Richard David Feinman is Professor of Cell Biology at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Feinman’s current research interests are in application of ketogenic diets for cancer. Dr. Feinman has worked in several scientific areas including animal behavior and he has had a previous life in the visual arts. His friends consider him a Renaissance Man but he has made peace with the term dilettante. He received a BA from the University of Rochester and he holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of Oregon.