Michael Behe


Michael J. Behe is Professor of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and a fellow of the International Society for Complexity Information and Design. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. Behe's current research involves computer simulation of the evolution of protein binding sites.

Michael Behe graduated from Drexel University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He did his graduate studies in biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded the Ph.D. in 1978 for his dissertation research on sickle-cell disease. From 1978-1982 he did postdoctoral work on DNA structure at the National Institutes of Health. From 1982-85 he was Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Queens College in New York City, where he met his wife. In 1985 he moved to Lehigh University.


Michael Behe

Michael Behe

In addition to publishing over 35 articles in refereed biochemical journals, Michael Behe has also written editorial features in Boston Review, American Spectator, and The New York Times. His book, Darwin's Black Box discusses the implications for neo-Darwinism of what he calls "irreducibly complex" biochemical systems. The book was internationally reviewed in over one hundred publications and recently named by National Review and World magazine as one of the 100 most important books of the 20th century.

Dr. Michael Behe has presented and debated his work at major universities throughout North America and England.

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Darwin's Black Box by Michael Behe

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