The Committee
Committee
The activities of CiS are overseen by the CiS committee, which is drawn from the membership and meets three or more times during the year.
Chair: Prof Keith Fox
Keith Fox is Professor of Biochemistry at Southampton University, where he leads research on sequence specific recognition of DNA by small molecules, oligonucleotides and proteins, and is Executive Editor of the journal Nucleic Acids Research. He is a lay reader at Highfield Church, Southampton.
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
General Secretary: Dr Diana Briggs
Diana is based in Oxford and in addition to her role as CiS General Secretary also coordinates the Oxford local group.
Development Officer: Dr. Becky Lowton
Becky studied chemistry at Oxford. After finishing her undergraduate degree in 2005 she stayed in Oxford to so a DPhil in Inorganic Chemistry under the supervision of Prof Peter Edwards. Her research focused on the study of alkali metal amides and imides and their potential uses as hudrogen strage materials.
Becky is now based in Bolton and can be contacted by e-mail at becky@cis.org.uk or do@cis.org.uk, by post at Christians in Science, Claremont House, St George’s Rd, Bolton, BL1 2BY, and by phone on 01204 521135
Education Secretary: Dr John Ling
Dr John Ling is Head of Science at St Joseph’s College, Ipswich. John previously taught at: Christ’s Hospital School, Horsham, Kent College and The King’s School both in Canterbury, Kent. John’s PhD is in Materials Engineering, John has also worked for British Steel and Corus Group Plc and was an industrial scientist and Secretary to the UK STIR innovation group. John has more recently been an Education Advisor to The Wonder Project (www.thewonderproject.co.uk) and The Long Shop Museum, Suffolk http://aboutbritain.com/longshopsteammuseum.htm. In 2006 John organised a National Education Conference exploring Christian attitudes to education followed, in 2008, by a Royal Society supported Sixth Form conference entitled “God and The Big Bang”.
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Dr John Ling, Head of Science, St Joseph’s College, Belstead Road, Ipswich, England. IP2 9DR.
Tel: 01473 690281
International Secretary: Dr Ard Louis
Ard is the international secretary of CiS, responsible for members and activities outside the UK. He was born in Holland, grew up in Gabon, did his PhD in the USA, and now works at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics in Oxford.
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3NP
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Journal Editor: Dr Denis Alexander
Dr Denis Alexander is Director of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge, and a Senior Affiliated Scientist at The Babraham Institute where he was previously Head of the Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development.
77 Beaumont Road, Cambridge CB1 4PX
Tel: 01223 246696
Journal Reviews Editor: Rev Dr Rodney Holder
Rodney Holder worked as an astrophysicist before becoming ordained as a minister in the Church of England, and is currently Course Director at The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St Edmund’s College, Cambridge.
Membership Secretary: Rev Tom Moffat
Tom was senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies in the University of Sunderland, before serving as a minister (now retired) in the Church of Scotland in Ardnamurchan and Fife for twenty years.
Flat 8/1, 8 Cranston Street, Cranston Hill, Glasgow, G3 8GG
Publications Secretary: Mr Matt Whittle
Matt is currently working towards his PhD in engineering at the University of Durham. As well as his role as publications secretary, he is also involved with the Christians in Science Durham local group.
Treasurer: Dr Hugh Reynolds
Researcher in Neurodegeneration, particularly with reference to Alzheimer’s disease, at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
24 Wanstead Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 3BL
Tel: 020 8460 5532
Website Officer: Dr Simon Kolstoe
Simon Kolstoe is a Senior Fellow in Structural Biology at the University of Portsmouth. He is also a founding member and secretary of the CiS Central South group.
simon@cis.org.uk
Committee Members:
Prof John Bryant
John Bryant is Professor Emeritus of Cell and Molecular Biology at Exeter University, Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology at West Virginia State University, and President of the Society for Experimental Biology.
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23 Monmouth Street, Topsham, Exeter, EX3 0AJ
