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NAME: PATTLE P. T. PUN
BIRTH DATE: SEPTEMBER 30, 1946
BIRTH PLACE: HONG KONG
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP: U.S.A.
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN
  (WIFE: GWEN Y. Q. CHIU)

MAILING ADDRESS: DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
  WHEATON COLLEGE
  WHEATON, IL 60187
  U.S.A.
PHONE: 630-752-5303
Fax: 630-752-5996
Email: Pattle.P.Pun@wheaton.edu

HOME ADDRESS: 0N727 PETER ROAD
  WHEATON, IL 60187
  U.S.A.
  PHONE: 630-668-0348


EDUCATION
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June, 1969 San Diego State University B.S. Chemistry
February, 1972 State University of New York at Buffalo M.A. Biology
February, 1974

State University of New York at Buffalo Ph.D. Biology
May, 1985 Wheaton College M.A. Theology

 


TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
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Research Assistant, Summer, 1969
Laboratory of Dr. Harold Segal, Department of Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo. (Research Area: Mammalian glycogen synthetase).

Teaching Assistant, 6/69 - 5/72
Laboratory instructors in the following courses at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Introduction to Biological Sciences (Freshman level); Molecular, Cellular Biology and Genetics (Sophomore level); General Microbiology (Junior level); Microbial Genetics (Senior level).

Research Assistant, 6/72 - 7/73
Thesis research on bacterial sporulation.

Resident Associate, 1/74 - 5/76
Department of Biological and Medical Research, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL. (Research Areas: Immunochemistry and Immunogenetics).

Visiting Microbiologist, 12/80 - 2/81; 6/81 - 8/81
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at the Medical Center,
Chicago, IL at the laboratory of Dr. Ananda Chakrabarty. (Research Area: Cloning of bacterial genes).

Visiting Scientist, Summer, 1984
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Metabolism, American Critical Care Inc., American Hospital Supplies Co., McGaw Park, IL. (Research Area: Analysis of drug metabolites using computerized High Pressure Liquid Chromatography).

Assistant and Associate Professor, 9/73 - 6/88, Professor, 7/88 - present
Department of Biology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.

Collaborative Research, Summer 1984 - 1989
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, with Dr. Patricia Vary.
(Research Area: Gene Cloning in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium).

Visiting Microbiologist, Summer, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, and Fall, 1987
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.

Visiting Pew Scientist, Summer 1990
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

Visiting Instructor, Summer 1991
Microbiology, Division of Natural Sciences, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.

Visiting Research Associate, Summer 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Visiting Instructor, Summer, 1996, 1997
Bacteriology, Dept. of Biology, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL

Visiting Microbiologist, Fall, 2001
Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, IL.

PUBLICATIONS                  Back to Top

1. "Characterization of a conditionally asporogenous rifampicin resistant mutant of Bacillus subtilis". Ph.D. thesis. State University of New York at Buffalo. February 1974.

2. "Between Professor and Students". Ambassadors. Vol. XV (2), March, April 1974, p. 14-18 (In Chinese).

3. Dissertation Abstracts International, 74-20, 027, Vol. 35 (3), September 1974.

4. "Template specificity changes of DNA-dependent RNA-polymerase in Bacillus subtilis during sporulation". Charlyn D. Murray, Pattle Pun and N. Strauss. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication. Vol. 60 (1), 1974, p. 295-301.

5. "A study of mutation rate in the immunoglobulin variable region". Pattle Pun, David Thompson, Tatsuo Matshushita, and Bernard Jaroslow in "Division of Biological and Medical Research, Annual Report, 1974, Argonne National Laboratory", U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration. ANL-75-30, June 1975, p. 240-242.

6. "Characterization of a Rifampin-resistant Conditional Asporogenous Mutant of Bacillus subtilis". Pattle P. T. Pun, Charlyn D. Murray, and Norman Strauss. Journal of Bacteriology, American Society of Microbiology, Vol 123 (1), July, 1975, p. 346-353.

7. "How to Witness on Campus" (In English and Chinese). Monograph, Second North American Congress of Chinese Evangelicals (NACOCE), Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Christian Mission. 1974, p. 142-147. (Published in early 1976).

8. "Ultrastructural Studies of the Effects of Hymenolepis diminuta, Parasite Tapeworm in the Intestine of Rat". Pattle P. T. Pun, David Jacobson and Ronald P. Babich. Abstract, 69th Annual Convention of the Illinois State Academy of Science, Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science. Vol 69 (2), 1976, p. 239.

9. "Molecular Genetics and Environmental Mutagens: A Study of Mutagenesis in Mouse Myeloma Cells". Tatsuo Matshushita, Bernard Jaroslow and Pattle Pun, in "Division of Biological and Medical Research, Annual Report 1975, Argonne National Laboratory", U. S. Energy Research and Development. Administration. ANL-76-99, 1976, p. 229-230.

10. "Science and Worldviews". Ambassadors. Vol XVII (4&5), October 1976, p. 1-4. (In Chinese).

11. Book Review, Evolution and the Modern Christian by Henry Morris. Philadelphia: The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1967. Chinese Translation by Paul Han. Taipei: Chinese Christian Mission. Ambassadors. Vol. XVII (4 & 5) October 1976, p. 16-20. (In Chinese).

12. "A Critical Evaluation of the Theory of Evolution: I". Ambassadors. Vol. XVIII (1 & 2), January and March 1977, p. 18-35. (In Chinese).

13. "A Critical Evaluation of the Theory of Evolution: II". Ambassadors. Vol. XVIII (3), June 1977, p. 13-20. (In Chinese).

14. "A Critical Evaluation of the Theory of Evolution". Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation. Vol. 29 (2), June 1977, p. 84-91.

15. "Ultrastructural Studies of the Effects of Nicotine on the Cardiac Tissues of the Rat". James Smith, David Martinez, Glen Sedjo and Pattle Pun. Abstract, 70th Annual Convention of the Illinois State Academy of Science, Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science,1977, Vol. 70 (2), p. 227.

16. "Science and Worldviews", a chapter in I Have Found It. Taipei: Chinese Christian Mission. September 1977, p. 47-53. (In Chinese).

17. "A Study of the Immunosuppressive Effects of Tumorigenesis by Primary Immune Splenocytes". Stephen Sugarbaker, Paul Sugarbaker and Pattle Pun. Abstract, 71st Annual Convention of the Illinois State Academy of Science, 1978.

18. "Chapter I. A Panoramic View of Evolution". Ambassadors, Vol. XIX (2 & 3), April and June 1978, p.28-32. (In Chinese).

19. The Winn Essay as a Model of Local Immunotherapy: Characterization of in vivo Suppression of Syngeneic Tumor by Allogeneic Effector Cells". P. H. Sugarbaker, S. P. Sugarbaker and Pattle Pun. Abstract E-72, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, 1979, p. 66.

