On February 6, 2023, alumnus Dr. Marco Messina (Ph.D. ’19 Maynard/Spokoyny groups), currently a postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley, was presented with the 2023 Norma Stoddart Prize for […]

Dr. Chuanzhen Zhao (M.S. ’17 chemistry, Ph.D. ’20 materials chemistry P. Weiss and A. Andrews groups), currently a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford, has been named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under […]

Alumna Dr. Morgan Howe (Ph.D. ’19, Garcia-Garibay group) has joined the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry as a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education Research Fellow. In her […]

Professor Michael Jung, a leader in the field of synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry, has been appointed as the Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in Medicinal Drug Discovery. A […]

Professor Neil Garg and postdoc alumnus Dr. Eva Darzi, now CEO of ElecraTect, Inc., are heading a team of researchers who are testing a “cannabinoid fuel cell” that provides a […]

Inspired by a microscopic animal’s ability to survive and aided by UCLA’s Innovation Fund, Professor Heather Maynard is leading a team of researchers to invent a polymer with the potential […]

We are pleased to welcome alumna Mackenzie Anderson (BS ’17, MS ’19, PhD ’22, Kaner group) as the department’s new 2022-25 Willard F Libby Teacher-Scholar. Our Teacher-Scholar program allows postdoctoral […]

Nine talented chemistry & biochemistry graduate students have been awarded the 2022 Ralph & Charlene Bauer Awards in recognition of their excellence in research, teaching, and service.  Congratulations to the […]