Dr. Robin Collins, Professor of Philosophy at Messiah College, Grantham, PA, is one of the leading figures in the area of Science and Religion, with additional research interests in Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Theology, Philosophy of Physics, and Comparative Metaphysics. He has spoken on these topics at several major universities, including Yale, Stanford, and the Università Cattolica in Milan.  After doing graduate work in theoretical physics at the University of Texas at Austin, he went on to receive his PhD in 1993 in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where his doctoral dissertation received the Graduate Student Award in the Humanities for outstanding research, teaching, and publication; he then did post-doctoral research in the philosophy of science at Northwestern University. He has around twenty-five articles and book chapters published or under contract, ranging from issues in Quantum Mechanics to the Doctrine of Atonement and Evolution and Original Sin.  Several of his most recent publications are: “A Theistic Perspective on the Multiverse Hypothesis,” in Universe or Multiverse?, Cambridge University Press (Forthcoming); “Philosophy of Science and Religion,” in The Oxford Handbook of Science and Religion, Oxford University Press (forthcoming); “Divine Action and Nature,” in The Oxford Handbook on Philosophical Theology, Oxford University Press. (Under contract); and “The Beauty and Elegance of Natural Laws as Evidence for Design,” in Theism and Naturalism: New Philosophical Perspectives, Oxford University Press (under contract).   He has recently been the recipient of three fellowships/grants, from the Pew Foundation, the University of Notre Dame, and the Templeton Foundation. In September, 2006, he was interviewed for the PBS program “Closer to the Truth,” that explores issues of “life, meaning and sentience in the universe.”  Collins is widely regarded as one of the leading experts on the argument for design from the fine-tuning of the cosmos, and is currently finishing a book tentatively entitled, The Well-Tempered Universe: God, Cosmic Fine-Tuning, and the Laws of Nature.   In addition to the design argument, one of his most passionate academic interests is developing a fully orthodox Christian philosophical theology that makes the love of God central, takes full account of scientific knowledge and the existence of world religions, and elaborates a view a personal God who is in dynamic interaction with human beings and all of creation.  He is thus especially excited about collaborating next summer with the other members of the Open Theology and Science group. He is married and lives with his wonderful wife in Grantham, PA.