20. "Chapter III. A Panoramic View of Evolution". Ambassadors. Vol. XX (1 & 2), April 1979, p. 32-40; Vol. XX (3), June 1979, p. 28-32; Vol XX (5), October 1979, p. 26-32. (In Chinese).

21. "Correlation of the synthesis of highly phosphorylated nucleotides with RNA synthesis and amino acid regulation of sporulation in a conditionally asporogenous mutant of Bacillus subtilis." P. P. Pun, D. Pennington and D. Maibenco. Abstract I(129), Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 1980, p. 10.

22. "Characterization of in vivo suppression of syngenic tumor by allogenic effector cells." P. H. Sugarbaker, S. P. Sugarbaker, and P. P. Pun. Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol. 15, November 1980, p. 297-308.

23. "Adenosine 3'-5'bis-diphosphate (ppApp) stimulated RNA synthesis in a rifampicin resistant conditional asporogenous mutant of Bacillus subtilis". P. P. Pun, S. M. Ginn and E. M Flint. Abstract I (4), Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 1981, p. 87.

24. "Stimulation of sporulation by ppApp in a conditionally asporogenous rifampin resistant mutant of Bacillus subtilis." P. P. Pun and D. W. Pennington. Experientia.Vol. 37, 1981, p. 470- 472.

25. "Cloning of a plasmid from Pseudomonas putida that encodes the biological degradation of 3-chlorobenzoic acid in Escherichia coli" P. P. Pun and A. M. Chakrabarty. Research done from 12/80-2/81 and 6/81-8/81 at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago.

26. "Regulation of ppApp synthesis during sporulation of a conditionally asporogenous rifampicin mutant of Bacillus subtilis". P. P. Pun, S. M. Ginn, E. M. Flint. Experientia.Vol. 38, 1982, p. 663-664.

27. "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?". Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982. Reviewed by Paul Rothrock, Department of Biology, Taylor University in the Journal of the American Affiliation. September 1984, p. 184 and by Robert Fischer, Biola University, Christian Scholars Review. Vol. XVI (2), 1985, p. 171-172. Web edition, September, 2002, http://ibri.org/DVD-1/Books/Pun_Evolution/Pun_Contents.htm.

28. "Cloning of the Spo(C) Rif(R) gene of Bacillus subtilis on a temperate bacteriophage rho 11". P. P. T. Pun and D. Ness. Abstract I 126, Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology,1983.

29. Evolution in "Evangelical Dictionary of Theology". W. Elwell, (ed.). Grand Rapids: Baker, 1984, p. 388-392, second edition (2001) p. 415-422..

30. "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?". Chinese edition, Christian Renewal Ministries: E. Brunswick, NJ. 1984, 1989, 1992, 1994(In Chinese).

31. "Cloning of the Conditional Asporogenous and Rifampicin Resistant Gene of Bacillus subtilis and Its Genetic and Biochemical Analysis". Collaborative research with Dr. Patricia Vary, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University. Summer, 1984 - 1989.

32. Summary Report for Summer Research for Northern Illinois University and the National Science Foundation, 1985.

33. "A New Look at Evolution". Cosmic Light Magazine (139), November 1985, p. 54-57. (In Chinese).

34. "Contemporary Theological Dialogs on Creation and Evolution". Proceedings of the 3rd Quinquenial Chinese Congress of World Evangelism. Chungli,Taiwan: August, 1986. (In Chinese).

35. Summary Report of Summer Research for Northern Illinois University and the National Science Foundation, 1986.

36. "A Theology of Progressive Creationism". Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation. Vol. 39 (1), March 1987, p. 9-19.

37. Summary Report of Summer Research for Northern Illinois University and the National Science Foundation, 1987.

38. "A Theology of Progressive Creationism". China Graduate School of Theology Journal. January 1988, p. 6-29. (In Chinese).

39. "Cloning of the trpC gene of B. megaterium". P. Pun and P. S. Vary. Abstract, 88th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May 1988.

40. "Genetics of B. megaterium. P. S. Vary, Y. P. Tao and P. Pun. Abstract. Conference on Biotechnology, Argonne National Laboratory, November 1988.

41. "Cloning of a starch degrading gene of B. megaterium". C. Klug, P. Pun and P. S. Vary. Abstract. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May 1988.

42. Summary Report of Summer Research for Northern Illinois University and the National Science Foundation, 1988.

43. Book Review on J. P. Moreland's Christianity and the Nature of Science (Baker, 1989). Themelios, (An international journal of theology), Vol 17 (1), 10/11, p. 32-33, 1991.

44. P. P. T. Pun. First Response to Christianity and Modern Science, Evangelical Affirmation. K. Kantzer, C. Henry, (eds.) 1990. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. p. 423-437.

45. "The Christian Critique of Evolution". Christian Communications Incorporated of USA, Sunnyvale, CA. September 1990. (In Chinese).

46. Response to Professor Alvin Plantinga's article on "When Faith and Reason Clash: Evolution and the Bible". Christian Scholar's Review. Vol. XXI (1), September 1991, p. 46-54.

47. Book Review on E. McCrady's Seen and Unseen, a biologist views the universe. (University of the South, 1990). Christian Scholar's Review, Vol. XXIII (4), June, 1994. p. 454-456.

48. "Critical nucleotides in the Interaction of a LysR-type Regulator with Its Target Promoter Sequence: catBC promoter Activation by CatR". M. R. Parsek, R. Ye, P. Pun and A. M. Chakrabarty, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 269 (15), April 15, 1994, p. 11279-11284.

49. "Darwin on Trial", by Phillip Johnson, Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, 1993, Chinese translation by P.K Chien, P. Pun, C.H. Lee, and T. Ho, Chinese Christian Missions, 1994, reprinted in simplified scripts in China, 1999.(positive review by the Chinese Newspaper, "Light Daily", December 1, 1999)

50. "Genetic Engineering and the Future of Man". Christian Arts Press, Taipei, Dec. 1995 ( in Chinese). Second printing, Sep. 1997.

51. "The Cloning and Sequencing of the Indoleglycerol Phosphate Synthetase Gene (trpC) of Bacillus megaterium". L.M. Jablonski, P.P.T.Pun, D.S.Hudspeth, D. Stevenson and P.S.Vary (manuscript in revision).

52. "Towards an Ethics of the Human Genome Project", Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation. (Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith), September, 1998, p. 164-175.

53. "Integration of Christian Faith and Professions", Ambassadors, July/August, 1999, p. 26-30. (In Chinese).

54. Book Review on Intelligent Design: The Bridge between Science and Theology, Christian Scholar's Review, Vol XXX #1, p. 124- 126, Fall, 2000.

55. "Four taxa protein sequence analyses using protein sequence parsimony (PROTPARS) and neighbor joining (NEIGHBOR) methods suggest sequence assortments into the three domains of Archeae, Bacteria, and Eucarya as independent lineages", P.P.Pun1, S. Schuldt1, B. Pun1, T. Wood2 and C. Ihm1, 1Wheaton Col. Wheaton, IL and 2Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC, Abstract, 100th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Los Angeles, CA, May 21-25, 2000.

