COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED:
Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI), 1975 1979
Washington University (St. Louis, MO), 1981 1987

DEGREES EARNED:
B.A. in Biology, magna cum laude, 1979, Kalamazoo College
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, 1987, Washington University

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
Research Assistant, Michigan Cancer Foundation, Detroit, MI
June, 1979 to August, 1981
Graduate Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA December, 1986 to July, 1987
Assistant Professor of Biology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
August, 1987 to present

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Scientific Affiliation (Affiliation of Christian Biologists section)
Association of Midwestern College Biology Teachers
Great Plains States Society for Molecular Biology and Genetics
Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, and AWARDS:
Phi Beta Kappa, Kalamazoo College Delta Chapter of Michigan, 1979
Walter & Lawrence Blinks Prize for best Kalamazoo College biology senior, 1979
National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship, 1981 1982
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1982 1985
Creighton University Summer Faculty Research Award, 1989
Phi Sigma Society, Gamma Beta Chapter of Nebraska, 1990
Teaching and Research Program, Gordon Research Conferences, 1993
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1995
John Templeton Science & Religion Course Development Awards, 1995, 1998
Teaching for Tomorrow Nominee (Finalist), 1997, 1998, 1999
Outstanding Advisor Award, 1998
Robert F. Kennedy Teaching Award Nominee, 2000, 2001

TEACHING AT CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY, DEPT. OF BIOLOGY:
Biology of the Protists (Lecture and Laboratory)
Cell Biology: Regulatory Mechanisms
Cell Biology: Structural Organization
Freshman Seminar
General Biology
Molecular Biology (Lecture and Laboratory)
Science and Religion
Topics in Genetics
Topics in Molecular Biology

OTHER TEACHING:

A. Creighton University Graduate School, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Advanced Topics in Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology

B. Lay School of Theology, Augustana Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE

Of Souls and DNA: God and the Human Genome


PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES (since 1988):

41st Annual Meeting, Society of Protozoologists, Bristol, England, July 18 22, 1988.

102nd Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE,April 10, 1992.

5th International Conference on Ciliate Molecular Biology, Henniker, NH,July 11 16, 1993.

104th Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE,April 22, 1994.

106th Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE,April 26, 1996.

12th National Meeting, National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, Inc., Reno, NV, June 12 16, 1996.

Central Association of Advisors for the Health Professions Spring Meeting,Columbus, OH, May 29 31, 1997.

Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology 1997 Workshop,St. Louis, MO, October 17 19, 1997.

109th Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE, April 23, 1999.

Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Omaha, NE, November 2, 1999.

Great Plains States Society for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Omaha, NE, May 19, 2000.

Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Omaha, NE, November 13, 2000.


Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Conference: Creative Vectors in Science and Religion, Ashland, NE, October 28,2000

Symposium on Cell Biology and Cloning: Structure and Function of a Cell Nucleus, Omaha, NE, January 13, 2001

Great Plains States Society for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Omaha, NE, May 21, 2001.


ARTICLES, ABSTRACTS AND SPEECHES:


A. Molecular Biology Publications and Professional Presentations (since 1988)


Austerberry, C.F., R. Snyder, and M. C. Yao, "Developmentally regulated DNA deletions in Tetrahymena thermophila ," 41st Annual Meeting, Society of Protozoologists, Bristol, England, July 18 22, 1988.

Austerberry, C.F., and M.-C. Yao, 1988. "Sequence structure of two developmentally regulated, alternative DNA deletion junctions in Tetrahymena thermophila ." Mol. Cell. Biol. 8: 3947-3950.

Austerberry, C.F., R.O. Snyder, and M. C. Yao, 1989. "Sequence microheterogeneityis generated at junctions of programmed DNA deletions in Tetrahymena thermophila." Nucl. Acids Res. 17: 7263 7272.

Austerberry, C.F. "Genome reorganization in Tetrahymena thermophila : a review," Midwest Regional Conference on Comparative Endocrinology, Omaha, NE, May 4, 1990.

