RESUME (CV) Education, Teaching and Research

1. NAME:

Rudolf Bernhard Brun

2. PLACE OF BIRTH AND DATE:

March 4, 1938: Lucerne, Switzerland (Naturalized American Citizen)

3. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Ph. D. 1968: University of Basel, Switzerland. Thesis: “Pattern Formation in Feather Development.” Major Professor: Dr. Adolf Portmann.
Member of the Philosophy/Theology study group (SG, AAG) founded by the Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar: 1962-1976, chair SG from 1964 1968.

4. FORMAL CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Enrolled into the marine biology class offered by the “Laboratoire d’Arago” University of Paris, Banyules-sur-Mer (France) Fall 1965.
Enrolled into the developmental biology class offered by the marine laboratories in Naples, Italy, Spring 1969.
Postdoctoral training in developmental biology (gene regulation in embryogenesis): University of Geneva, Switzerland: Fall 1968-1970.
Workshop (for post doctoral fellows) in tissue culture procedures, Oxford, England, February 1973.

5. TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Part time:

Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistant, University of Basel, Switzerland from 1965-1968.

Full time:

Senior teaching assistant(Chef de Travaux), University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1969-1977.
Faculty member (Chargé de Cours, 1972
Privat Docent, 1973) University of Geneva, to teach developmental biology (with labs) and part of introductory biology (histology, developmental biology) including corresponding labs 1970-1977.
Invited Assistant Professor to teach developmental biology and continue research (developmental genetics) at Indiana State University, Bloomington, Indiana 1977-1978.
Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University (TCU) Fort Worth, Texas, to teach Histology and developmental biology, fall 1978.
Marine Biological Laboratories (MBL), Summer 1980. Research: Cytoplasmic transfers by micro-injection in the marine snail Ilyanassa.
Contributor to the developmental course offered by MBL.
Associate Professor 1981
Full Professor 1986
Professor Emeritus 2003.

6. RESEARCH GRANTS:

Swiss:

National Science Foundation (1974-1976): “Nuclear Transplantation With Red Blood Cell-nuclei” (Fr. 80’000).

USA:

National Science Foundation (1980-1982 and 1984-1987): “Developmental Genetics” in the Eyeless Mutant Salamander, ($ 175’000).

7. INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK:

1982-2002: Designed and offered the course "Religion and Science." Taught every other year, together with the Theologian C. David Grant, Professor of Religion.
1989: ASZ: Boston MA: Division of Philosophy and History of Science Boston MA: "Evolution and Philosophy."
1990: Society of Christian Philosophers, Lincoln, NE: "Integrating Evolution into an Updated Christian Theology of Nature."
1992: Meeting of the International Christian Studies Association, Pasadena CA: "Integrating Evolution: A Contribution to the Christian Doctrine of Creation."
1994: Southwestern Commission on Religious Studies, Dallas TX: "Evolution and the Christian Doctrine of Creation: Attempt at a Synthesis."
1994: Invited to present a paper at the Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP), Rome, Italy (sponsored by the Vatican Observatory). Title: "Christocentric Cosmology, Cosmic Evolution and the History of Cosmogenesis."
1996: Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, Cracow, Poland: "Christocentric Cosmology, Cosmic Evolution, and the Sacrament of the Eucharist."
1998: Meeting of The John M. Templeton Foundation Science and Religion Course Program, Southern Region, Waco, Texas: "The Nature of Nature, A View from Christianity."
1999: Meeting ITEST, Chicago IL, August. "Sketching an Updated Christian Theology of Nature."
2006: Invited to be the main speaker at the Cosmos and Creation Conference, (June 9-11, 2006), Loyola College, Baltimore, MD. Lecture 1: "Strict Naturalism and Christology: A View from the Paradox of Incarnation." Seminar and discussion on Lecture 1, Lecture 2: "Complexification in Nature and Art." Seminar and discussion on Lecture 2.
2007: Invited speaker to the Seminary St. Beatus in Lucerne, Switzerland, June 1 and June 2: "Cosmology and Creation: Attempt at an Updated Christian Theology of Nature." Lectures and discussions.