56. "In the Beginning: The Opening Chapters of Genesis", by Henri Blocker, Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, 1984, Chinese translation by P. Pun and E. Chow, China Evangelical Seminary, Taipei, Taiwan, released in May 2000.

57. "Towards an Ethics of the Human Genome Project (HGP)", China Graduate School of Theology Journal, Issue #30, January, 2001, p. 163-186 (In Chinese).


58. Contributor to the book, Reading for Life, edited by Jeff Davis, Tom Martin and Lee Ryken, Xlibris publisher, Random House, 2001, p. 155-157.

59. "Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research", Ambassadors, September/October, 2001, p. 46-49 (In Chinese).

60. "Cultural Renewal", Ambassadors, November/December, 2001, p.8-13 (In Chinese).

61. "A Christian Response to the Genetic Revolution" (in Chinese), Christian Life Quarterly, Vol. 6, #2, 6/2002, p. 48-52.

62. "The Three Domains of Life: A Challenge to the concept of the Universal Cellular Ancestor?", Abstract presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the American Scientific Affiliation, August, 2002.

63. "The Three Domains of Life: A Challenge to the concept of the Universal Cellular Ancestor?", P.P.Pun, S. Schuldt, and B. Pun, Progress in Complexity, Information and Design, Vol. 4.2, November, 2005: http://www.iscid.org/pcid/2005/4/2/pun_three_domains.php

64. "Validation of a Genomics-Based Diagnostic Test for Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma" Brian Pottorf (1), Scott Snyder (1), Pattle Pun (2), Raphael Bueno (1), and Gavin J. Gordon (1). (1) Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (02115); (2) Biology Department, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL (60187). Experimental Biology (EB) 2005 meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biologists (FASEB), San Diego, CA, April 1 – 5, 2005. Abstract 298.4.

65. Pattle Pun, "Environmental Conservation in light of a New Creation Eschatology", Feb. 2005, Chinese Churches Today.

66. Pattle Pun, "Environmental Conservation in light of a New Creation Eschatology", "100 Lessons to equip the 21st Century Christians", Coordination of Chinese Congress of World Evangelization, Hong Kong, 2005, p. 665-667.

67. Pattle Pun, "A Christian Response to the Genetic Revolution", "100 Lessons to equip the 21st Century Christians", Coordination of Chinese Congress of World Evangelization, Hong Kong, 2005, p. 648-655.

68. “Application of a Genomics-Based Diagnostic Test for Human Diseases.” Christine O’Rourke(1), Gavin J. Gordon(2), and Pattle Pun(1). (1)Biology Department, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL (60187), (2)Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (02115). Abstract in Experimental Biology (EB) 2006 meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biologists (FASEB), San Francisco, CA, April 1 – 5, 2006.

69. "Evolution or Intelligent Design: The Mystery of Life's Origin - No Universal Cellular Ancestor?", The Blessings Magazine, October, 2006, (in Chinese), http://ccool.ccim.org/htdocs/bf21.nsf/e68dc19e63a9f71985256b42005d2dae/00f324a1c63779138525721400619bdf?OpenDocument

70. Pun, Pattle P. 2006. April 15 (Ephesians 5:17). In Stones of Remembrance 2: Wheaton’s Living Stones, ed. Emily Louise Zimbrick, p 117, Wheaton, IL: Wheaton College.

71. Pun, Pattle P. 2006. Chinese translation, The Soul of Science by Nancy Pearsey and Charles Thaxton, Crossway, 1994. Enoch Communications Inc., Chengdu, China.

72. Abstract 706.21: “Applicability of cDNA and Oligonucleotide Microarray to a Diagnostic Test of Human Disease using Gene Expression Ratios”, Nathan Gaines(1), Ryan Wilke(1), Pattle Pun(1), Gavin Gordon(2), (1)Biology Department, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL (60187), (2)Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (02115); Experimental Biology 2007: Today’s Research: Tomorrow’s Health. 2007 meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biologists (FASEB), Washington, DC, April 28 – May 2, 2007.

73. Pun, Pattle P. 2007. Integration and Confrontation of Contemporary Worldviews: Evolution and Intelligent Design. Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, (June) 59(2): 102-109.

74. “Applicability of cDNA and Oligonucleotide Microarray to a Diagnostic Test of Human Disease using Gene Expression Ratios”, Nathan Gaines(1,) Christine O’Rourke(1), Pattle Pun(1), Gavin Gordon(2), (1)Biology Department, Wheaton College, Kenilworth Street, Wheaton, IL (60187), (2) Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA (02115) (manuscript in preparation)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (OFFICES HELD, LECTURESHIPS, GRANTS, ETC.):              Back to Top

Robert Shields Foundation Scholarship Holder, 1968-69 academic year, San Diego State University.

National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Award Holder, San Diego State University. Summer, 1968.

B. S. with High Honors--With distinction in Chemistry, San Diego State University. June, 1969.

$3,600 awarded by Research Corporation to study a project "A Study of Mutation Rate in the Immunoglobulin Variable Region" from 3/21/74 to 3/20/75.

$3,720 awarded by Research Corporation to continue the above project from 3/21/75 to 3/20/76.

Visited Dr. Matthew Scharf's Laboratory in the Department of Cell Biology. Albert Einstein Medical College, Bronx, NY for three days during June of 1975.

$3,166 awarded by the Wheaton College Alumni Association to support the book project Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?. Summer, 1977.

$12,000 awarded by Research Corporation on February 25, 1979 to support a project on "A Study of the Effects of Amino Acid in Bacillus subtilis."

Lecturer, Cooperative Course in Molecular Biology, Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area. February 22, 1977.

Lecturer, Cooperative Course in Virology, Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area. October, 1978, September, 1983 and February, 1995.

Invited as Visiting Associate Professor of Biology and Microbiology for the academic year of 1978- 79, National Yang Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan. (Declined).

$15,700 awarded by Research Corporation on March 1, 1982 to study the project "Cloning of the Conditional Asporogenous and Rifampicin Resistant [Spo(C) Rif(R)] Gene of Bacillus subtilis and Its Genetic and Biochemical Analysis."

Elected as a member of the Scholastic Honors Society of Wheaton College. May 1982.

Listed in "Who's Who in the World" since 1984, and in "Who's Who in Technology", "Who's Who in Religion."

Invited as a participant in a focus group on a Microbiology text by William C. Brown Publishers at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. April, 1984.

Completion of a training course in "Separation of Proteins by Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis" at Argonne National Laboratory. September 27-29, 1984.

Participant, Life Science Symposium on Genetic Transformation In Eukaryotes, Marquette University, Wisconsin. March 15-16, 1985.

$3,650 awarded by the Wheaton College Alumni Association to support the continuation of the project on the genetic study in Bacillus subtilis. 1985.

