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Furman University

2011 - 2012 Beckman Scholars

Matthew Correnti
Title of Research: Electron Spin Resonance Investigation of H₄⁺ and LiH₃⁺ Isolated in a Solid Neon Matrix
Email: matt.correnti@furman.edu

2010 - 2011 Beckman Scholars

Erin Gray
Title of Research: Expanding the Synthetic Utility of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes
Email: erin.gray@furman.edu

James Wade
Title of Research: Investigation of Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry for the Characterization of Diimine Transition Metal Complexes, Including Photoinduced Covalent Bond Formation with DNA
Email: james.wade@furman.edu

2009 - 2010 Beckman Scholars

Charles Reese
Title of Research: A Mechanistic Probe of Cyclopropane Reactivity in a Possible [1,5]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement
Email: charles.reese1155@furman.edu

2007 - 2008 Beckman Scholars

Elizabeth Page Bridges
Title of Research: Characterization of Intercalative and Covalent Binding Interactions of Cr(III) Photocleavage Agents with DNA
Email: page.bridges@furman.edu

Gregory Amend
Title of Research: Gene-Specific Drug Binding and the Role of Water
Email: Greg.Amend@furman.edu

Laura Lee Glish
Title of Research: Complexation of Nitrogen Heterocycles, Amino Acids and Oligopeptides with Thyroid Hormones

Michael T. Vagnini Title of Research: Energy Transfer Studies with Chromium (III) Complexes

Scott Vandiver
Title of Research: Enantioselective Molecular Recognition of Tricationic Tris-Cr(diimine)3 Complexes with DNA

Rebekah Potts
Title of Research: Characterization and Binding Behavior of Potential DNA Photocleavage Agenst Based on Cr(diimine)3 Transition Metal Complexes

Jennifer Fox
Title of Research: The Interactions of Chromium(III) Compounds with Biological Substrates

Dorothy Harris
Title of Research: Targeting and Turning on the Topoll-alpha Gene in Confluence-Arrested Cancer Cells

Erik C. Madsen
Title of Research: Solid Phase Synthesis of an Oligopeptide Capable of Recognizing the Promoter of the bcr/abl Oncogene

Ginger M. Denison
Title of Research: Redox Reactions in Supercritical Water

Marion R. Martin
Title of Research: ESR Studies of Mass Selected Cations Trapped in Trapped in Neon Matrices at 4 K