Dr. Fred Naider was a distinguished professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He served as a department chair, acting Dean of Science and Technology and Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the College of Staten Island. He is now emeritus from these positions. One of his stints as a visiting professor at Machon Weizmann was as a Fulbright Research Professor. He also worked with Chaim Aviv and Marion Gorecki when Biotechnology General was being created. He published nearly 300 articles in peer reviewed journals and recently have written about 10 OpEds for the Jerusalem Post.