$5,988 awarded by the National Science Foundation as a subcontract to study genetic cloning in Bacillus subtilis in collaboration with Dr. Patricia Vary of Northern Illinois University. Summer, 1985.

$1,500 grant from Dr. C. H. Lee and Del Monte Corporation of California to support research in Molecular Biology, 1985-1986.

$6,476 awarded by the National Science Foundation as a subcontract to study Gene cloning in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium in collaboration with Dr. Patricia Vary of Northern Illinois University. Summer, 1986.

Participant, national or regional meetings of the American Society for Microbiology or the Federation of the American Societies for Experimental Biologists: 1977. 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000

Poster presentation on "The Formation of a Bacillus megaterium gene library using the pHV33 shuttle plasmid." Michael Putrus and Pattle Pun in "A Conference on Gene-Splicing: Current Progress & Ethical Concern" sponsored by the American Scientific Affiliation, Eastern College, St. Davids, PA. July 27-30, 1987.

Interviewed by the Daily Journal on reflections on the recent Supreme Court Decision on the teaching of Creation/Evolution in Public Schools, published in the Sunday Journal of June 28, 1987 p.4.

$7,052 awarded by the National Science Foundation as a subcontract to study Gene cloning in B. megaterium in collaboration with Dr. Patricia Vary of Northern Illinois University. Summer, 1987.

Seminar speaker, "Cloning of the trpC gene of Bacillus megaterium." Hope College, Michigan. April 1988.

$7,814 awarded by the national Science Foundation as a subcontract to support the same project as above. Summer, 1988.

$4,000 awarded by the Wheaton College Alumni Association, $1,400 awarded by the Science Division Student Summer Laboratory Internship Fund; $3,500 awarded from the Pew Trust Fund to support myself and two students in a summer project on "Cloning of the regulatory elements of the trp operon in Bacillus megaterium."
Summer, 1989.

$4,500 and travel support awarded by the Pew Trust fund and $1,500 and housing allowance from the Wheaton College Science Division Summer Student Laboratory Internship fund to support me and a student on a collaborative project of "Cloning and Sequencing of a thermal adaptation gene of Bacillus stearothermophilus" at Northwestern University, IL. Summer, 1990.

Reviewers for pre-publication text in Genetic Engineering and DNA Technology, William C. Brown Publishers.1991, 1993.

$15,000 awarded by the National Science Foundation under the Research Opportunity Award Program (ROA) to support a collaborative project on "Degradative Plasmids: Regulatory sequences" at the laboratory of Dr. Ananda Chakrabarty, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. Summer, 1992.

A Travel award from the Wheaton College Alumni Association to support a Faculty Missionary Project in preparing a Voice of Friendship seminary program on the air entitled "Genesis and Science", Far East Broadcasting Associates, Singapore, summer 1992. The program was broadcast into China in February to April of 1995 and received the third highest response in terms of listeners' correspondence amongst the 64 programs of the seminary series.

Participant, "DNA, The Double Helix; Perspective and Prospective at Forty Years", Conference sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences, 10/1993.

Renewal of ROA for 1993 and 1994, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. Summers, 1993, 1994

$5,000 awarded by the Wheaton College Alumni Association to continue the project on "Degradative Plasmids: Regulatory Sequences" at the University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Summer 1995.

$5,000 granted by Dr. Stephen Ginn, Wheaton Alumnus, class of 1982 to continue the project on "Degradative Plasmids: Regulatory Sequences" at the University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Summer 1995.

$5,000 granted by Dr. Stephen Ginn, Wheaton Alumnus, class of 1982 to support the summer student project, "Characterization of the cloned starch degradation gene of Bacillus megaterium. Summer, 1996.

Reviewer of a Microbiology text, "Biology of Microorganisms", by Brock et. al. 8th ed. by Prentice Hall, 1997.

Presentation of a paper entitled "Towards an Ethics of the Human Genome Project", in Science and Christianity: Into the New Millennium, An international conference of the CiS and ASA, Churchill College, Cambridge University, England, August 2-5, 1998.

$3,000 initial grant from Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, to support a research project on "Polyphyletic Punctualism: An Alternative model to explain Molecular Evolution", August, 1998

$3,000 additional grant from Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, to support a research project on "Polyphyletic Punctualism: An Alternative model to explain Molecular Evolution", summer, 1999.

$2,500 from Aldeen Fund to support student summer research on the above project, summer, 1999.

$2,500 from Wheaton College Science Division Summer Research Internship Fund to support student summer research on the above project, summer 1999.

$3,500 from Wheaton College Science Division Summer Research Internship Fund to support student summer research on the project, "Cloning and sequencing of the trp operon of Bacillus megaterium", summer, 2,000.

Reviewer of a textbook on Microbiology published by Prentice Hall Publishers in 2000.

Nominated for the Senior Teacher or Researcher of the year award, Wheaton College, 2000.

Presenter of a research paper entitled, "Four taxa protein sequence analyses using protein sequence parsimony PROTPARS) and neighbor joining (NEIGHBOR) methods suggest sequence assortments into the three domains of Archeae, Bacteria, and Eucarya as independent lineages", P.P.Pun1, S. Schuldt1, B. Pun1, T. Wood2 and C. Ihm1, 1Wheaton Col. Wheaton, IL and 2Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC, at the 100th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May 21-25, 2000, Los Angeles, CA.

$3,500 from Wheaton College Science Division Summer Research Internship Fund to support student summer research on the project, "Cloning and sequencing of the trpD gene of Bacillus megaterium", summer, 2,001.

Invited participant, "Design, Self-Organization and the Integrity of Creation", Calvin College Seminars in Christian Scholarship, June 19 - July 28, 2000, Grand Rapids, MI.

Presenter, "The Three Domains of Life: A Challenge to the concept of the Universal Cellular Ancestor?" Calvin College Seminars in Christian Scholarship, May, 2001, Grand Rapids, MI.

One of the faculty panel presenting the issues on "Intelligent Design" to the Board of Visitors of Wheaton College during Spring break, 2002.

Book Reviewer, "The Situation We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian" by Brian McLaren, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2002.

$3,500 from Wheaton College Science Division Summer Research Internship Fund to support student summer research on the project, "Cloning and Preliminary Characterization of Potentially Useful Genes in Bacillus megaterium", summer, 2002.

Participant, The Luso-American Foundation (FLAD) and National Science Foundation (NSF) International Bioethics Institute, Lisbon, Portugal, June 24 - July 4, 2002.

Presenter of a paper, "The Three Domains of Life: A Challenge to the concept of the Universal Cellular Ancestor?", 57th Annual Conference of the American Scientific Affiliation, August, 2002.

Invited participant, e-symposium of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design (ISCID), "The Teleological Origin of Biological Information", October 10th - 12th 2002.

Participant, Summer Institute at Dartmouth College (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project)- August 2003.

