Dr D. Russell Humphreys
Creationist physicist, writer and speaker (CMI-USA)
Russell Humphreys was raised in a scientifically aware but non–Christian household.
He always had a love for science, and in 1959 he was one of the 40 winners of the
Westinghouse National Science Talent Search.
He received a B.S. in physics at Duke University in 1963. While doing doctoral research
for Louisiana State University in the mountains of Colorado, he committed his life
to Christ. In 1972, he was awarded a Ph.D. for his research on cosmic rays and ultrahigh
energy nucleon–nucleon interactions. By this time he was a fully convinced creationist
due to both the biblical and scientific evidence. For the next 6 years he worked
in the High Voltage Laboratory of General Electric Company, designing and inventing
equipment and researching high–voltage phenomena. While there, he received a U.S.
patent and one of Industrial Research Magazine’s IR–100 awards.
From 1979 he worked for Sandia National Laboratories (New Mexico) in nuclear physics,
geophysics, pulsed-power research, and theoretical atomic and nuclear physics. In
1985, he began working with Sandia’s ‘Particle Beam Fusion Project’,
and was co-inventor of special laser-triggered ‘Rimfire’ high-voltage
switches, now coming into wider use.
The next decade at Sandia saw emphasis on theoretical nuclear physics and radiation
hydrodynamics in an effort to help produce the world’s first lab–scale thermonuclear
fusion. Besides gaining two further U.S. patents, Dr Humphreys was given two awards
from Sandia, including an Award for Excellence for contributions to light ion–fusion
target theory.
Dr Humphreys retired from Sandia in 2001 to work full-time in creation research,
to which he has contributed very significantly, including:
- Developing cosmological concepts to explain how God could have created the universe
in the biblical timeframe where we can see distant starlight.
- Predictions about the strengths of magnetic fields on the outer planets before spacecraft
visited to measure them. His creationist predictions proved accurate, in contrast
to those of evolutionists.
- On the basis of biblical creation, predicting that evidence would be found for rapid
magnetic reversals in volcanic rocks on earth. He was proven correct.
- Very significant contributions to the RATE project that found powerful evidence
against the huge time scales claimed for radioisotope dating
- Many evidences for a young(er) creation
- Many other contributions on astronomy, cosmology, radioisotope dating, magnetism,
etc.
 Dr Humphreys
has been a longtime member of the Creation Research Society and is on its
Board of Directors. He has been a frequent contributor to Creation Research Quarterly
as well as the Journal of Creation
He is now working for Creation Ministries International (USA) continuing
his research from his home, as well as a writing and speaking ministry. Although
a highly-accomplished scientist, Dr Humphreys is also an able communicator.
Russ has been married to Bonnie since 1963, and they have three children.
See: Creation In The Physics Lab … An Interview With Physicist
Dr Russell Humphreys
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