Leonard R. Brand is a former department chair and professor of biology and paleontology in the Department of Earth and Biological Sciences at Loma Linda University. He received his PhD at Cornell University in 1970 and has been on the LLU faculty since then. He has published more than 40 scientific research papers and numerous articles in church publications and has authored three books. His strongest long-term interest has been developing a Bible-centered approach to the integration of faith and science.