Editorial Reviewer, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, American Scientific Affiliation, October, 2002 -

Collaborator,"Validation of a Genomics-Based Diagnostic Test for Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma", with laboratory of Dr. David Sugarbaker, head, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, 2005 -

Co-organizer and lecturer, “Promises and Perils of Stem Cell Research”, CACE and Science Division symposium seminar series, Spring, 2006, Wheaton College.

Invited participant, Summer Institute Reunion at Dartmouth College (Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project), presented a paper on "Who Owns My Genes." August 2006.

Invited Speaker, "Integration and Confrontation of Contemporary Worldviews: Evolution and Intelligent Design", The Redemption of Reason Conference, University of Chicago, November 9, 2006.

Student symposium faculty sponsors:

40th Annual ACCA , Student Symposium, Saturday April 14th, 2007 at University of St. Francis, 500 N. Wilcox, Joliet, IL 60435

(1) CONFIRMATION OF SPORULATION OF Bacillus subtilis rpoB TRANSFORMANTS IN spo0F STRAIN, Andrew Moy – Wheaton College, Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pattle P. Pun, Dept. of Biology– Wheaton College

(2) SEQUENCING OF MUTATIONS IN THE rpoB GENE OF THE CONDITIONALLY RIFAMPICIN RESISTANT ASPOROGENOUS BACILLUS SUBTILIS STRAIN SB22, Ryan Heath, Wheaton College, Faculty Advisor, Dr. Pattle Pun, Biology Dept.

Participant, 2007 GCAT Microarray Workshop, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, July 8-13, 2007

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:                  Back to Top

  • American Society for Microbiology

  • American Scientific Affiliation

  • International Society for Complexity, Information and Design

  • Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation.

RESEARCH:                  Back to Top

My research will be focused on genomic analysis: using bioinformatics and/or molecular cloning techniques to examine various biological systems including bacteria that undergo differentiation (Bacillus subtilis) and human diseases. I am also interested in issues in bioethics such as those involving genetically modified organisms and the human genome project.

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE (MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT, COUNSELING ETC.):                  Back to Top

Special Convocation:

Arranged for a convocation on "Genetic Engineering and the Future of Man" held on campus of Wheaton College on May 13-14, 1976. The speaker was Dr. Frank Young (M.D., Ph. D), former Dean of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Young is one of the leading scientists in the controversial recombinant DNA research. He was invited to be the featured speaker for the 1978 student-faculty seminar of the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area held on February 3, 1978. I arranged for his itinerary and he was on campus during the week of January 30, 1978 to speak in chapel; as well as, in research seminars in the Biology Department.

One of two biologists who arranged for the scientific sessions of the Trilog Ethics Conference, March 13-15, 1996, cosponsored by the Center for Applied Christian Ethics of Wheaton College. The featured speaker on human genetics was Dr. Elving Anderson, Professor emeritus, Dight Institute of Human Genetics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Chaired one of the sessions

Member:

Health Professions Committee, 1975-1993; 2002-

Assumed responsibility for the Medical Technology degree program until 1977.

In charge of the Basic Science Review Course 1978 - 1990, 1996 and also involved in part of its instruction annually for health professions students in preparation for the Medical/Dental College Admissions Test.

Orientation Committee, 1975-1977.

Honors Committee, Biology Department, 1980-1995. Chairman, overseeing students graduating with honors in Biology.

Research and Internship Committee, Biology Department, 1984-1990. Chairman, overseeing students applying for credits for independent projects.

Spiritual Life and Standards Committee, 1983-84.

Student Development Committee, 1984-86.

Campus Life Committee, 1986-87.

Member of the Board, Wheaton College Scholastic Honor Society, 1986-1989.

President, Board of Directors, Wheaton College Scholastic Honor Society, 1987-1988.

Enrollment Management Committee, 1992-94, Co-chair, 1993-94.

Freshman Adviser, 1995 - present.

Organizer of Biology Departmental prayer meetings, 1991 - present

Organizer of Biology Departmental chapels, 1991 to 2000.

Departmental Representative to the Computer Resource Task Force of the Science Division in administering the computer network funded by a grant from the Hughes Foundation, 1998.

Member of the Scholastic Honors subcommittee of the Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee, 1998 - present

Nominated for the Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee, 1999.

Secretary of the ad hoc Minority Faculty Affairs Subcommittee, Spring, 1998 until its dissolution after the proposed statement on diversity was delivered to the faculty for further discussion and resolution.

Nominated for the newly created Technology and Institutional Research standing committee, 2000

Nominated for the Faculty Personnel standing committee, 2002

Member of the Animal Care and Use subcommittee of the Technology and Institutional Research Committee, 2000 to 2002.

Member of the Scholastic Honors subcommittee of the Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee, 1998 -2002.

Member of the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee, 2006-

Departmental, Science Division and Center for Applied Christian Ethics Seminar: “Promises and Perils of Stem Cell Research”, co-organizer and lecturer, Spring, 2006, Wheaton College.

Member of the Institutional Research and Assessment Committee of Wheaton College, 2006- .

Soloist:

During Wheaton College chapel for two occasions and in numerous occasions in local churches.

Small Group Chapel:

Led a small group chapel on "The Normal Christian Life" for 20 students during the spring quarter of the 1973-74 academic year.

Led a small group chapel on "Progressive Creationism" for over 140 students during the spring semesters of the 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, and 1988-89 academic years.

Wheaton Connection:

Served as representative of the Biology Department during the campus visits of prospective Wheaton students and their parents.

HNGR Internships:

Made arrangements with Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, Taiwan; the Research Institute for Christian Educators, Hong Kong; and the "Build China" Foundation, Hong Kong for possible placement of Wheaton student interns.

Department Fellowships:

Led devotional and fellowship time for the monthly voluntary prayer meetings of the Biology Department.

Organized departmental chapel programs.

Contact with Industry and Research Laboratories for Equipment Donation:

Contacted the University of Chicago; Blue M Manufacturer of Incubators in Blue Island, IL; the American Critical Care Company in McGaw Park, IL; and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; for several pieces of equipment donated to the Biology Department of Wheaton College since 1974.

$23,900 Grant Proposal for a Packard Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer, in collaboration with Dr. Chappell, Former Chair of Biology Department. Funded by outside sources. Equipment procured in October, 1987.

Student Research:

Supervised 74 students on Independent Research Projects since 1974.

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AND OFF CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT:                  Back to Top

Participant in training camps for student leaders of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and Campus Crusade For Christ, California, 1967-68.

Leader in the Chinese Christian Fellowship at the State University of New York at Buffalo, 1969-73.

Involved in organizing the annual East Coast Christian Conferences for Chinese students, 1970-73.

Coordinating Editor, Chinese Bible Study Groups Bulletin of North America, 1971-72.

Attended the triennial Missionary Conferences at Urbana, Illinois sponsored by the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship in 1967, 1973, and 1976.

Active involvement in the Chinese Christian Fellowships at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois at the Medical Center from 1973 to 1977. Led a monthly discipleship training seminar from November 1976 to October 1977 in the groups at Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago.

