frischknecht serves as the chair-elect of the division of polymer physics (dpoly) at the american physical society (aps), a position that runs from 2019 to 2020. she previously served as a member at large for dpoly from 2013-2015. she chaired the 2018 gordon research conference (grc) on polymer physics titled "new developments in hierarchical structure and dynamics of polymers." the theme of the conference was new experimental, simulation, and theoretical developments in polymer physics.