Department of Chemistry
314 Chemistry
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Email: akfranz[a]ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-9820
Appointed to faculty, July 2007
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
B.S., Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Awards and Professional Highlights
Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate and Professional Teaching, UC Davis, 2018
Faculty Director, Undergraduate Research Center, 2017-2019
ADVANCE Scholar Award, 2016
Mentoring at Critical Transitions Fellowship Award, 2015-2016
Outstanding Mentor Award, Consortium for Women & Research, 2013
Faculty Development Award for Mentoring and Outreach, 2012
ACS WCC Rising Star Award, 2012
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, 2010
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2009
3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, 2009-2012
Graduate Groups and Academic Affiliations
Chemistry Graduate Group
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (BMCDB) Graduate Group
Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group
Energy Graduate Group, Founding Member
Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology (DEB) Program
California Center for Algae Biotechnology (Cal-CAB)
Post-Baccalaureate Research Program (Prep) Scholar, 2016-2017
Joseph F. Bunnett Undergraduate Research Award, 2016
Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Fellow, 2014-2016
David's research specialization:
Sponge derived marine natural product isolation, characterization, and semisynthetic derivatization
Chemistry Department Travel Award, 2018
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards, 2017
American Institute of Chemists Student Awardee, 2016
Baumann Scholar, 2015-2016
Jake's research specialization:
My research entails the design and development of chiral silicon molecules for mechanistic analysis, novel ligands or silicon-based materials.
ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry, 2014
Carroll University Pioneer Scholars Research Grant, 2014
Kayla's research specialization:
My research focuses on the cultivation of microalgae on anaerobic digestate wastewater with the goals of (1) producing lipids for biofuels and (2) wastewater remediation.
Teresa Tang
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Major, Class of 2020
Email: yctta[a]ucdavis.edu
Undergraduate Research Center Travel Award, 2019
Provost's Undergraduate Fellowship, 2018-2019
Teresa's research:
My research focuses on quantifying halogen bonding with spectroscopic methods.
Serena's research:
I am developing methods to decrease the cost of biofuels by increasing the biomass and lipid growth of microalgae grown on wastewater.
Mira Milic
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Major, Class of 2021
Email: mmilic[a]ucdavis.edu
Francesca Miller Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2020
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), 2020
Provost's Undergraduate Fellowship, 2019-2020
Best Presentation at the Richard Larock Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2019
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