
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000
B.A., Wellesley College 1995
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Franz, Katherine J. “Design of triggerable ligands for altering metal coordination in biological settings.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 238, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2009.
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Franz, Katherine J., and Louise K. Charkoudian. “INOR 916-A pro-chelator strategy for inhibiting metal-catalyzed oxidative stress.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 234, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2007.
Charkoudian, Louise K., and Katherine J. Franz. “INOR 614-Development of iron chelators triggered by reactive oxygen species.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 232, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2006.
Franz, Katherine J., et al. “INOR 1011-Copper(I) binding by methionine-rich domains of copper transport proteins.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 232, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2006.