Dr. Naidoo obtained a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Liverpool, following which he did postdoctoral research in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy at Purdue University.For the past 33 years, Dr. Naidoo has lectured in Chemistry at Montreal's Dawson College and John Abbott College, where he was Chair of the Chemistry Department for 10 years. He has also done short stints in the Chemistry and the Food Science Departments of McGill University.Now retired, Dr. Naidoo plans to continue writing articles on his favourite theme from his new home on Vancouver Island.