John Fieschko, Ph.D., Executive Director, CNY Biotechnology Research Center John Fieschko, Ph.D, a leading consultant to the biotechnology industry and a former director and scientist with the biotechnology industry giant Amgen Inc., is now the executive director of the Central New York Biotechnology Research Center and an Empire Innovation Professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry. The Central New York Biotechnology Research Center is a collaborative effort among SUNY Upstate Medical University, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Le Moyne College and Syracuse University are also participants in the center. As the executive director of the Central New York Biotechnology Research Center, Fieschko brings to the center nearly 30 years' experience in biotechnology, drug development, bioprocessing and biomanufacturing.