Dr. Haines

Dr. Donovan Haines

Professor and Department Chair
Dr. Haines photo
Contact Details

Office: CFS317A
Phone: 9362941530
Email: dch009@shsu.edu

Education

Wichita State University, B.Sc. Biochemistry, 1993

Wichita State University, Ph.D. in Chemistry (Biological Track) with Kandatege Wimalasena, 1998

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Postdoc in Biochemistry/Biophysics with Julian A. Peterson, 1999-2001

Research Work
  • Enzymology of P450 cytochromes and related enzymes (Kinetics, spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics)
  • Lipids, membranes, and lipid-amino acid conjugates including acyl homoserine lactones (Synthesis, oxidation, and membrane asymmetry issues)
  • Forensic chemistry (esp. chemistry of human decomposition utilizing SPME-mass spectrometry and IR)