Talks Presented at Meetings on Aesthetics:

1991: Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "Evolution of Beauty"
1992: Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "Embryogenesis, Music and Evolution." Organizer of the Panel: "Embryogenesis and Music". Participants: Dr. Charles Bestor, Professor for Composition and Dance, University of Massachusetts, Department of Music, Amherst, Massachusetts, and Dr. John MacKay, Professor of Composition, Department of Music, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.
1993: Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "Nature, Life, and Art."
1995: Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "Unification of Diversity, the Fundamental Creative Principle?"
1997: Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "A Biologist's Perspective on Science and Art."
2000: "Complexification in Musical Development and Biological Evolution." Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "A Biologist's Perspective on Science and Art."
2001: "Music in Nature and the Nature of Music." Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "A Biologist's Perspective on Science and Art."
2002: "Aesthetics in Nature and Art." Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "A Biologist's Perspective on Science and Art."
2010: "Simplexity in Music and Nature." Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM.

Interdisciplinary Publications (refereed):

Brun, R. (1984). Evolution und Christentum. Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio 13, pp. 518-523.
Brun, R. (1992). Schöpfungslehre und Herrlichkeit. Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio, 21 pp. 351-360.
Brun, R. (1993). Principles of Morphogenesis in Embryonic Development, Music and Evolution. Communio 20, pp. 528-543.
Brun, R. (1994). Integrating Evolution: A Contribution to the Christian Doctrine of Creation. Zygon 29, pp. 275-296.
Brun, R. (1997). "Adolf Portmann's Begriff der Gestalt aus der Perspektive der modernen Entwicklungsgenetik." Commemorative Issue of UNI NOVA Vol. 79/80, pp. 88-90. Invited paper.
Brun, R. (1999). "Does God Play Dice? A Response to Niels Gregersen's Article: The Idea of Creation and the Theory of Autopoietic Processes ." Zygon, Journal of Religion and Science, Vol. 34, no. 1 (March 1999) pp.93-100.
Brun, R. (2002). Cosmology, Cosmic Evolution, and Sacramental Reality: A Christian Contribution." Zygon, Journal of Religion and Science, Vol. 37, no. 1 (March 2002) pp.175-192.
Brun, R. "Cloning Humans? A perspective from Christianity." Differentiation: Vol. 69, pp. 184-187.
Brun, R. (2003) "God and Nature." In: "Readings in Faith and Science" New Edition, April 2003. Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (ITEST).
Brun, R. (2005). "Transcendentalism or Empiricism? A Discussion of a Problem Raised in E.O. Wilson’s Book Consilience. Zygon, Journal of Religion and Science, Vol. 40, no. 3 (September) pp.769-777.
Brun, R. (2007). "Strict Naturalism and Christianity: Attempt At Drafting An Updated Theology Of Nature." ZYGON, vol. 42 (September) pp. 701-713.
Brun, R. (2007): "Kosmologie und Schöpfung: Skizze einer modernen Theologie der Natur." COMMUNIO, Internationale katholische Zeitschrift (submitted).
How Musical History and Compositions Connect With Human Evolution. (published in AMFMStudio: August 9, 2018. https://www.amfm-magazine.com/how-musical-history-and-compositions-connect-with

Books:

Brun, R. (2009): Creation and Cosmology; Attempt at Sketching a Modern Christian Theology of Nature. A collection of essays contributing to the discussion between Christianity and modern science. Xlibris Corporation, Bloomington IN.
Brun, R. (2014): Science, Art, and Christianity: Sketching a theology of nature for our time. (E-Book)

8. WORK IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:

Refereed Publications:

