MEET THE AUTHOR

Gregory Fynch is the pseudonym used by Gregory K. Asimakis, Ph.D.

Born in Beaumont, Texas, he lived most of his childhood in the Dallas, Texas area. He graduated from Rice University in 1971 with a dual degree in biology and chemistry.  He served in the United States Navy from 1971 through 1977. He studied biochemistry at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; he was awarded his doctoral degree in 1977. Dr. Asimakis completed his postdoctoral studies at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Until his retirement in 2015, he worked as a biomedical researcher, lecturer, and medical school educator and administrator. He is married to Susan Wywoda Asimakis of Dupont, Pennsylvania.  They currently reside in Friendswood, Texas. They have two children, Scott Gregory Asimakis and Laura Paige Asimakis, a daughter-in-law, Rose Johnson Asimakis, one granddaughter, Layla Joy Asimakis, one grandson, Ethan Thomas Asimakis, and two grand-dogs, Molly and Moose.