Geoscience Research Institute

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The Geoscience Research Institute is a Seventh Day Adventist front organization which pushes a creationist agenda in Earth sciences. It is located on the campus of Loma Linda University[1], California.

The organization has a staff of six in the "Home Office".[2]

  • L. James Gibson (Ph.D., Loma Linda University, the Director of the Institute, has research specialties in vertebrate biogeography.
  • Benjamin L. Clausen (Ph.D., University of Colorado) has pursued research in nuclear physics.
  • Raul Esperante (Ph.D., Loma Linda University) is pursuing paleontology research in Peru and Spain.
  • Ronny Nalin (Ph.D., University of Padua) does research on limestone sedimentology in Italy.
  • Tim Standish (Ph.D., George Mason University) has pursued research in molecular biology.
  • Carol Olmo serves as Administrative Assistant.

The institute also claims to have "branch offices"[3] in France (European Branch Office), Argentina (South American Branch Office), Mexico, South Korea, and two offices in Brazil.[2]

[edit] Publications

GRI publishes four magazines which are freely available online:

  • Origins
  • Geoscience Reports
  • Ciencia de los Orígenes (Spanish)
  • Science et Origines (French)

There is no mention on how the organization is funded. The periodicals do not appear to be available as paid-for printed issues.

[edit] External links

[edit] Footnotes

  1. Loma Linda University - A Seventh-day Adventist Health Sciences Institution Integrating Health, Science, and Christian Faith
  2. 2.0 2.1 GRI- About Us
  3. In all probability, just someone's home
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