Brun, R. (1968). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Dynamik im Federkeim. Rev. Suisse de Zoologie, Tome 75, Fasc. 5, pp. 1057-1063.
Brun, R. (1969). Untersuchung über die Dynamik im Federkeim unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Musterbildung beim Argusfasan (Argusianus argus). Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia No. 49, pp. 3-64.
Brun, R. (1971). Ontogenese- und Evolutionsprobleme bei der Musterbildung des Argusfasans (Argusianus argus). Rev. Suisse de Zoologie, Tome 78, Fasc. 1, no. 2, pp. 115-134.
Brun, R. et Kobel, H. R. (1972). Des grenouilles métamorphosées obtenues par transplantation nucléaire a partir du prosencéphale et de l’épiderme larvaire de Xenopus laevis. Rev. Suisse de Zoologie, Tome 79, pp. 961-965.
Brun, R. (1973). Mammalian cells in Xenopus eggs. Nature, New Biology 243 (122), pp. 26-27.
Kobel, H. R., Brun, R., and Fischberg, M. (1973). Nuclear transplantation with melanophores, ciliated epidermal cells and the established cell line A-8 in Xenopus laevis. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. 29, pp. 539-547.
Brun, R. (1974). The response of Xenopus laevis oocytes to injected somatic cell nuclei soon after germinal vesicle break down induced in vitro. Exptl. Cell Res. 88, pp. 444-447.
Brun, R. (1974). Studies on fertilization in Xenopus laevis. Biology of Reproduction 11, pp. 513-518.
Brun, R. (1975). Oocytes maturation in vitro: contribution of the oviduct to total maturation in Xenopus laevis. Experientia 31, pp. 1275-1276.
Wabel, M.R., Brun, R.B., and Du Pasquier, L. (1975). Lymphocytes of the toad Xenopus laevis have the gene set for promoting tadpole development. Science 190, pp. 1310-1312.
Brun, R., and Kobel, H. R. (1977). Observation of a fertilization block between Xenopus (laevis) borealis and Xenopus (laevis) laevis. J. of Exptl. Zool. 201, pp. 135-137.
Brun, R. (1978). Developmental capacities of Xenopus eggs, provided with erythrocyte or erythroblast nucleifrom adults. Dev. Biol. 65, pp. 271-284.
Brun, R. (1978). Experimental analysis of the eyeless mutation in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Amer. Zool. 18, pp. 273-279.
Brun, R. (1981). The movement of the prospective eye vesicle from the neural plate into the neural fold in Ambystoma mexicanum and Xenopus laevis. Dev. Biol. 88, pp. 192-199.
Brun, R. and J. A. Garson (1983). Neurulation in the Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum): A drug study and cell-shape analysis of the epidermis and the neural plate. J. Embryol. Exptl. Morphol. 74, pp. 275-295.
Brun, R. B., and Garson J. A. (1984), Notochord formation in the Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum) is different from notochord formation in Xenopus laevis. J. Exptl. Zool. 229, pp. 235-240.
Brun, R. (1985). Neural fold and neural crest movement in the Mexican salamander Ambystoma mexicanum. J. Exptl. Zool. 234, pp. 57-61.
Brun, R. B. (1987). The eyeless mutant salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum): Evidence for an imbalanced antero-posterior morphogenetic system. J. of Neurogenetics, 4, pp. 29-46.
Brun, R. B. (1992). Evidence for an antero-posterior morphogenetic system controlling eye size in the wild-type and eyeless mutant Mexican salamander Ambystoma mexicanum.
Brun, R. and A. M. Brun-Zinkernagel (1992). Differences in the Response to PIF/Activin Between Animal Caps Excised From mid- or Late Blastula Stages of Xenopus laevis. Experientia 48, pp. 405-408.
Brun, R. B. (1992). Bilateral Eye Formation in the Eyeless Mutant Mexican Salamander Following Unilateral, Partial Excision of the Neural Fold Tissues: A Quantitative Study. J. of Exptl. Zool. pp. 541-548.

