Haleem J. Issaq received his B.S. degree from the American College of Istanbul, Turkey, a M.S. degree from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Georgetown University in 1972. He was a Principal Scientist and Head of the Separation Technologies and Assay Development Group within the Laboratory of Proteomics and Analytical Technologies, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., located within the National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Maryland. His research interests include multidimensional separation of complex protein/peptide mixtures using liquid-phase-based separations (LC/LC, IEF/LC, and LC/CE), fast separation of estrogens, and use of HPLC/MS metabolomics for disease biomarker detection. He is the author or coauthor of over 350 scientific publications and the editor of A Century of Separation Science. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including Maryland Chemist of the Year.
Dr. Timothy Veenstra obtained his PhD in Biochemistry from University of Windsor (Windsor, ON) and completed a three-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Mayo Clinic under the guidance of Dr. Rajiv Kumar. He has over 20 years of research experience both in academics and as a Senior Vice President for a biotech company that focused on neurological diseases. With more than 380 published works (including 2 books), and eight patents, Dr. Timothy Veenstra brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with Maranatha’s science students.