Rabbi Michael Lotker is a second career rabbi having been ordained
at age 55 from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
in 2003.  He is a physicist who spent his first career in Alternative
Energy focusing on wind, solar and geothermal energy.

He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Physics from
Queens College in New York City and from the University of Illinois.  
Prior to his ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion (the Reform movement's rabbinic seminary) in 2003, he
received his Master of Hebrew Letters degree from this same
institution.  An entrepreneur, he started a number of alternative
energy firms including a wind power development company that
installed and operated wind farms in Hawaii and California.  He is
widely published in the alternative energy field.

As a rabbinic student, he served congregations in California, Arizona
and Montana and is currently a member of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis.  Rabbi Lotker is a congregational rabbi serving
Temple Ner Ami in Camarillo, California.  His interest and participation
in interfaith dialogue stimulated his rabbinic thesis entitled "Ezer
Knegdo: Toward a Theology of Jewish-Christian Partnership."  He is a
sought after speaker at synagogues, churches and campuses.