CONTRIBUTORS

Below you will find information on the many leading researchers, authors and scientists involved in Dragons and Dinosaurs, listed in the order as they appear in the documentary. For information on the Ministries involved in Dragons or Dinosaurs, click here to visit the Ministries page.

	Dr. Jonathan Sarfati  (CMI)    Dr. Jonathan Sarfati has been a Christian since 1984. He has long been interested in apologetics, the defense of the faith, and was a co-founder of the Wellington Christian Apologetics Society (New Zealand).1 Creation vs evolution is of course a vital area, because of the ramifications for the doctrines of Creation, the Fall which brought death into the world, and their links to the doctrines of the Incarnation, Atonement and Bodily Resurrection of the God-man Jesus Christ. Dr. Sarfati published his first book, Refuting Evolution, in 1999, and in  2004, he wrote Refuting Compromise, defending a straightforward biblical creation timeline and a global flood. Dr. Sarfati co-authored 15 Reasons to Take Genesis as History with Don Batten in 2006, and in 2008, he finished By Design: Evidence for nature's Intelligent Designer--the God of the Bible.
	Dr. Rob Carter (CMI)     Dr Carter was converted to Christ at an early age, but did not know what to do with the theory of evolution. He always knew what he wanted to believe, but had no way to express what he was thinking and no evidence to support his views. In his freshman year of college, he was exposed to creationism for the first time and soon after adopted it as his modus operandi. He obtained a BS in Applied Biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992. He then spent four years teaching high school biology, chemistry, physics and electronics before going to the University of Miami to obtain his PhD in Marine Biology. While in Miami, he studied the genetics of pigmentation in corals and other invertebrates, designed and built an aquaculture bio facility for Caribbean corals, performed well over 500 SCUBA dives, many of them at night, and licensed a spin-off product of his research (a patent-pending fluorescent protein) to a biotech company. He is currently Head Speaker/Scientist for CMI-USA in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is currently researching human genetics and other issues related to biblical creation.
	Dr. Andrew Snelling (AIG)     Dr. Andrew Snelling, one of the world's most respected creation scientists specializing in geological studies, joined Answers in Genesis in 2007 as the organization's new director of research, and also as a speaker for layperson and technical audiences. Dr. Snelling spent considerable time serving as a consultant in developing the AiG Creation Museum's large flood-geology room, and has become AiG's first full-time Ph.D. in the field of geology. Dr. Snelling has extensive experience working in the mining industry in Australia. One of his main areas of research has been the study of methods used in dating rocks, a key area of research for groups like AiG, which are convinced of a young age for the earth. Dr. Snelling's research has demonstrated that a global flood more than 4,300 years ago explains most rock layers and fossil deposits found around the world. Building from this foundation, Dr. Snelling has made predictions as to what should be found if a catastrophic global flood actually happened.
	Dr. David Menton (AIG)     Dr. Menton was awarded "Professor of the Year" in 1998 while associate professor of anatomy at the respected Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis--now a professor emeritus. As a full-time researcher and speaker with Answers in Genesis, Dr. Menton has seen audiences of all ages enjoy his well-illustrated (and often humorous) presentations on a variety of fascinating topics, such as the human body, feathers and birds, and the Scopes trial. Since AiG's high-tech and popular Creation Museum opened in 2007, he has been interviewed by several media outlets, including ABC-TV's World News Tonight with Charles Gibson, January 2008 and has lectured frequently at the museum.
	Ken Ham (AIG)     Since moving to America in 1987, Australian Ken Ham--president and founder of Answers in Genesis-U.S. and the new highly acclaimed Creation Museum--has become one of the most in-demand Christian conference speakers and talk show guests (in one year alone he appeared on: Fox's The O'Reilly Factor and Fox and Friends in the Morning; CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, ABC's Good Morning America, the BBC, etc.). Ken is the author of many books on Genesis, including the new eye-opening book Already Gone, the best-selling The Lie: Evolution, and a number of children's books (Dinosaurs of Eden, D is for Dinosaur, A is for Adam, etc.). Ken is heard daily on the radio feature Answers … with Ken Ham (broadcast on more than 900 stations--and dozens more worldwide), and is a frequent guest on national TV talk-show programs. He has also recently appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning, The NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and The PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer. He also writes articles for AiG's popular website www.AnswersInGenesis.org.
	Darek Isaacs   Darek Isaacs is founder of the ministry Watchmen 33, a ministry focused on defending and confirming the truth found in the Bible. Darek has authored of the books, The Extinction of Evolution and Dragons or Dinosaurs along with being the Executive Producer of the film, Dragons or Dinosaurs. Darek and his wife, Tabitha, live in Jacksonville, Alabama.
	Otis Kline   Otis Kline started his career as a banker becoming vice president & trust officer before resigning to pursue many years of entrepreneurial endeavors. From helping to pioneer the Hansen Fossil Research Station in eastern Wyoming in 1995, to becoming president of the Foundation Advancing Creation Truth in 2000, he has pursued a full time calling in creation ministry. Under his leadership the FACT foundation moved to Glendive, Montana where land was acquired for fossil excavations. In 2009 the foundation completed construction of the Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum, which is the second largest dinosaur and fossil museum in Montana as well as one of the largest in the United States to display fossils in the context of biblical creation. With fossil excavation experience since 1991, he has been the lead excavator on a fully articulated Thescelosaurus garbani and he and his team recently completed excavating a large Ceratopsian dinosaur having skeletal features new to paleontology. Further information about FACT and the Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum can be found online at www.CreationTruth.org
	Chuck Missler (Koinonia House Ministries)    As Chuck notes, his day of reckoning came several years ago when -- as the result of a merger -- he found himself the chairman and a major shareholder of a small, publicly owned development company known as Phoenix Group International. The firm established an $8 billion joint venture with the Soviet Union to supply personal computers to their 143,000 schools. Due to several unforeseen circumstances, the venture failed. Chuck and his wife Nancy lost everything, including their home, automobiles and insurance. It was during this difficult time that Chuck turned to God and the Bible. As a child, he developed an intense interest in the Bible; studying it became a favorite pastime. In the 1970s, while still in the corporate world, Chuck began leading weekly Bible studies at the 30,000-member Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, in California. He and Nancy established Koinonia House in 1973. Nancy and Chuck now travel and teach through their ministry, Koinonia House, and they remain dedicated to create, develop and distribute materials which stimulate, encourage and facilitate serious study of the Bible as the inerrant Word of God.
