Kyria L. Boundy-Mills, Department of Food Science and Technology
Academic Federation Excellence in Research Award Recipient
Dr. Boundy-Mills has been a Specialist at UC Davis since 2002, and the curator of the Phaff Yeast Culture Collection since 2001. She inherited one of the largest and most diverse collections of yeasts in the world, which contains over 7,000 strains in the public catalog (http://phaffcollection.ucdavis.edu). The collection is the living legacy of several generations of UC yeast researchers including Herman Phaff, Emil Mrak and William Cruess. However, this large, irreplaceable collection was in a deteriorating state and at great risk for obsolescence. Over the last 14 years, Dr. Boundy-Mills has not only revitalized the collection, but has expanded and utilized it in innovative and creative ways with tremendous benefit to UC Davis and its stakeholders. Her research program focuses on discovery of natural yeasts with promising characteristics for a broad variety of research avenues, and sharing the candidates with numerous research labs around the world for further strain and process development. This line of research is possible because UC Davis has invested in preserving this yeast collection.
Congratulations to Kyria for the Academic Federation Excellence in Research Award.
If you are interested in attending the 2015 Academic Awards and Faculty Research Lecture:
The Davis Division of the Academic Senate and The Academic Federation of UC Davis cordially invite you to attend the
2015 Academic Awards and Faculty Research Lecture
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Student Community Center, UC Davis campus
5:15 p.m. Awards Program
6:15 p.m. Reception
6:55 p.m. Faculty Research Lecture
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For information, please call 530-754-2007
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