What key details about barry r. bickmore can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: barry robert bickmore is a professor in the department of geological sciences at brigham young university -lrb- byu -rrb- . he is also a devout mormon , having written '' restoring the ancient church : joseph smith and early christianity '' -lrb- ben lomond : fair , 1999 -rrb- as well as several articles that have been published in the '' farms review '' . bickmore was born in redwood city , california and raised in california and utah . he served as a missionary for the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints -lrb- lds church -rrb- in iowa . he obtained a degree in geology with minors in philosophy and chemistry from byu . he then received a ph.d. in geochemistry from virginia polytechnic institute and state university , where his advisor was michael f. hochella . he then was a postdoctoral research assistant at the university of colorado for about a year and a half prior to joining the byu faculty in august 2001 . bickmore , a conservative republican , is known for his activism in support of global warming , such as when he criticized a proposed bill in utah that described climate change as a hoax . the bill passed in spite of bickmore 's efforts to defeat it . among other callings in the lds church , bickmore has served as a seminary teacher . in geochemistry and related fields , bickmore has focused on the study of low-temperature geochemical reactions and the development of geoscience curricula as part of the curriculum of elementary education majors .
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- thesis url is http://www.worldcat.org/title/atomic-force-microscopy-study-of-clay-mineral-dissolution/oclc/43752468&referer=brief_results- known for is climate change communication- fields is geochemistry- thesis year is 1999- spouse is ann guay- doctoral advisor is michael f. hochella- children is three- thesis title is atomic force microscopy study of clay mineral dissolution- name is barry robert bickmore- alma mater is virginia polytechnic institute and state university