DR. ANDREAS MAY

Andreas May was born in 1962 in Westphalia (Germany). He studied Geology and Palaeontology. In 1991, he obtained his PhD in Natural Sciences. After years of geoscientific research and university teaching, he changed careers in 1999 and worked as a systems analyst in Munich (Germany).

In 2002, he met his wife and moved to Spain for her. From 2002 to 2005, he was a professor at Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus. He taught Environmental Sciences, Geology, Evolutionary Biology, Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology. Since 2005, he has worked as a database specialist, first in Madrid and, since 2012, back in Germany.

From 2021 to 2024, he was a member of the research project “Understanding Reality (Theology and Nature)”, directed by Prof. Dr. Johan Buitendag, Department of Systematic and Historical Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria.

Andreas May has written more than a hundred geoscientific publications and several articles in international theological journals in English. He is the father of four daughters and one son who died shortly after birth. He is active in the Catholic Church and works as a confirmation catechist.