Sy Garte

Dr. Sy Garte is a biochemist and has been a professor at New York University, University of Pittsburgh, and Rutgers University. He has authored over two hundred scientific publications and four previous books, and has served as division director at the National Institutes of Health and Vice President for Research (acting) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He served on the Board of Advisors for the John Templeton Foundation.

Sy is the Editor-in-Chief of "God and Nature" magazine and vice president of the Washington, DC, chapter of the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA). He is a Fellow of the ASA and a lay leader and certified Lay Servant in the United Methodist Church.

Although retired from active employment, Sy keeps busy writing and evangelizing online and in the church. He also contributes to science and faith journals such as Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, and keeps a blog "The Book of Works". His book "The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith" (Kregel Publications) is his first book on science and Christian faith, but probably not his last.