https://biologos.org/events/online-19th-annual-erickson-undergraduate-research-conference/
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May

ONLINE: 19th Annual Erickson Undergraduate Research Conference

Featured Speaker: Ryan Bebej 
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Starts: May 08, 2021 — 12:00AM PT

Ends: May 08, 2021 — 11:00PM PT

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Organized by Seattle Pacific University

BioLogos Voices speaker Ryan Bebej will present the keynote address at Seattle Pacific University’s “Remarkable Tales of Walking Whales: The Origin and Early Evolution of Cetaceans” on Saturday, May 8, 2021. This is a virtual event.

More information, including time, is to be confirmed.

This event is hosted by Seattle Pacific University.

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.