Talks Presented at Biology Meetings:

1968-1976: Annual meetings of the Swiss Society of Zoologists, presented a paper each year (Total: 42).
1975: International Society of Developmental Biologists: "Nuclear transplantation with red blood cell nuclei."
1977: Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists (ASZ): Invited speaker at the Symposium: Developmental Genetics of the Mexican Axolotl. Paper presented: "Experimental analysis of the eyeless mutant in the Mexican salamander."
1980: ASZ: "Eye formation in the eyeless mutant axolotl."
1981: International Society of Developmental Biologists: R. B. Brun and J. A. Garson: "The forces that shape the neurula of Ambystoma mexicanum."
1981: ASZ: "The movement of the prospective eye vesicle from the neural plate into the neural folds in Xenopus laevis."
1981: ASZ: "The movement of the prospective eye cup from the neural plate into the neural fold in Ambystoma mexicanum."
1982: International Society of Neuroscience: "Nocodazole and colchicine affect elongation of tonofilaments in the epidermis of the Mexican salamander neurula."
1982: ASZ: R. B. Brun and J. A. Garson: "The notochord of the Mexican salamander is ectodermal in origin."
1982: ASZ: R. B. Brun and J. A. Garson: "Morphogenetic movements during neurulation in the Mexican salamander."
1983: ASZ: "The eyeless mutant axolotl produces small and delayed optic vesicles."
1984: ASZ: "Mapping the neural crest cells in the Mexican salamander."
1985: Society of Developmental Biologists: "The eyeless gene e in the Mexican salamander might interfere with a head gradient."
1985: International Society of Developmental Biologists: A. M. Brun-Zinkernagel, and R. B. Brun: "Neural crest cell behavior analyzed by using the Thiebaud marker."
1986: Eight Conference of Genes, Differentiation and Development, Hamburg, Germany: "The Eyeless Mutant Mexican Salamander: Evidence for a Morphogenetic System out of Balance."
1986: ASZ: Nashville TN: "Neural Crest Cells in Xenopus limb Muscles."
1986: European Developmental Biology Congress, Helsinki, Finland: "Eye Formation in the Eyeless Mutant Mexican Salamander Following Repositioning of the Head Sense Organs."
1988: Southwestern Developmental Biology Conference Port Aransas, Texas. "Eye Formation in the Eyeless Mutant Mexican Salamander: Results Obtained with Eyeless/Wild-type Chimeras."
1989: ASZ: Boston MA: "Unilateral Antero-Posterior Neural Fold Rearrangements in Wild-Type Mexican Salamanders (Ambystoma mexicanum) Influence Eye-Volumes on the Contralateral Side."
1993: ASZ: Los Angeles, CA. "The Lens that Forms Following Grafting of an Optic Primordium of Xenopus borealis into Xenopus laevis, Differentiates from the Grafted Retina."

9. EDITORSHIP, CONSULTANTSHIPS, AND APPLIED

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Reviewer of 24 papers submitted to the following professional journals: Developmental Biology, Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology, Journal of Experimental Zoology, and Journal of Morphology.
Reviewer of 14 Grants to the National Science Foundation.
Member of the Organizing Committee for the Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Dallas 1981.
Member of the Organizing Committee for the First Southwestern Developmental Biology Conference, University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).
Co-Chairperson of session: Developmental Biology IV: Meeting of the American Zoologists, Philadelphia 1983.
Co-Chairperson of session: Developmental and Cell Biology III, contributed papers of early development: Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists, Denver Colorado 1984.
Seminar speaker at UTA Arlington, NTSU Denton, Rice University, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK.
Organizer of: "The Seventh Annual Southwestern Developmental Biology Conference" Topic: "Embryology and Evolution." Fort Worth, TX, March 23-25, 1989.
Co-Chairperson of session: Developmental and Cell Biology III, contributed papers of early development: Meeting of the American Society of Zoologist, Boston MA, 1989.
(1994) Consultant and reviewer of the textbook: Analysis Of Biological Development by Klaus Kalthoff; McGraw-Hill, INC. (1996).
(1998) Appointed to the Book Review Council of Zygon, Journal of Religion and Science.

10. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (ASZ)
The American Society for Aesthetics (ASA)
The Institute for Theological Encounter With Science and Technology (ITEST)
European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT)
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS)