruce Gordon – Philosophy of Science
PhD History and Philosophy of Science , Northwestern University
icon_video_small Video: What Contemporary Physics & Philosophy Tell us About Nature & God (with Robert J. Spitzer; Discovery Institute, 2010)


Andrew Gosler – Biology
DPhil Eco-morphology , University of Oxford


Deborah Haarsma – Physics
PhD Physics , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


Loren Haarsma – Physics
PhD Physics , Harvard University


Mark Harris – Physics
PhD Earth Sciences , University of Cambridge


Brad Harrub – Medicine
PhD Anatomy and Neurobiology , University of Tennessee Medical School


Daniel Hastings – Aeronautics
PhD Aeronautics , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


Rhoda J. Hawkins – Physics
PhD Physics , University of Leeds


Katharine Hayhoe – Atmospheric Science
PhD Atmospheric Science , University of Illinois


Antony Hewish – Astronomy
PhD Astronomy , University of Cambridge
1974 Nobel Laureate in Physics


Rodney Holder – Astrophysics
DPhil Astrophysics , University of Oxford


Sir Colin Humphreys – Physics (Head of Materials Science & Metallurgy dept)
PhD , University of Cambridge
DSc (Honorary) , University of Leicester
icon_video_small Video: Religion and Science (The British Library)


Ian H. Hutchinson – Nuclear Science, Engineering
PhD Engineering Physics , Australian National University


Randy Ingermanson – Physics
PhD Theoretical Physics , University of California, Berkeley


Pierre Gunnar Jerlström – Biology
PhD Molecular Biology , Griffith University


Stuart Judge – Neuroscience
PhD Neuroscience , University of Keele


Robert Kaita – Physics
PhD Nuclear Physics , Rutgers University


Bryan Karney – Engineering
PhD Civil Engineering , University of British Columbia


Michael N. Keas – History of Science
PhD History of Science , University of Oklahoma


Carl S Keener – Biology
PhD Biology , North Carolina State University


Donald Knuth – Computer Science
PhD Math , California Institute of Technology
Author of "Art of Computer Programming," referred to as "The bible of all fundamental [computer programming] algorithms"
icon_video_small Video: Authors@Google: Science & Faith (Google Headquarters, 2009)


Denis O. Lamoureux – Biology , Dentistry
PhD Biology , University of Alberta
PhD Theology , University of St. Michael’s College
DDS Dental Surgery , University of Alberta


John Lennox – Math
PhD Math , University of Cambridge
DSc Math , University of Wales, Cardiff
DPhil , University of Oxford
icon_video_small Video: God vs Science? (Stellenbosch University, 2013)
icon_video_small Video: Does Science Need God? Q&A (University of Michigan, 2013)


Arthur C. Lind – Physics
PhD Physics , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute


Jason Lisle – Astrophysics
PhD Astrophysics , University of Colorado


Ard Louis – Physics
PhD Theoretical Physics , Cornell University


Ernest Lucas – Biology
PhD Biology , University of Kent
PhD Old Testament , University of Liverpool


Heinz Lycklama – Physics
PhD Physics , McMaster University


Alister E. McGrath – Molecular Biophysics
DPhil Molecular Biophysics , University of Oxford
DPhil Theology , University of Oxford

icon_video_small Video: Overcoming the Faith and Science Divide


Robert Marks – Engineering
PhD Electrical Engineering , Texas Tech University


Jim Mason – Physics
PhD Experimental Nuclear Physics , McMaster University


David Menton – Biology
PhD Cell Biology , Brown University


Alexander Metherell – Engineering, Medicine
PhD Engineering , University of Bristol
MD , University of Miami


Stephen C. Meyer – Philosophy of Science
PhD Philosophy of Science , University of Cambridge


Kenneth R Miller – Biology
PhD Biology , University of Colorado


Henry M. Morris , Engineering
PhD Hydraulic Engineering , University of Minnesota


Simon Conway Morris , Palaeobiology
PhD Palaeobiology , University of Cambridge


Paul A. Nelson , Philosophy of Science
PhD Philosophy of Biology and Evolutionary Theory , University of Chicago


Barth Netterfield , Astrophysics
PhD Physics , Princeton University
icon_video_small Video: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God (Unknown location)


Robert C. Newman , Astrophysics
PhD Theoretical Astrophysics , Cornell University


Martin A. Nowak , Biology, Math
PhD Biochemistry & Math , University of Vienna


Don N. Page , Physics
PhD Physics , California Institute of Technology
Post-doctoral work with Stephen Hawking at University of Cambridge


