Ned D Heindel

Ned D. Heindel's ancestors were Pennsylvania German farmers and cigar makers in York County, Pennsylvania. His Pennsylvania German-speaking grandmother knew many of the old country remedies, the curative chants, and the pow-wow therapies and was especially good at curing childhood hiccups. Ned took his B.S. in Chemistry at Lebanon Valley College (Annville, PA), his doctorate at University of Delaware (Newark, DE), and his postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University (Princeton, NJ). His...See more

Ned D. Heindel's ancestors were Pennsylvania German farmers and cigar makers in York County, Pennsylvania. His Pennsylvania German-speaking grandmother knew many of the old country remedies, the curative chants, and the pow-wow therapies and was especially good at curing childhood hiccups. Ned took his B.S. in Chemistry at Lebanon Valley College (Annville, PA), his doctorate at University of Delaware (Newark, DE), and his postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University (Princeton, NJ). His research interests are in medicinal chemistry and folk-healing techniques. He is the author of the book, Hexenkopf: History, Healing and Hexerei, and of over 200 technical articles on drug development. He is currently the Howard S. Bunn Chair Professor of Chemistry at Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) where he has taught since 1966. See less