Ard Louis
Ard Louis | |
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Born | Ard A. Louis |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | Utrecht University Cornell University (PhD) |
Awards | Royal Society University Research Fellow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics Chemistry Biology |
Institutions | University of Oxford University of Cambridge |
Ard A. Louis is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, where he leads an interdisciplinary research group studying problems on the border between chemistry, physics, and biology,[1] and is also director of graduate studies in theoretical physics.[2]
Education and early life[]
He was born in the Netherlands, was raised in Gabon[3] and received his first degree from the University of Utrecht and his PhD in theoretical physics from Cornell University with Neil Ashcroft.[4]
Career and research[]
From 2002 to 2010 he was a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. He is also an associate of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion.[5] He has written for the BioLogos Foundation,[6][7] where as of November 2011, he sat on the board of directors.[8] He has been criticised[9] by the Discovery Institute for his opposition to the intelligent design movement. In 2013 he was elected a member of the International Society for Science and Religion.[10] He engages in molecular gastronomy.[11] With David Malone he made the 4-part documentary Why Are We Here[12] for Tern TV.
He appears [13] in the episode Proof of God in the series The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, giving him an Erdős–Bacon number of 6.[14]
Prior to his post at Oxford he taught theoretical chemistry at the University of Cambridge where he was also director of studies in Natural Sciences at Hughes Hall, Cambridge.
References[]
- ^ "Professor Ard Louis Personal Home Page".
- ^ Ard Louis publications from Europe PubMed Central
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Ard Louis - The Oxford Centre for Soft & Biological Matter". www.softbio.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://biologos.org/uploads/projects/louis_scholarly_essay.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Meyer-Louis Debate Concludes: Is Intellectual Passivity the Responsible Choice?". 27 May 2014.
- ^ http://www.issr.org.uk/meet-issr-members/member/?member_id=194
- ^ "Album Archive".
- ^ "Why Are We Here". Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "National Geographic Announces Second Season of 'The Story of God with Morgan Freeman". Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ Louis, Ard. "Website". Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- Living people
- Academics of the University of Oxford
- Dutch Christians
- 21st-century Dutch physicists
- Theoretical physicists
- Theistic evolutionists
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