Research in the Franz group combines organic synthesis, catalysis, and chemical biology with applications for the synthesis of bioactive products, biofuels, surface modification, and bioconjugation. [click here to read more]
September 2009 First Franz group Adventure day - kayaking Baldwin Beach and hiking Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe.
Summer 2009
Sean Wilson and Jared Moore join the lab for a summer research rotation - Welcome!
Skye Kelty joins the lab as part of the UC Davis Young Scholars Program - Welcome!
Annaliese and Ngon attend the 4th Annual 3M Science and Engineering Faculty Day Symposium.
Group photo (May 2009)
January 2009
Annaliese receives the 3M Nontenured Faculty Award.
Welcome new first year graduate students Joe Badillo, Kaleb Jentzsch and Diana Wong!
November 2008
Exciting News - we receive a grant from Chevron Technology Ventures for Megan's Biofuel Project!
Congratulations to Nadine for receiving a WCC Eli Lilly Travel Award for the March 2009 ACS meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. Nadine will present her research for the catalytic enantioselective synthesis of oxindole products.
Summer 2008
Graduate student Megan Danielewicz and undergraduate David Lam join the group, and Kaleb Jantzsch joins us for a summer research rotation - Welcome! Our first Summer BBQ!
March 2008
Undergraduate Aziza Sahin joins the group - Welcome!
December 2007
Graduate Students Nadine Hanhan, Taewoo Min, and Ngon Tran join the group - Welcome!
September 2007
Undergraduates Toby Chang and Jennifer Etcheson join the group - Welcome!
Annaliese teaches a new special topics class (Chem 221E): Catalysis in Modern Organic Synthesis. [read description]
August 2007
The first round of renovations are complete and we move into our new lab space.

First reaction in the new lab - way to go Cori!

July 2007
Cori Bruce joins the group for a summer rotation - Welcome!
Annaliese joins the faculty at UC-Davis.
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