Dr. Swarts is a recognized authority in both science and religion. He is the author of The Spiritual Code: 12 Invisible Laws that Govern Our Universe and the editor of The Pantanal of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay: Selected Discourses on the World's Largest Remaining Wetland System. He served as Secretary-General of the World Conference on Preservation and Sustainable Development in the Pantanal. Dr. Swarts is Senior Research Scientist for Aquatic Ecology with the Waterland Research Institute; in this capacity he is responsible for the Institute's water resources projects in the Pantanal area of Brazil.
 
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bucknell University, with a B.S. in Biology, Dr. Swarts received his M.S. in Zoology from Pennsylvania State University. He completed his doctoral studies at Columbia University Teacher's College and the Graduate School of the Union Institute, graduating with a Ph.D. in Biology and Education. Dr. Swarts has published widely in the fields of aquatic ecology, education,and environmental biology. His environmental research endeavors include an extensive field study of brook trout in streams affected by acid-mine drainage in Pennsylvania and an exceptional tolerance of some tropical blackwater fish to low pH.