The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry welcomes Chong Liu, who will join our department as an assistant professor of inorganic chemistry this July, 2017.
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry welcomes Justin Caram, who will join our department as an assistant professor of physical chemistry this July.
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry welcomes Jose Rodriguez who has joined the department as an Assistant Professor in the Biochemistry Division. Prof. Rodriguez joined the department in July 2016 and currently holds the Howard Reiss Development Chair. His office and laboratory are currently located on the 5th floor of Boyer Hall.
Our newly tenured faculty, Professor Torres, received his B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1998, where he conducted research under the mentorship of Dr. Eduardo Orias. He obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University in 2004 under the direction of Dr. Virginia A. Zakian. He conducted his postdoctoral work in the laboratory of Dr. Peter K. Jackson at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Genentech Inc. until 2009 when he joined the faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA.
Meet our newly tenured faculty, Professor Margot Quinlan.
Professor Quinlan obtained her B.A. at Reed College in 1991. She then spent two years in Germany doing research at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg. She went to graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania where she was a HHMI predoctoral fellow in the lab of Yale Goldman.
Congratulations to our newly tenured faculty, Professor Bouchard.
Professor Bouchard obtained a bachelor's degree in physics and business management from McGill University in Montréal, Canada, a Master's degree in medical biophysics from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University. His doctoral dissertation explores the use of multiple quantum coherence and long-range dipolar interactions in condensed matter to characterize heterogeneous material microstructure.
During his stay in the laboratory of Prof. Alex Pines at the University of California, Berkeley, he developed novel approaches and methodologies to portable, low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), microfluidics and hyperpolarization methods to the study of chemical reactions. He joined the UCLA faculty during the summer of 2008 to pursue research in physical chemistry.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA seeks applications for an Assistant Instrumentation Specialist in the Biochemistry Instrumentation facility.
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The Biochemistry Instrumentation facility provides the UCLA biochemistry research community with easy access to sophisticated instrumentation for the characterization of biological macromolecules and their interactions. The Assistant Specialist will be responsible for the training and assistance in the use of technical equipment including a Microcal iTC-200 Isothermal Titration Calorimeter, a ForteBio BLItz (which uses Bio-layer interferometry to measure bimolecular interactions), A Bio-Rad CFX Connect quantitative PCR system, a Tecan Infinite M1000 Plate reader, and a SEC-MALS system (consisting of a GE AKTA chromatography system with a Wyatt miniDawn TREOS multiangle light scattering detector in tandem with an Optilab T-rEX differential refractometer). The Assistant Specialist will maintain the equipment and provide expertise in its use and operation. In order to effectively run this facility, the help of a senior scientist is absolutely necessary.
The Assistant Specialist will also be responsible for supervising graduate students and junior postdoctoral fellows working in this area. Candidates should have a minimum of a Masters of Science in chemistry and expertise in operating and training students and staff in the use and analyses of results obtained with the equipment.
The Assistant Specialist will report directly to the faculty directors of the facility, and will work in concert with the lab manager of the facility. The successful candidate is expected to have working knowledge of all laboratory SOPs and other safety procedures, and to work with the PI and the group safety officer to maintain a safe and productive working environment.
Candidates should provide a cover letter including description of background and qualifications, curriculum vitae, and should arrange for 3 letters of reference to be uploaded to UCLA Academic Recruit.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The University of California is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
3 Lecturer Positions available.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA seeks applications for temporary lecturer positions in the areas of Biochemistry, General Chemisty, and Organic Chemistry during the 2016-17 academic year.
For Biochemistry position, please apply here.
For General Chemisty and Organic Chemistry, apply at this link.
BIOCHEMISTRY LECTURER POSITION: Spring 2017 Quarter (April-June) of the 2016-17 academic year
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA seeks applications for temporary lecturer positions in the areas of Biochemistry courses during the Spring 2017 Quarter (April-June) of the 2016-17 academic year. Responsibilities will include lecturing, conducting regularly scheduled office hours, writing and grading exams and problem sets, and supervising teaching assistants. Qualified candidates will have a Ph.D. in biochemistry or chemistry and have significant teaching experience at the college level.
GENERAL CHEMISTRY LECTURER- Winter 2017 (January – March) & Spring 2017 (April - June)
UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry seeks applications for temporary lecturer positions in the area of General Chemistry for the Winter 2017 & Spring 2017 Quarters. Responsibilities will include lecturing, conducting regularly scheduled office hours, writing and grading exams and problem sets, and supervising teaching assistants for a lower division introductory General Chemistry course. Qualified candidates will have a Ph.D. in chemistry or equivalent discipline and have significant experience in teaching general chemistry at the college level.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LECTURER- Fall 2016 (September - December) & Spring 2017 (April – June)
UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry seeks applications for temporary lecturer positions in the area of Organic Chemistry for the Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 Quarters. Responsibilities will include lecturing, conducting regularly scheduled office hours, writing and grading exams and problem sets, and supervising teaching assistants for a lower division introductory Organic Chemistry course. Qualified candidates will have a Ph.D. in organic chemistry or equivalent discipline and have significant experience in teaching organic chemistry at the college level.
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry would like to welcome Ellen Sletten, who will join our department as an Assistant Professor in 2016. Prof. Sletten's research will focus on the areas of Analytical Chemistry, Biophysics, Materials & Nanoscience, and Organic Chemistry. She will take up residency in the department in January 2016.
Prof. Sletten received her B.S. in Chemistry from Stonehill College in 2006 where she worked in the laboratory of Prof. Louis Liotta on the synthesis of alkaloid glycosidase inhibitors. During her undergraduate education, she also performed research in Prof. Kara Bren’s group at the University of Rochester and Prof. Neil Thomas’s group at the University of Nottingham. Prof. Sletten pursued her Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley with Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi where she received an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Fellowship. Her thesis work involved the optimization and development of bioorthogonal chemistries and their subsequent applications in labeling living systems. Upon graduation in 2011, Prof. Sletten joined the laboratory of Prof. Tim Swager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow where she worked with soft fluorous materials for use in fluorescent sensors. The Sletten Group will exploit the unique properties of fluorinated materials to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. Research within the group will involve an interdisciplinary mix of organic synthesis, fluorous chemistry, chemical biology, nanomedicine, supramolecular chemistry, polymer synthesis, photophysics and pharmacology. Through the course of our work, we will develop new light-activated theranostics, efficient polymeric drug delivery scaffolds, and novel chemistries for the bioorthogonal chemical reporter strategy. Additionally, we will gain fundamental insight into the intriguing properties of perfluorinated compounds and their interactions with biological systems.
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry would like to welcome Hosea M. Nelson, who will be joining our department as an Assistant Professor in the Organic Chemistry division.
Prof. Nelson started his academic career at City College of San Francisco before transferring to UC Berkeley, where he received a B.S. degree in Chemistry in 2004. He then joined the Panasonic Energy Solutions Laboratory as a research assistant, where he developed technologies for lithium ion batteries and methanol fuel cells. From 2007-2012 Prof. Nelson completed a Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology as an NSF Predoctoral Fellow and a Ford Foundation Fellow.