Gary Parker , Biology
EdD Biology & Geology , Ball State University


Perry G. Phillips , Astrophysics
PhD Astrophysics , Cornell University
MDiv , Biblical Theological Seminary
MA Hebrew , Jerusalem University College


William D. Phillips , Physics
PhD Physics , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
1997 Nobel Laureate in Physics


Rosalind Picard , Computer Science
ScD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


John Polkinghorne , Physics
PhD Physics , University of Cambridge


Vern S. Poythress , Math
PhD Math , Harvard University
MLitt New Testament , University of Cambridge
ThD New Testament , University of Stellenbosch
icon_video_small Video: Why the Beginning is Important, and Why People Fight About It (Patrick Henry College, 2013)


Lawrence M. Principe – Chemistry
PhD Organic Chemisty , Indiana University at Bloomington
PhD History of Science , John Hopkins


Alexander R. Pruss – Math, Philosophy
PhD Math , University of British Columbia
PhD Philosophy , University of Pittsburgh


Vinoth Ramachandra – Nuclear Engineering
PhD Nuclear Engineering , University of London


Fazale Rana – Chemistry
PhD Biochemistry , Ohio University


Michael Ratcliffe – Medicine
PhD Immunology , University of London


Barry Ritchie – Physics
PhD Physics , University of South Carolina


David Rogstad – Physics
PhD Physics , California Institute of Technology (Caltech)


Hugh Ross – Astrophysics
PhD Astrophysics , University of Toronto
icon_video_small Video: Scientific Evidence for the Christian Faith (Christ's Church in the Valley, 2012)


Allan Sandage – Astronomy
PhD Astronomy , California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Described as the most influential astronomer of the last half-century. (Telegraph UK)


John C Sanford – Horticulture
PhD Plant Breeding/Plant Genetics , University of Wisconsin-Madison


Jonathan Sarfati – Chemistry
PhD Physical Chemistry , Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand


Henry F. Schaefer III – Chemistry
PhD Chemical Physics , Stanford University


Jeff Schloss – Biology
PhD Ecology , Washington University


Rupert Sheldrake – Biochemistry
PhD Biochemistry , University of Cambridge


Neil Shenvi – Chemistry
PhD Theoretical Chemistry , University of California, Berkeley


Richard E. Smalley – Chemistry
PhD Chemistry , Princeton University
1996 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry


David W. Snoke – Physics
PhD Physics , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Andrew Steane – Physics
DPhil Physics , University of Oxford


Brian Stone – Engineering
PhD, DEng Mechanical Engineering , University of Bristol


Michael Strauss – Physics
PhD High Energy Physics , University of California at Los Angeles
icon_video_small Video: Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God (Stanford University, 2002)


Esther Su – Chemistry
PhD Biochemistry , University of Michigan


John Suppe – Geology
PhD Structural Geology , Yale University


Lionel Tarassenko – Biomedicine
DPhil Medical Electronics , University of Oxford


James M Tour – Chemistry
PhD Chemistry , Purdue University
icon_video_small Video: Science & Faith (100 Huntley Street)
icon_video_small Video: Nanotech and Jesus Christ (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012)


Charles Townes – Physics
PhD Physics , California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
1964 Nobel Laureate in Physics


Tyler VanderWeele – Health Science
PhD Biostatistics, Harvard University


Troy Van Voorhis – Chemistry
PhD Chemistry , University of California, Berkeley
icon_video_small Video: Is Science Enough? (California Institute of Technology, 2013)


Larry Vardiman – Meteorology
PhD Atmospheric Science , Colorado State University


Tas Walker – Engineering
PhD Mechanical Engineering , University of Queensland


Ming Wang – Medicine
MD , Harvard Medical School
PhD Laser Physics , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


Mark S. Whorton – Engineering
PhD Aerospace Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology


Leslie Wickman – Biology
PhD Human Factors & Biomechanics , Stanford University
icon_video_small Video: Science & Faith: A Spectrum of Views on Origins (Rose Drive Friends Church, 2014)


Jay Wile – Chemistry
PhD Nuclear Chemistry , University of Rochester


Jennifer Wiseman – Astrophysics
PhD Astronomy , Harvard University


Todd Wood – Biochemistry
PhD Biochemistry , University of Virginia


Jeffery Zweerink – Astrophysics
PhD Astrophysics , Iowa State University