Werner Arber (PhD, Nobel)

Dr. Arber, a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking research leading to the discovery of recombinant DNA technology. This technology involves the formation of DNA molecules through laboratory techniques such as molecular cloning. After earning his doctorate from the University of Geneva, he then began research at the University of Southern California on genetics, later returning to his alma mater in Geneva. Arber is a Christian and proponent of theistic evolution who said: "The most primitive cells may require at least several hundred different specific biological macromolecules. How such already quite complex structures may have come together, remains a mystery to me. The possibility of the existence of a Creator, of God, represents to me a satisfactory solution to this problem." Moreover, Dr. Arber openly acknowledges the significant role his Christian faith plays in his life and work affirming: : "I know that the concept of God helped me to master many questions in life; it guides me in critical situations, and I see it confirmed in many deep insights into the beauty of the functioning of the world."