Podcast Guest Biographies

EP. 12: stephen barr, PhD

Prof. Stephen Barr is an American author and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware and a member of its Bartol Research Institute. 

In 1978, He received his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in. He went on to do research at the University of Pennsylvania as a postdoctoral fellow from 1978 to 1980.

Barr researches cosmology and theoretical particle physics. In 2011 he was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, and he has written several books, including A Student's Guide to Natural Science and Science and Religion: The Myth of Conflict.

As a practicing Catholic, Prof. Barr writes and discusses the relationship between faith and science. He was awarded the Benemerenti Medal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007, and in 2010, he was elected a member of the Academy of Catholic Theology. He is also president of the Society of Catholic Scientists.

Barr has five children and is married to Kathleen Whitney Barr.