https://biologos.org/events/18th-annual-erickson-conference/
Event

08

May

CANCELLED: 18th Annual Erickson Conference

Featured Speaker: Ryan Bebej 
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Date and Time

Starts: May 08, 2020 — 3:00PM EST

Ends: May 08, 2020 — 9:00PM EST

Location

Otto Miller Hall at Seattle Pacific University,

3469 3rd Ave. W

Seattle, WA 98119

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Organized by Seattle Pacific University

This event has been cancelled.

BioLogos Voices speaker Ryan Bebej will present the keynote presentation “Remarkable Tales of Walking Whales: The Origin and Early Evolution of Cetaceans” at the 18th Annual Erickson Conference at Seattle Pacific University on Friday, May 8, 2020.

Ryan Bebej

Featured Speaker

Ryan Bebej

Ryan Bebej is a professor in the Department of Biology at Calvin University, where he was selected as professor of the year in 2017. He earned his Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology with a focus in paleontology from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the evolution of aquatic mammals from terrestrial ancestors, including cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) and pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses). He is especially interested in the earliest stages of these large-scale evolutionary transitions and the anatomical modifications that facilitate changes in swimming mode. He has excavated skeletons of fossil whales at Wadi Al-Hitan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Egypt’s western desert, and he routinely spends time working in collections at world-renowned museums. Ryan is also deeply interested in the relationship between science and Christian faith. In addition to being a member of BioLogos Voices since 2016, he has been a Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO) visiting scholar in science and religion and a participant in SCIO's Bridging the Two Cultures of Science and the Humanities II program. When he isn’t working, he loves spending time with his wife and two sons, playing German tabletop games, and rooting for the Michigan Wolverines and St. Louis Cardinals.