Darrel R. Falk

Darrel R. Falk (born 1946) is an American biologist. He is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Point Loma Nazarene University and is the past president and a current senior advisor with BioLogos Foundation, an advocacy group that emphasizes compatibility between science and Christian faith.

Education Falk attended Simon Fraser University, originally planning to become a medical doctor. he graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1968 with a B.S. degree in biology. He then completed his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta in 1973. He is the past president (2009-2012) of The BioLogos Foundation, founded by geneticist Francis Collins, which seeks to find "harmony between science and biblical faith" by advocating for "an evolutionary understanding of God’s creation".

He has authored a book on the creation–evolution controversy titled Coming to Peace with Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology (InterVarsity Press, 2004), with a foreword by Collins. He has been critical of the intelligent design movement and written about the movement frequently on The BioLogos Foundation's website.

In May 2025, Falk started a Substack addressing the fraught relationship between science and Evangelical Christianity, particularly in the context of the dismantling of science initiated in the early months of Trump's second presidency. It began with a three-part series entitled "Challenging Times for Science in America."

Publications The Fool and the Heretic How Two Scientists Moved beyond Labels to a Christian Dialogue about Creation and Evolution (with Todd Charles Wood) (Zondervan Academic, 2019) Coming to Peace with Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology (InterVarsity Press, 2004) Affirming: The Brightening Lamp (with Arthur F. Seamans) (Point Loma Press, 2002)