New Faculty Welcome Reception
Boyer 159 611 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, CADear Faculty and Staff, We will hold a casual welcome event for our newest faculty members, Professors Prineha Narang, Matthew Nava, and Danielle Schmitt! The event will be held on Thursday, September 8th, 3-4pm on the Boyer Hall 159 Patio. Please be sure to save the date and RSVP here. Light refreshments and snacks will be provided. Hope to see you there!
Staff Meeting
Greetings Staff! Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry on September 9th from 12-1pm for an All Staff Meeting. The meeting will include a lecture by Professor Bill Gelbart "Viruses, Vaccines, and Your Immune System" followed by staffing updates, major departmental initiatives, and training opportunities presented by Amy Ragsdale. The meeting will also include break out sessions […]
The 2022 M. Frederick Hawthorne Symposium
Dear Alumni, Collaborators, Colleagues, and Friends: On behalf of the organizing committee, is it our pleasure to invite you to the M. Frederick Hawthorne Symposium that will bring together alumni, current students and collaborators at UCLA on Friday, September 16th, 2022. The Hawthorne Symposium aims to honor the career and research of those who have […]
Physical Chemistry Seminar 228: Jennifer Dionne
Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East, Los Angeles, CATitle: Lighting Up the Oceans: Emerging Nanophotonic Platforms for Real-time Ocean Observation Abstract: The oceans are the largest biological habitat in the known universe and are among the least charted. Covering over two and a half times the area of Mars, the oceans host diverse microorganisms that cycle nearly all chemical elements and are responsible […]
Jeffrey I. Zink Inorganic Chemistry Seminar 278: Neil Tomson
Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East, Los Angeles, CAFlyer: Prof. Neil Tomson Title: Ligand Flexibility in Surface-Inspired Cluster Chemistry Abstract: Metallic surfaces perform many chemical transformations that hold promise for the future energy economy, including dinitrogen reduction, ammonia oxidation, and alkane synthesis, but surfaces are difficult to tune, limiting chemists’ ability to improve their efficiencies. Molecular cluster complexes inspired by surface chemistry have […]
Houk-Jung Organic Colloquium 247: Clemence Corminbouef
Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East, Los Angeles, CAProf Corminbouef Flyer Title: NaviCat: Computational Tools to Navigate Molecular Catalyst Landscape Abstract: Over the last few years, we have worked on an assortment of computational and digital tools aimed at accelerating the through exploration and optimization of homogeneous catalyst landscapes. These interoperable tools are assembled into the NaviCat (Navigating Catalysis) platform, which includes: volcanic, […]
Jeffrey I. Zink Inorganic Chemistry Seminar 278: Joshua Goldberger
Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East, Los Angeles, CAFlyer: Prof. Joshua Goldberger Flyer Meet the Speaker: 11 a.m., YH 3096 Title: New Directions in Layered, Anisotropic Materials Abstract: Layered and 2D materials are currently one of the most well-studied classes of solid-state compounds, due to the plethora of unique physical phenomena found in these materials coupled with advances in the characterization of structure […]
Houk-Jung Organic Colloquium 247: Javier Read De Alaniz
Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East, Los Angeles, CAProf Read de Alaniz Flyer Title: Simplifying Synthesis With Chemistry Abstract: Photons have multiple enabling advantages to control chemical reactions, processes and stimuli-responsive materials. In this seminar, I will discuss our groups effort to design and develop a new class of negative photochromic molecules termed DASA, their incorporation into materials and subsequent effort to unlock […]
Organic Student Seminar 248: Jason Wang
Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East, Los Angeles, CAPhysical Chemistry Seminar 228: David Waldeck
Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East, Los Angeles, CAProf. Waldeck Flyer Adventures with Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity Abstract: Abstract: Since Louis Pasteur, chemists have been fascinated by chirality, however its connection with electron spin was not realized until the 21st century and its implications for chemistry and biochemistry is only beginning to be revealed. I will discuss chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS), which […]
Jeffrey I. Zink Inorganic Chemistry Seminar 278: Joseph W. Kolis
Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East, Los Angeles, CAFlyer: Prof. Joseph W. Kolis Flyer Meet the Speaker: 11 a.m., YH 3096 Title: Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal Vanadates: From Lasers to Frustrated Magnets and Maybe Even Some Quantum Materials Abstract: The high-temperature hydrothermal method (with temperatures 5-700˚C, pressures 200MPa) can be an excellent route to new materials, often in the form of large, high-quality […]