Speaker Lineup

Dr. Anthony Bosman
Mathematician, Andrews University. Ph.D. in mathematics from Rice University.
Anthony Bosman, PhD, is a theoretical mathematician specializing in topology, focusing on the study of knots in 3- and 4-dimensions. He is an active researcher and has led several research experiences for undergraduates, being named the students' choice research mentor in the year in 2025. He has also been recognized for his engaging teaching, winning the university's teaching excellence award in 2023. Many of his lectures are available on the Math at Andrews University YouTube channel, having been viewed millions of times. He also lectures internationally and writes on the relationship between faith, reason, and science, encouraging audiences to love God with all their mind. Bosman also serves in several leadership roles on campus, including currently serving as the university's learning officer and the chair of the Faculty Senate. He is passionate about innovation in higher education and champions the eternal value of Adventist education.

Dr. Richard Weikart
Historian. Author of From Darwin to Hitler and Darwinian Racism, with peer-reviewed work in journals
including German Studies Review.
Richard Weikart is professor emeritus of modern European history at California State University, Stanislaus, and senior fellow at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. He has specialized in the history of Darwinism, especially the way that Darwinism has undermined the value of human life. He has published eight books, including From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany, The Death of Humanity, Darwinian Racism, and Hitler's Religion.
He has appeared in 10 documentaries, including Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed with Ben Stein, and has been interviewed for hundreds of radio, podcast, and TV shows. He has lectured in many universities, churches, and other venues in the United States, Europe, and Africa. His conversion to Christianity occurred during the Jesus People Movement in 1974, and he is currently working on a biography of Chuck Smith, a key leader in the Jesus People Movement.

Germán Harvey Alférez Salinas
Ph.D. in Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude), Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. M.Sc. from Assumption University (Thailand) and B.Sc. in Computer Science Engineering from Universidad EAFIT (Colombia). Postdoctoral research at the Geoscience Research Institute in collaboration with Loma Linda University (USA).
Professor and director of the Center for Innovation and Research in Computing (CIRC), and chair of Southern Adventist University's Academic Research Committee.
Advancing artificial intelligence, data science, and software engineering at the intersection of computing research and education. Mentoring the next generation of innovators at the School of Computing, Southern Adventist University.

Mitch Menzmer
PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Clarkson University (1989)
Bio: Teaching undergraduate chemistry courses full time continuously since 1989, including general, organic, biochem, physical, and quantum chemistry courses. Ph.D. From Clarkson University, 1989. Bachelors from Pacific Union College, 1985. Current position at Southern Adventist University since 2007.
Current research interests include mechanisms of acid-catylized formation of cycloalkenyl cations from small-ring alkylated and non-alkylated olefins and alcohols, kinetic modeling of reaction mechanisms, calculation of electronic spectra of cycloalkenyl cations, quantitative methods of analysis using NMR, and expressing chemical concepts through contemporary art, as well as origins-related issues and prophetic interpretation.