	Dr. John Morris (ICR)    Dr. John Morris, perhaps best known for leading expeditions to Mt. Ararat in search of Noah's Ark, served on the University of Oklahoma faculty before joining the Institute for Creation Research in 1984. He received his Doctorate in Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in 1980. Dr. Morris held the position of Professor of Geology before being appointed President in 1996. He travels widely around the world speaking at churches, conferences, schools, and scientific meetings. Dr. Morris has written numerous books and articles on the scientific evidence that supports the Bible. Dr. Morris is the author or co-author of such books as The Young Earth, The Modern Creation Trilogy, and the newly released The Fossil Record: Unearthing Nature's History of Life.
	Frank Sherwin (ICR)   Frank Sherwin received his bachelors degree in biology from Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado, in 1978. He attended graduate school at the University of Northern Colorado, where he studied under the late Gerald D. Schmidt, one of the foremost parasitologists in America. In 1985, Mr. Sherwin obtained a masters degree in zoology. He published his research in the peer-reviewed Journal of Parasitology. He contributes his scientific expertise to a variety of ICR's publications on creation science. He is the author of The Ocean Book and co-author of The Fossil Record: Unearthing Nature's History of Life and The Human Body: An Intelligent Design, and is one of ICR's most sought-after speakers.
	Brian Thomas (ICR)   Brian Thomas received his bachelors degree in biology from Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, in 1993. After teaching at Angelina Christian School and beginning graduate studies in science education at the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School, he returned to Stephen F. Austin State, where he earned a masters degree in biotechnology in 1999. From 2000 to 2005, he taught 9th and 12th grade biology at Ovilla Christian School in Ovilla, Texas, as well as general biology and general chemistry as an adjunct professor at Navarro College, Waxahachie, Texas. He taught biology, chemistry, and anatomy as an assistant professor at Dallas Baptist University from 2005 until 2008, and co-founded the Center for Christian Apologetics in Houston. Mr. Thomas is the Science Writer at ICR, where he is responsible for contributing daily news, magazine articles, editing, and speaking.
	Bryan Hughes   Bryan Hughes is the Senior Pastor of Grace Bible Church in Bozeman (gbcmt.org), where he has served for the past 26 years.  He has a Bachelor of Arts in New Testament Greek and Theology from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois; a Master of Arts in Exegetical Theology from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon; and a Doctor of Ministry from Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana.  Bryan has taught classes at a Bible college in Ukraine, Africa, and Siberia, as well as classes in Albania, Russia, and Turkey.  He presently serves on the faculty of Montana Bible College in Bozeman (montanabiblecollege.edu).  Bryan enjoys hunting, reading, and playing basketball.  He and his wife, Bev, have three children.
	Dr. Dennis Swift   Dr. Dennis Swift is a real life Indiana Jones.  He is an adventurer, archaeologist, and founder of the Dinosaur Institute.  He has done archaeological work in Bolivia, Peru, Turkmenistan, Mexico, Israel, Russia, and the American Southwest. His work has led to major discoveries of evidence for dinosaurs and man living together. As a rock art researcher, he has discovered and documented nine dinosaur petroglyphs done by Pre-Columbian Indians.
	Dr. David Catchpoole     Dr David Catchpoole received his B.Ag.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Adelaide and a Ph.D. from the University of New England (New South Wales). His Ph.D. investigated nitrogen transfer between tree legumes, associated grass and ruminant animals (goats). This was undertaken in Indonesia as part of a joint Australia-Indonesia project in forage research, aimed at improving the quality and availability of animal feed. David was once an ardent atheistic evolutionist, before being challenged to look critically at the problems of evolution, and the scientific evidence for creation and the Bible. He now works full-time for Creation Ministries International (CMI) in Brisbane, Australia and is a popular speaker having lectured all over Australia and across the world. He has spoken widely on the issues of creation, in particular their importance to evangelism. He is co-author of The Creation Answers Book, and contributed to the book, The Big Argument. David is a co-editor and writer for Creation magazine, and also contributes articles for CMI's popular website, www.creation.com.
	Dr. Carl Wieland    Dr Carl Wieland is in great demand as a speaker on the scientific evidence for Creation/Flood, and its relevance to Christianity. Able to hold audiences (both academic and lay) with his knowledge, easy-to-listen-to style, and ever-present humour, he has lectured extensively in Australia and internationally. Dr Wieland is Managing Director of Creation Ministries International in Brisbane, Australia. This ministry organization (which started as Creation Science Foundation, then Answers in Genesis) produces the family magazine Creation (now going to subscribers in over 140 countries), which he founded in 1978. He has also authored numerous articles in both Creation magazine and the associated in-depth Journal of Creation (formerly TJ). He is the author of the compact booklet Stones and Bones, and co-author of The Creation Answers Book, One Blood, and Walking Through Shadows. These are among the most popular creation books of recent times, and have been translated into several languages.