Dr. John W. Baynes Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of South Carolina John W. Baynes PhD. is the Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus. His research areas include biomarkers of aging and chronic disease; chemical basis for the pathology of diabetes, atherosclerosis and aging. His laboratory applies analytical biochemical techniques to the characterization and measurement of trace chemical modifications of tissue proteins, particularly compounds that are useful as biomarkers of disease and that provide insight into mechanisms of disease and response to therapy.