Elizabeth Fondal Neufeld  is an American geneticist whose research has focused on the genetic basis of metabolic disease in humans. She was born Elizabeth Fondal in Paris, on September 27, 1928. She obtained a BS from Queens College, New York and a Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley. After postdoctoral training in, she moved to the NIH in Bethesda, MD, where she began her studies of a rare group of genetic diseases. She moved back to California in 1984 as Chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry - a position that she occupied till 2004. Neufeld has been widely recognized for her contributions to science. She has been awarded the Wolf Prize, the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research, and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1994 "for her contributions to the understanding of the lysosomal storage diseases, demonstrating the strong linkage between basic and applied scientific investigation."