Oleksandr Kokhan

Oleksandr Kokhan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at James Madison University, specializing in biophysical chemistry since 2014. His research focuses on biochemical and biophysical studies of cytochromes, employing experimental and computational techniques.

• PhD in Biophysics and Computational Biology (2010), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests: Kokhan's work explores charge and energy transfer in proteins, small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering, and time-resolved laser spectroscopy. His team uses methods like DNA cloning, mutagenesis, protein expression, and molecular dynamics simulations to study heme-containing proteins involved in energy transduction and catalysis.

Publication Trends: His publications emphasize biophysical techniques for analyzing protein-metal interactions, electron transfer mechanisms in modified cytochromes, and porphyrin-induced protein multimerization, with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches combining experimental and computational tools.

Contact: Email: kokhanox@jmu.edu