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Latest News
Jul 17, 2019
On August 27, at the UCLA Research Showcase and Reception in San Diego, we will toast faculty and alumni who are being honored by the ACS.
Jul 15, 2019
Professor Ellen Sletten has been named a 2019 ACS Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Young Investigator.
Jul 15, 2019
Alumna Professor JoAnne Stubbe (Postdoc, ‘71-72 Rebek) has been awarded the American Chemical Society’s highest honor, the 2020 Priestley Medal.
Jul 15, 2019
Physical Sciences Dean Miguel García-Garibay has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Chemical Society.
Jul 12, 2019
UCLA alum Robert McMahon (PhD ’85), Professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, selected for prestigious ACS 2019 Arthur C Cope Scholar Award
Jul 11, 2019
The summer seminar series, hosted by the Graduate Biochemistry Student Association (gBSA), features alumni career talks & research talks by postdocs.
Jul 10, 2019
Professor Keriann Backus is the recipient of a prestigious 2019 Young Faculty Award from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Jul 9, 2019
Professors Anastassia Alexandrova, Patrick Harran, and Margot Quinlan have agreed to serve as the Vice Chairs of the department, effective July 1, 2019.
Jul 5, 2019
The Houk group hosted the CCHF Virtual Symposum 14 sponsored by the Center for Selective C-H Functionalization (CHF).
Jun 28, 2019
Alumna Mercedes Cornelius (BS '18 Paul Weiss group) appears in episode of web series, Nerd Girl Nation, which features women in STEM fields.
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5:00pm to 7:00pm
2019 American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting in San Diego
San Diego Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom Salons 1-4
4:00pm
Young Hall - CS 50
University of California, Berkeley
12:00pm
Symposium: California NanoSystems Inst./Medal Award Dinner: TBA
University of California, Berkeley
4:00pm to 5:00pm
California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium
4:00pm to 5:00pm
California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium
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Alumnus Michael Varney ’80 has been selected for the 2019 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Alumni Award. Varney will accept the award and present his commencement address at the UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 15, 2019 in the Court of Sciences. ...
Alumnus Dr Shyr-Jin “Jim” Tsay (PhD ’77) was honored with the 2019 Alumni Legacy Award at the Departmental Awards Ceremony on April 22nd.