Austerberry, C.F., J.L. Buescher, J.J. Brunkhorst, and J.A. Klesney, "A cryptic junction for regulated DNA splicing in Tetrahymena thermophila ,"102nd Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE,April 10, 1992.

Buresh, B., R.W. Belknap, C.F. Austerberry, and R.V. Andrews, "DNA fingerprinting of Peromyscus maniculatus ," 102nd Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE, April 10, 1992.

Cech, D.M., C.F. Austerberry, and P. G. Hamblin, "Localization of sequences responsible for apparent DNA bending in a cloned segment of micronuclear DNA from Tetrahymena thermophila ," 102nd Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE, April 10, 1992.

Stock, T, and C.F. Austerberry, "Conformational analysis of micronuclearDNA sequences from Tetrahymena thermophila ," 102nd Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE, April 10, 1992.

Santucci, R. D., V. P. Schlueter, C. F. Austerberry, R.V. Andrews, and R. W. Belknap, "Nonradioactive DNA fingerprinting of the white footed deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus ," 104th Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE, April 22, 1994.Dixon, C. and Westrich, J., "Comparison of two DNA typing methods for measuringgenetic relatedness in a wild population of white footed deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus ," 106th Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE, April 26, 1996.

Surdell, D., C. F. Austerberry, D.H. Nichols, and B. Fritzsch, "Innervation of Extrinsic Ocular Muscles in Wnt 1 Knockout Mice," 106th Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Lincoln, NE, April 26, 1996.

Austerberry, C.F., C. Kaura, J. E. Platz, C.T. Ngo, V. Bansal, and C. Prepose, "Amplification of inter-transposon DNA from frog toes for species identification, cladistic analysis, and population structure assessment,"Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division Meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science , Omaha, NE, November 2, 1999.

Austerberry, C.F., C. Kaura, J. E. Platz, C. T. Ngo, and V. Bansal, "Amplification of inter Tc1 DNA for species identification, cladistic analysis, and population structure assessment of anurans. " Great Plains States Society for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Omaha, NE, May 19, 2000.

Austerberry, C.F., C.Kaura, J.E. Platz, S. Kaura, L.S. Bacchus, A. Desai, M. Vesely, and V. Bansal, "PCR amplification of DNA between Tc1-like elements in anurans: effect of primer target, annealing temperature, and polymerase fidelity. " Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division American Association for the Advancement of Science Midwest Regional Meeting November 13, 2000.



B. Invited Guest Lectures on Molecular Genetics (MG) or Science & Religion (SR)


Augustana Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE, February, 1996. (SR)

Creighton University Alumni Reunion, September 28, 1996. (SR)

Bethel Lutheran Church, St. Louis, MO, October 19, 1997. (SR)

Critical Issues Forum, Creighton University, Feb. 25, 1997. (SR)

Association of Christian Pharmacists, Omaha Chapter, Sept. 11, 1998. (SR)

Critical Issues Forum, Creighton University, September 30, 1999. (SR)

Golden Key Kiwanis Club, Omaha, NE, June 1, 2000. (SR)

Omaha Morning Rotary Club, Omaha, NE, August 22, 2000. (MG)

Omaha Wednesday Morning Kiwanis Club, Omaha, NE, May 9, 2001 (MG)


C. Articles and Opinion Editorials on Teaching Evolution


"Question of Life's Origin Is Still Open to Science." Omaha World-Herald, April 22,1998.

"Science Class Isn't Church." Omaha World-Herald, September 5, 1999.

"Creation and Evolution: Do Science and Religion Necessarily Clash?" The Lutheran , January 2000.

"Creation, Evolution, and Teaching in the Public Schools." Creighton Center for the Study of Religion and Society Newsletter , Spring 2000.

"Teaching Evolution while Respecting Faith in the Creator." Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith (Vol. 52, Issue #3, Sept. 2000, pp. 187 189).