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David Humphreys is emeritus professor of chemistry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada and adjunct Professor of science and religion in the Divinity College at McMaster. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of London, England, where he taught chemistry before moving to McMaster in 1965. He received his Ph.D. from McMaster in 1969, and was made full professor there in 1987.

Honours and Awards:

1977	Catalyst Medal Award of Manufacturing Chemists Association
1989	3M National Teaching Award
1991	Union Carbide Award (national award given by the Chemical Institute of Canada.
1992	HERDSA Fellow 1992 (Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia)
1993	Distinguished Educator award from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
1994	Presidents Award for Excellence in Educational Leadership, McMaster University.
1997	Templeton Course Award for Science and Religion.

He is a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, an honourary lifetime fellow of the Canadian Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and a former Honourary President of the Science Teachers Association.

He was the founding director of the Shell Merit Fellowship Program and the Shell Centre for Science Teachers at McMaster University. He also established the Instructional Development Centre and the M.Sc. (Teaching) program at McMaster University. Through these programmes he has conducted a number of educational research and development projects in chemical education, and also produced a number of television programs, including the award winning Dimensions in Science series for Canadian television. He was director of a major research study on the effectiveness of individualized instruction for the Ministry of Education in Ontario, and the originator of a series of programs which are used in distance education in a variety of Institutions around the world.

Dr. Humphreys is the author of scientific papers, innovative science text books and multimedia presentations. He co-authored the text Atoms, Molecules and Reactions published by Prentice-Hall. He has introduced chemistry to some twenty thousand students and has been recognized for his efforts in using video taped experiments and interesting demonstrations to integrate reactions and reality with theory and principles.

His current interests include promoting science in schools and communities throughout Canada and in developing countries. He has recently developed a new course on Frontiers of Science and Christianity for the Divinity College, which has been recognised by receiving the Sir John Templeton Award for Science and Religion courses He is currently lecturing extensively on aspects of science and faith with special emphasis on the mystery of the origin of life.

Genesis Quest and Science Shorts are sponsored by World of Science, and edited by Dr. David A. Humphreys, Emeritus professor of Chemistry at McMaster University in Canada.