Sy Garte, PhD

Seymour "Sy" Garte, PhD (in biochemistry), is the author of the award-winning book The Works of His Hands: A Scientist's Journey from Atheism to Faith (Kregel, 2019) and Science and Faith in Harmony: Contemplations on a Distilled Doxology (Kregel, 2024).

He has been a tenured professor at New York University, Rutgers University, and the University of Pittsburgh; division director at the Center for Scientific Review of the National Institutes of Health; and interim vice president for research at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
He has published more than two hundred peer-reviewed scientific papers and monographs, and four books, as well as articles on science and Christian faith in periodicals such as Christianity Today, Premier Christianity, and Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith. He has also appeared on numerous podcasts and YouTube channels, with more than four million views.

Currently, Dr. Garte serves as editor-in-chief of the American Scientific Affiliation's (ASA) online quarterly magazine, God and Nature, and also as vice president for the Washington, DC, metro chapter of the ASA. He also served as a member of the board of advisors of the John Templeton Foundation. Dr. Garte converted to Christianity from an atheist family background, and he is now a certified lay servant in the United Methodist Church in Rockville, Maryland.