Three graduate students in the Department of Chemistry recently earned distinction from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia as recipients of distinguished fellowships. Brian Sanders is the 2014 recipient of the prestigious Mary Laraine Young Hines Graduate Fellowship in Cancer Research. Sean Marrache and Anthony Prudden are the 2014 recipients of prestigious Grimes Family Distinguished Graduate Fellowships in Natural Sciences. These fellowships support excellence, innovation, dedication and creativity in graduate research related to cancer. Brian Sanders is a doctoral student under the direction of Todd Harrop, Associate Professor of Chemistry, and is the sole recipient of the Hines Fellowship this year. Brian's research in bioinorganic chemistry focuses on synthesizing and characterizing heme-like molecules for effecting transformations between nitrogen oxide species, which has important implications in many areas including bioremediation, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Sean Marrache is a doctoral student with Shanta Dhar, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Sean's research is on the development of organelle targeted nanocarriers for the treatment of a variety of different cancers, which could improve upon current chemo-therapeutics in the clinic today. Anthony Prudden is also the recipient of the 2013 Grimes award. Anthony is a doctoral student working under the direction of Geert-Jan Boons, Professor of Chemistry. Anthony is developing novel methods for synthesis of oligosaccharides found on cancer cells, which is key for understanding the roles of these carbohydrate molecules in cancer. Mary Laraine Young Hines graduated from UGA in 1968 with a degree in English. She subsequently earned degrees from both UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke. Her career includes work with the American Red Cross, the USO, Duke University Admissions, the Raleigh Fine Arts Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as work as a special educator and realtor. Mrs. Patricia R. Grimes graduated from UGA in 1970 with a degree in mathematics and subsequently a successful career in technology and banking, and was named Senior Vice President for Sun Trust supervising all application programming for the more than 50 Sun Trust locations.