Member of the Church Board of the Chinese Bible Church of Oak Park, serving occasionally as a lay preacher on the pulpit; soloist during special services; choir member; song leader at worship services; Sunday School teacher for College and Career Group; chairman of the Christian Education Committee, 1981-82; Chairman of the Worship Committee, 1984-1987.

Song leader in the 1977 joint Sunrise Service of the Chinese Churches in Metropolitan Chicago.

Member of the Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church serving as lay preacher, Sunday School Teacher, speakers at various church fellowship groups, and pulpit interpreter, 1990-2002

Member of the Chinese Christian Mandarin Church serving as lay preacher, Sunday School Teacher, speakers at various church fellowship groups, and small group advisor, 2003-

Member (from 1976-1980) of the Board of Directors of Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., P. O. Box AFC, Paradise, PA. A non-profit missionary organization reaching Chinese intellectuals in North America for Christ serving in the capacities of overseeing the literature work and as area representative. Honorary staff, 1989 to present.

Coordinating editor (February, 1973 to December, 1974) for Ambassadors, a Chinese missionary magazine published by Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., with a circulation of approximately 9,000 at that time.

Secretary of the Board, Christian Communication Inc., USA, a non-profit missionary organization emphasizing literature ministry with headquarters in Hong Kong, 1987-2006. Vice Chairman of the Board, March to December, 1987.

Workshop leader on Basic Christianity during the 1976 annual summer joint retreat of the Chinese Christian Fellowships of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, and other midwestern states.

Featured speaker, Youth Conference on Evolution, December 30-31, 1977. Ambassadors For Christ Retreat Center,
Paradise, PA.

Featured speaker, Evangelistic Reception for international students at the University of Michigan sponsored by International Students Inc., Ann Arbor, MI. February, 1981.

Led a workshop on 'Creation and Evolution", June 16-18, 1983 at the 1983 Midwest Chinese Bible Conference at Taylor University, Upland, IN.

Taught a Sunday School lesson on "Progressive Creationism" on June 26, 1983 to approximately 100 adults at the Wheaton Bible Church, Wheaton, IL.

Led a study group on "Creation and Evolution" for the Chinese Mission of the First Baptist Church of Palatine, IL. March, 1984.

Taught a Sunday School lesson on "Progressive Creationism" on December 9, 1984 to a combined high school and college Sunday school class with 55 people at the Chinese Christian Union Church, Chicago, IL.

Interviewed by Dr. Walter Brown, Regional Director of the Institute for Creation Research. April 1984.

Guest speaker, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Symposium on "Creation and/or Evolution", Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL. December 7, 1985.

Featured speaker, on "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?", Richwoods Christian Church, Peoria, IL. December 7, 1985.

Guest speaker on Evolution and Genetic Engineering at China Evangelical Seminary, Taipei, Taiwan, sponsored by Cosmic Light Inc. December 28, 1985.

Guest speaker on "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?" at the Research Institute for Christian educators on the campus of the Honk Kong Baptist College. December 21, 1985.

Led an informal discussion on "Creation and/or Evolution" at a faculty gathering of Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, Taiwan. December 31, 1985.

Gave a brief talk on the Integration of Faith and Learning at a chapel gathering of the China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong on January 8, 1986.

Featured speaker on "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?" College and Professional Fellowships at the Chinese Christian Union Church, Chicago, January 29, 1986 and the Chinese Mission at the First Baptist Church of Palatine, IL. March 9, 1986.

Featured speaker on "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?" Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. April 4, 1986.

Presented a paper on the Contemporary Dialogs in Creation and/or Evolution at the Third Quinquenial Chinese Congress of World Evangelism at Chungli, Taiwan. August, 1986. (By Proxy).

Featured speaker in an evangelistic meeting geared towards Chinese intellectuals on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. October, 1986.

Featured speaker on "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?" at the Chinese Christian Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. November 14, 1986.

Featured speaker in an evangelistic meeting for Chinese students on "Creation and/or Evolution" at Texas Technological University, Lubbock, TX. July 11, 1987.

Invited speaker, Consultation on the Biological Sciences, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Canada July 23-24, 1987.

Invited speaker on "Evolution and/or Creation" Chinese Christian Mission, East Texas State University, Commerce, TX. October 2, 1987.

Featured speaker, "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?", evangelistic outreach meeting, Dallas Chinese Fellowship Church, Richardson, TX. October 3, 1987.

Speaker, Worship Service, Dallas Chinese Fellowship Church. October 4, 1987.

Invited participant. Christianity Today Institute on Cosmology, December, 1987; proceedings published in the August 12, 1988 issue of Christianity Today.

Invited speaker, Issues in Science and Religion Class, Hope College, Michigan. April, 1988.

Workshop leader on "Creation and/or Evolution", Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., summer Conference, Washington, DC. May, 1988.

Respondent, conference on "Information Transfer in DNA and the Origin of Life," sponsored by the American Scientific Affiliation, Tacoma, WA. July, 1988.

Discussion leader, seminar on Science and Scripture, Wheaton College. October, 1988.

Featured speaker, evangelistic outreach of the Detroit Chinese Bible Study group. November 19, 1988.

Sunday service speaker, Detroit Chinese Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. November 20, 1988.

Speaker, evangelistic outreach meeting, Chinese Baptist Church, Chicago, IL. December 17, 1988.

Featured Speakers at the Following occasion 1989:

3/11 Chinese Mandarin Church of Greater Milwaukee, WI

4/15 Conference of North America Chinese Christian Professionals and Business People, Houston, TX (Workshop Speaker)

5/17 Conference on 'Evangelical Affirmation," Deerfield, IL (Respondent)

5/28 Summer Student Conference sponsored by Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., Washington,DC (Workshop Speaker)

7/2 Summer Conference of the Formosan Church in Chicago

8/18 Gainsville Chinese Christian Fellowship, FL

9/2-4 Kentucky Chinese Christian Fellowship Church, Lexington, KY

11/17 Morgantown Chinese Christian Fellowship, WV

12/24 Chinese Bible Church of Oak Park, IL

Interviewed on "Open Line", a popular call-in Radio Talk Show of Moody Broadcasting Network, on October 11, 1989 in a debate with Ken Hamm, Associate Director of the Institute of Creation Research, San Diego, CA; the program was extended to 2 hours because of the enthusiastic responses from the call-in listeners.

