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Latest News
Aug 15, 2018
On August 14, 2018, the Houk Group hosted a Virtual Symposium on synthetic organic chemistry.
Aug 13, 2018
Professor Ohyun Kwon, an organic chemist, has recently been awarded a $200,000 Technology Development Grant.
Jul 31, 2018
The Biophysical Society (BPS) has named Professor Juli Feigon its 2019 Founders Award winner.
Jul 31, 2018
Professor Ohyun Kwon, an organic chemist, has been awarded the Boehringer Ingelheim Green Chemistry Award for 2018.
Jul 30, 2018
Joyann Barber, a PhD student in Professor Neil Garg’s group, has been awarded a 2018-2019 Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
Jul 27, 2018
The team has discovered a chemical reaction that might someday be used to process petroleum waste into useful compounds.
Jul 27, 2018
On July 24, 2018, the department hosted a reception for all undergraduate and high school students who conduct research in faculty labs.
Jul 25, 2018
Professor Anastassia Alexandrova cohosted the 6th International Conference on Chemical Bonding (ICCB) in Hawaii this July.
Jul 23, 2018
Alumnus Robert (BS ’42) and Mae Carter have donated $100,000 to support the Women in Chemistry Initiative in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.
Jul 18, 2018
Professor Neil Garg, an organic chemist, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) for 2018.
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In 2016, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry established the Paul D. Boyer Teacher-Scholar position to honor Professor Boyer's contributions to science, UCLA, and the world. Each year, we review applications from around the globe and select one recent Ph.D....
Graduate student Devon Widmer (Schwartz group) has been selected for the 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. Widmer is one of five awardees selected from a large field of extraordinary nominees. She will be recognized at the annual “Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching”...
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is pleased to announce that on Saturday, November 10, 2018, the 2018 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal will be awarded to Professor Robert Glaeser (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Nobel Laureate Professor Richard Henderson (MRC Laboratory of...