Meagan Hinze is an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. She grew up in the Midwest and studied both chemistry and German at Butler University. Meagan obtained her Ph.D. at Cornell University under the mentorship of Chad Lewis while pursuing complex molecule synthesis. She then moved to the University of Michigan as a postdoctoral scholar with Alison Narayan. While at UM, Meagan made contributions to projects exploring the biosynthetic pathway of saxitoxin and expanding biocatalytic capabilities for small molecule synthesis.
Meagan started her independent career in 2019 and has mentored a total of 14 undergraduates and 3 MS students. Combining her training in synthesis and biocatalysis, current projects in the lab focus on leveraging Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases to generate diverse chiral synthons. The lab’s research interests have been previously supported by an Organic Syntheses PUI grant and are currently supported through funding from the Welch Foundation, ACS Petroleum Research Fund, and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
Email: mehinze@shsu.edu