Featured Speakers at the following occasions in 1990:

1/19-21 Texas A&M University Chinese Christian Fellowship, College Station

2/9-10 Illini Chinese Christian Fellowship, Champaign, IL

3/10 Wayne State University Chinese Christian Fellowship, Detroit, MI

4/29 Faith Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, IL

5/25-28 Summer Student Conference organized by Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., Washington,DC

9/3-5 Fall Evangelistic Retreat, Christian Testimony Inc., Wyckoff, NJ

9/30 Southwest Chinese Baptist Church, Houston, TX

11/4 Illini Chinese Fellowship, Champaign, IL

Featured Speakers at the following occasions in 1991:

1/91 University of Texas at Arlington and Arlington Chinese Christian Church, Arlington,TX

3/91 Purdue Chinese Christian Fellowship, W. Lafayette, IN

3/91 Chicago Chinese Fellowship Church, Wilmette, IL

4/91 Ames Chinese Bible Fellowship, Ames, IA

5/91 Summer Student Conference, Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., Washington, DC

6/91 Ohio Chinese Christian Summer Conference, Ada, OH

7/91 Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church Mandarin Fellowship, Naperville, IL

8/91 Illini Chinese Christian Fellowship, Champaign, IL

9/91 Chinese Baptist Church of Arlington Heights, IL

12/91 Chinese Mission, First Baptist Church, Lafayette, LA

12/91 North Central Chinese Christian Winter Conference, Oak Brook, IL

Featured Speakers at the following occasions in 1992:

1/92 Far East Christian Communication Association, Oak Park, IL

1/92 New Orleans Chinese Baptist Church, LA

2/92 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Founders Day Respondent, Deerfield, IL

5/92 International Students Inc., Spring Evangelical Retreat, Holland, MI

6/92 Pittsburgh Chinese Christian Church, PA

6/92 Indiana University International Christian Fellowship, Indiana, PA

7/92 Far East Broadcasting Associates, Voice of Friendship Seminary Course on "Genesis and Science" (39 lessons),
Singapore

8/92 Hong Kong Polytechnic, Great Commission Fellowship (faculty and staff), Hong Kong

8/92 Seminar on "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?" China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong

9/92 Luncheon Seminar on "Evolution: Nature and Scripture in Conflict?, AT&T Laboratory, Warrenville, IL

11/92 Ann Arbor Chinese Christian Church, MI

Featured Speaker at the following occasions in 1993:

1/93 Northshore Chinese Church, Highland Park, IL

2/93 New Orleans Chinese Baptist Church, LA

3/93 Peninsula Chinese Church, San Mateo, CA

6/93 Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

8/93 San Francisco Bay Area Apologetic Seminar, Christian Communication Inc., USA. Mountain View, CA

8/93 Stanford University Chinese Christian Fellowship, "Creation and Evolution," Palo Alto, CA

8/93 Peninsula Chinese Church, San Mateo, CA

8/93 Christ Church of Oakbrook, Single Adults Fellowship, "Progressive Creationism," Oak Brook, IL

10/93 - 11/93 First Presbyterian Church, Midweek Study Group, "Progressive Creationism", Wheaton, IL

Featured speakers at the following occasions in 1994:

2/94 Lubbock Chinese Mission, TX

3/94 Madison Chinese Christian Church, WI

10/94 Rockford Chinese Christian Fellowship, IL

Featured speakers at the following occasions in 1995:

2/95 Houston Chinese South West Baptist Church, TX

2/95 Madison Chinese Christian Church Cantonese Fellowship, WI

4/95 Madison Chinese Christian Church, WI

7/95 Madison Chinese Christian Church, WI

12/95 Conference on "Science, Technologies and Humanities", Tung Hai University, Tai Chung, Taiwan.

12/95 "Genetic Engineering and the Future of Man", Campus Crusade Chapter at Fung Jia University, Tai Chung,
Taiwan

12/95 "Genetic Engineering and the Future of Man", Fu Ren University, Taipei, Taiwan.

12/95 "Genetic Engineering and the Future of Man", Faith, Love and Hope Fellowship, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

12/95 "Interpretation of the Early Chapters of Genesis", Central Theological College, Tai Chung, Taiwan.

Steering Committee Member on an International Conference on "Mere Creation: Reclaiming the Book of Nature", Campus Crusade For Christ, Christian Leadership Ministries, 10/95, 2/96, 11/96

Featured speakers at the following occasions in 1996:

3/96 "Genetic Engineering and the Future of Man", Galveston Chinese Mission, TX

3/96 Sunday sermon, Houston Chinese Mandarin Church, TX

4/96 - 5/96 Adult Sunday School lessons on Creation and/or Evolution, Naperville Congregational Church, IL

5/96 "Genesis and the Origin of Life", Formosan Christian Church, Naperville, IL

6/96 "Genetic Engineering and the Future of Man", Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL.

8/96 "A Christian View of Vocation", Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL.

9/96 Sunday Sermon, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL.

10/96 Sunday Sermon, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL.

Featured Speakers at the following occasions in 1997:

1/97 "Possible Interpretation of the Earlier Chapters of Genesis", Southwest Chinese Baptist Church, Houston, TX

2/97 Sunday School lesson on "Possible Interpretation of the Earlier Chapters of Genesis", Chinese Lutheran Church, Houston, TX

2/97 Sunday Sermon, Chinese Lutheran Church, Houston, TX

4/97 Sunday Sermon, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

5/97 Summer Student Conference sponsored by Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., Elizabethtown, PA

6/97 "Reasons for reconsidering Darwinism", China '97, a national conference sponsored by International Students Inc., San Diego, CA

10/97 Sunday sermon, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

12/97 "Rethinking about Darwinism", University of Alabama Chinese Christian Fellowship, Tuscaloosa, AL

12/97 "Possible Interpretation of the Earlier Chapters of Genesis", Birmingham Chinese Christian Fellowship, AL

Featured Speakers at the following occasions in 1998:

2/98 Sunday sermon, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

6/98 Sunday sermon, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

8/98 Paper presentation:"Towards an Ethics of the Human Genome Project", ASA/CiS Conference on "Christianity and Science: Towards the New Millennium". Cambridge University, England.

9/98 Evangelistic Meeting: "Technological Challenges in the 21st Century", Deerfield Chinese Church, Deerfield, IL

11/98 Science Faith Discussion, Inter-cultural fellowship, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, Wheaton, IL

11/98 Sunday Sermon, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church.

12/98 China Missions 98, Triennial Missions Conference, Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., Washington, DC

Featured Speakers in the following occasions in 1999:

1/99 Sunday Sermon, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church

2/99 Local chapter of the American Scientific Affiliation, Denver, CO, "Towards an Ethics of the Human Genome Project"

9/99 Chinese Entrepreneur Association, on genetic ethics, inaugural symposium, Power Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century, Philadelphia, PA

9/99 "Intelligent Design: An Alternative to Evolution", Chinese Christian Church of Philadelphia, PA.

10/99 "Intelligent Design: An Alternative to Evolution", Chinese Christian Union Church North, Highland Park, IL.

Featured Speakers in the following occasions in 2000:

3/00 Sunday sermon: "Health: the Strength to be Human", Houston Chinese Christian Church, TX.

Winter/00 Adult Sunday School teacher: "Christ and Culture", Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

Spring/00 Adult Sunday School teacher: "Eschatology", Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

10/00 Sunday sermon: Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

Fall/00 Adult Sunday School: "Early Chapters of Genesis", coteach with my wife, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

Featured Speakers in the following occasions in 2001:

Spring/01 Adult Sunday School: "Hebrews", coteach with my wife, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL.

