2016-2017 ADVANCE Scholars Awarded: JoAnne Engebrecht, Annaliese Franz, and Sharon Strauss
The ADVANCE Scholar Award and lecture series highlights and celebrates the contributions women STEM faculty at UC Davis have made to their fields through outstanding scholarship and mentorship. The three ADVANCE Scholars have been be selected for 2016-17:
- JoAnne Engebrecht, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Annaliese Franz, Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Sharon Strauss, Professor, Evolution and Ecology
The ADVANCE Scholars are presenting their research on November 9, 2016 and May 4, 2017 in the Student Community Center-Multi Purpose Room.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 from 2:30pm-5:00pm
“Designing New Catalysts and Methods on the Path to Discovery for Medicines and Biofuels,” Annaliese Franz, Associate Professor, Chemistry
“Combining Historical and Contemporary Approaches to Learn about Natural Communities and Biodiversity,” Sharon Strauss, Professor, Evolution and Ecology
- Registration closed
Thursday, May 4, 2017 from 12:30pm-1:30pm
“Sex, Sex Chromosomes and Checkpoints,” JoAnne Engebrecht, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Register by April 28, 2017 HERE
Biographies
JoAnne
Engebrecht received her Ph.D. from Scripps
Institution of
Oceanography where she analyzed genes required for bacterial
bioluminescence. As a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University she
studied
meiosis in yeast. Dr. Engebrecht has continued to study various
aspects of
meiosis in yeast and worms in her faculty positions at Stony
Brook
University and since 2003 at the University of California, Davis.
Annaliese Franz is an
Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department. Her research
program is focused on synthesis of bioactive molecules,
catalysis, and sustainable biofuels from microalgae coupled with
wastewater remediation. She has received several awards,
including a prestigious NSF CAREER award, the American Chemical
Society WCC Rising Star Award, and the Outstanding Mentor Award
from the Consortium for Women & Research at UC Davis. She is an
author of 42 papers and one book chapter. She has served as
a research adviser/mentor for a total of 21 PhD students, 38
undergraduate student researchers, and 6 high school scholars.
Dr. Franz is passionate about education and mentoring students in
many programs on campus.
Sharon Strauss is an
evolutionary ecologist who has been on the faculty at UC Davis
for over 20 years. She studies how evolutionary history shapes
the traits and ecology of species. Her goals are to use
ecological and evolutionary processes to understand mechanisms
that allow species to coexist in complex and diverse assemblages
in nature, and to also understand how evolutionary processes of
adaptation and speciation influence species’ niches.
For additional information, please visit the ADVANCE Mentorship and Networking Initiative webpage.