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Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. In 2009, he was appointed director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland by President Barack Obama, who considered him "one of the best scientists in the world".

He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science.

Collins also has written a number of books on science, medicine, and religion, including the New York Times bestseller, 'The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief'. He founded and serves as president of The BioLogos Foundation, which promotes discourse on the relationship between science and religion and advocates the perspective that belief in Christianity can be reconciled with acceptance of evolution and science, especially through the idea that the Creator brought about his plan through the processes of evolution. In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Collins to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. (+info)

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