01-07-01 Sunday Sermon, Chinese Christian Church, Peoria, IL

02-24-01 "Christianity and Life Science": Chinese For Christ Church, Wilmette, IL

03-11-01 "Intelligent Design", Combined Adult Sunday School Session Houston Chinese Church, Houston, TX

04-01-01 Sunday sermon, Chinese Christian Church, Peoria, IL

07-01 Sunday sermon, Chinese Christian Church, Peoria, IL

11-01 "Intelligent Design", Deerfield Chinese Christian Church, IL

12-01 "The Ethics of Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research". China Mission, 2001, Triennial Missions Conference, Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., Philadelphia, , PA

Featured Speakers in the following occasions in 2002:

03-02 "Intelligent Design", Combined Adult Sunday School Session, Clearlake Chinese Christian Church, TX.

03-02 Sunday Sermon, Clearlake Chinese Christian Church, TX.

04-02 Sunday sermon, Chinese Christian Church, Peoria, IL

11-02 Panel for youth group discussion on faith and reason, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

11-02 "The Ethical Challenges of the Genetic Revolution", Purdue University Chinese Christian Fellowship, IN

11-02 "Christianity and the Origins Science", Chat Room Program for International Students Inc., Wheaton College, IL

Featured Speakers in the following occasions in 2003:

1-03 "Christianity and the Origins Science", Chinese and American Fellowship, University of Illinois, Chicago

3-03 "Christianity and the Origins Science", Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, IL, outreach to International Students

4-03 "Christianity and the Origins Science", University of Texas, Austin, Tx, outreach to Chinese students/scholars.

"Christianity and the Origin of Life", small group fellowship meeting, Chinese Christian Mandarin Church, Hinsdale, IL

5-03 "The Ethical Challenges of the Genetic Revolution", small group fellowship meeting, Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, IL

"Christianity and the Origins Science" and "The Ethical Challenges of the Genetic Revolution", workshops, Chinese summer conference at Lynchburg, VA

7-03 "Integration of Christian Service and Professional Growth", Chinese Christian Faculty Network conference, Ambassadors For Christ, Inc., Paradise, PA

7-03 "Christianity and the Origin of Life" and "The Ethical Challenges of the Genetic Revolution",Evangelistic and integrative seminars, Sunday sermon, Chinese Christian Church and Center at Philadelphia, PA.

9-03 Sunday sermon, Chinese Christian Mandarin Church, Willowbrook, IL

10-03 Sunday sermon, Chinese Christian Mandarin Church, Naperville, IL

12-03 "Christianity and the Origin of Life" and "The Ethical Challenges of the Genetic Revolution", Evangelistic and integrative seminars, Sunday sermon, Pennsylvania State University Christian Fellowship, State College, PA

12-03 "Intelligent Design: An Alternative to Evolution", Southwest Winter Gospel Conference, Dallas, TX

Featured Speakers in the following occasions in 2004:

2-04 "Christ and Culture", Peter Fellowship, Chinese Christian Mandarin Church, Naperville, IL

3-04 "Towards an Ethics of the Human Genome Project", Wednesday Forum on Contemporary Issues, University of IL at Urbana, IL

3-04 "God of Creation, Lord of Salvation", Sunday Sermon, Chinese American Fellowship Church, Houston, TX

3-04 "Science and World View", Peter Fellowship, Chinese Christian Mandarin Church, Naperville, IL

4-04 "Christianity and the Origin of Life", "Towards an Ethics of the Human Genome Project", "Christ and Culture", "The Doctrine of Creation", "God of Creation; Lord of Salvation", Chinese Christian Church, Los Angeles, CA

5-04 "Christianity and the Origin of Life", "Science and Worldviews", workshops at the Quest for Life conference at Eastern University, St. Davids, PA

6-04 Evangelistic and Integrative seminars, Chinese Christian Fellowship, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

9-04 "Theology of Creation", Peter Fellowship, Chinese Christian Mandarin Church, Naperville, IL

10-04 "A Christian Response to the Genetic Revolution", "Christianity and the Origin of Life", LSU Health Science Center, Shreveport, LA, "God of Creation, Lord of Salvation", "Knowing the Church", Shreveport Chinese Baptist Church, LA

Featured Speakers in the following occasions in 2005:

3-05 "Integration and Confrontation of Contemporary Worldviews: Evolution and Intelligent Design", Science Division Luncheon Seminar, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

4-05 "Christianity and the Origin of Life", Chinese Christian Fellowship, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

6-05 "Science and Worldviews", "Health: The Strength to be Human", Lincoln Chinese Christian Fellowship, Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln, NB

8-05 “An examination of the philosophical development of science from the perspective of Creation” and “Intelligent Design: An Alternative Paradigm of Life Science?”, Second Annual Academic Conference of Science and Faith sponsored by the Research Center of Science and Faith in the Chinese Society for Dialectics of Nature as well as The Center for Science and Humanities Studies of Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

9-05 “Intelligent Design: An Alternative Paradigm of Life Science?”, Joseph Fellowship, Chinese Christian Mandarin Church, Naperville, IL.

Featured Speakers in the following occasions in 2006:

1-06, "Overview of the Advantages & Ethics of Biotechnology", Stem Cell Research Seminar, Wheaton College, IL

5-06, “Human cloning & Christian ethics.” , “Progressive Creationism: an Evangelical scientist’s perspective.” , “Intelligent Design: An Alternative to Darwinism?” Alliance Bible Seminary and Wing Kwong Pentecostal Church, Hong Kong

6-06, "Ethical Challenges of Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research", Lincoln Chinese Christian Fellowship, Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln, NB.

7-06, "Christianity and the Origin of Life", Michiana Chinese Church, Mishawaka, IN.

11-06, "Integration and Confrontation of Contemporary Worldviews: Evolution and Intelligent Design." Redeeming Reason, A Conference for Intentional Christian Scholars in conversation with the Secular Mindset today, University of Chicago.

12-06, “Promises and Perils of Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research: Human Ingenuity vs. Human Dignity?” Hong Kong Baptist University, conference on “When Science meets Faith: New Milestone in the 21st Century” jointly sponsored by Hong Kong Christian Scholarship Forum, Fellowship of Evangelical Students (HKFES), Graduate student fellowship of FES, Professional Educational Service International, the Chinese Christian Scholars Association of North America, and the chaplaincy of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chung Chi College.

12-06, “Three Domains of Life: A Challenge to the Concept of Universal Cellular Ancestor?” Chinese University of Hong Kong, conference on “When Science meets Faith: New Milestone in the 21st Century” jointly sponsored by Hong Kong Christian Scholarship Forum, Fellowship of Evangelical Students (HKFES), Graduate student fellowship of FES, Professional Educational Service International, the Chinese Christian Scholars Association of North America, and the chaplaincy of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chung Chi College.

12-06, "Ethical Challenges of Human Cloning and Stem Cel