Podcast Guest Biographies

EP. 20: fazale “fuz” rana, phd

Fazale (Fuz) Rana is the vice president of research and apologetics at Reasons to Believe (RTB).

Fuz graduated from West Virginia State College with a BS in chemistry and went on to earn a PhD in chemistry with an emphasis in biochemistry from Ohio University. He later pursued postdoctoral studies in the biophysics of cell membranes.

Rana writes and speaks about evidence for creation emerging from genetics, human origins. biochemistry, and synthetic biology.

He was greatly impacted by the death of his Muslim father. He grew an appreciation for evangelism and Christian apologetics which led to his joining the RTB team in 1999. 

Fuz has written a number of articles that have been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Biochemistry, Applied Spectroscopy, and Journal of Microbiological Methods.

He lives in Southern California with his wife Amy and his five children.