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Andrew A. Snelling, B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D.Creationist Associate Professor of Geology (ICR, USA)BiographyAndrew A. Snelling, B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D. (Geology) was for many years Geologist, Senior Research Scientist and Editor of the CEN Technical Journal (now Journal of Creation) at Creation Science Foundation (later Answers in Genesis Australia, now Creation Ministries International), Brisbane, Australia. He still lives in Brisbane, but now works for the Institute for Creation Research, San Diego, California, where he is an Associate Professor of Geology. Andrew is well qualified for the task of communicating the issues of Creation/Evolution to the layman and the professional scientist alike. Andrew completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Geology with First Class Honours at The University of New South Wales in Sydney, and graduated a Doctor of Philosophy (in geology) at The University of Sydney, for his thesis entitled A geochemical study of the Koongarra uranium deposit, Northern Territory, Australia. Between studies and since, Andrew worked for six years in the exploration and mining industries in Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory variously as a field, mine and research geologist. Full-time with the Australian creation ministry from 1983 to 1998, he was still called upon as a geological consultant to the Koongarra uranium project (1983–1992). Consequently, he was involved in research projects with various CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) and University scientists across Australia, and with scientists from the USA, Britain, Japan, Sweden and the International Atomic Energy Agency. As a result of this research Andrew was involved in writing scientific papers that were being published in international scientific journals. Andrew’s talents enable him to be heavily involved in extensive creationist research in Australia and overseas, including the formation of all types of mineral deposits, radioactivity in rocks and radioisotopic dating, and the formation of metamorphic and igneous rocks, sedimentary strata and landscape features (e.g. Grand Canyon, USA, and Ayers Rock, Australia) within the biblical framework for earth history. As well as writing regularly and extensively in international creationist publications, Andrew has travelled around Australia and widely overseas (USA, UK, New Zealand, South Africa, Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China) speaking in schools, churches, colleges and universities, particularly on the overwhelming scientific evidence consistent with the biblical account of Creation and Noah’s Flood. Since joining ICR in 1998, Andrew's responsibilities have included research, writing and teaching in ICR's Graduate School, as well as leadership of ICR tours to the Grand Canyon and England. Andrew has also been heavily involved with the ICR-led RATE project which has produced some powerful breakthroughs on the subject of radiometric dating. EducationB.S. Applied Geology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, First Class Honours Ph.D. Geology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia AssociationsGeological Society of Australia Honours/AwardsAt the Third International Conference on Creationism in Pittsburgh (1994), he was presented with the Technical Excellence Award for the best technical paper, a paper on evidence for regional metamorphism within the creationist timeframe. At the Fourth International Conference on Creationism (1998), he gained the first three prizes for technical excellence: first prize for his studies on anomalous radiometric ‘dates’ of recent lava flows from Mt Ngauruhoe volcano, New Zealand, and the second and third prizes were for co-authored papers with John Woodmorappe and Steve Austin respectively. PublicationsBooks
Some Creation magazine articles written by Dr Snelling
Some articles by Dr Snelling from Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal
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