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Dr. Paul Madtes Jr.
Professor of Biology
Department
School of Natural and Social Sciences
Biography
Professional Experience
- Ohio Health Professions Advisors (OHPA) Vice-President, 2017-2019
- MVNU School of Nursing Advisory Board, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH,
2013-2019 - Central Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (CAAHP) Board of Directors, Member-at-Large, 2013-2016
- Ohio Health Professions Advisors (OHPA) Coordinator, 2008-2017
- Senior Science Advisor, Master’s Divinity School, Master’s Graduate School of Divinity, Evansville, IN, 2003-present
- President’s Advisory Board, Master’s Divinity School, Master’s Graduate School of Divinity, Evansville, IN, 2002-present
- Visiting Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 2001-2007
- Acting Chairman, Natural Science Division, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH, 2000
- Professor of Biology, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH, 1997-present
- Chairman, Department of Biology, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH, 1993-2016
- Acting Chairman, Department of Biology, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH, 1993
- Adjunct Faculty, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 1990-2001
- Adjunct Faculty, Trinity Theological Seminary, Newburgh, IN, 1989-2006
- Associate Professor of Biology, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH, 1989-1997
- Scientific Advisory Board, Familial Alzheimer’s Disease Research Foundation, Tulsa, OK: 1986
- Assistant Professor of Biology and of Chemistry, Point Loma Nazarene College, San Diego, CA, 1985-1989
- Schrader Club (Chemistry Alumni — ENC), Board of Directors, 1984-1986
- NEI Staff Fellow, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1983-1985
- NIH (NEI) Training Grant Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 1982
- NIH (NEI) Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 1980-1982
Professional Organizations
- Society for Neuroscience
- Central Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (CAAHP)
- National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NAAHP)
- Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century Global Scholars
Awards and Recognition
- MVNU Recruitment Award — 2003
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers — 2005 edition
- MVNU Advisor Award — 2005
- NAAHP Travel Award — 2008
- MVNU semester sabbatical (fall, 2009 to January, 2010)
- CAAHP Travel Award – 2015
- NAAHP Travel Award – 2016
- MVNU Mini-Grant Award (joint award with Judy Madtes) – summer, 2016
- MVNU semester sabbatical (Africa Nazarene University) – fall, 2016
- ENC Alumni Achievement Award – 2016
- CAAHP Travel Award – 2017
- CAAHP Father Joseph Walter Award – 2017
Publications and Presentations
- Madtes, Paul Jr. and Jay Wile, “Discovering Design with Biology,” Berean Builders Publishers, Anderson, IN, 2022
- Selzer, Robin, Kerry Cheesman, and Paul Madtes Jr. Workshop: Research design for health professions advisors. National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NAAHP)
– Minneapolis, MN, June 15-19, 2016 - Finger, Reginald, Paul Madtes Jr., Cheryl Crotser. Principles of Old and New Testament Scripture for the Health Sciences. Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, May 21, 2016
- “Living as a Christian in a Scientific World: Intersecting Faith and Science,” 1st International Seminar in Science and Faith (1o Seminário Internacional sobre Fé e Ciência), Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 16-17 August 2014.
- “What is Intelligent Design,” Exploring Origins: Nazarenes in Dialog Conference, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA, 23-25 January 2014.
- “A Life Journey into Vocation — Mentoring,” given in MVNU Chapel service, Mount Vernon, OH, 22 March 2013.
- Madtes, Paul Jr. “Teaching Bioethics to Scientists — A Model Using Scientific Principles.” Medicine and Health Care: Sources and Perspectives of Bioethics. 23rd EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE: “Sources and Perspectives of Bioethics.”
19 – 22 August 2009. University of Tübingen, Germany.
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Biblical Counseling Trinity Theological Seminary, Newburgh, Indiana, 1990
- Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1980
- M.S. in Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1978
- B.A. in Chemistry, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1976