Professor Matthew Nava has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. “I am extremely grateful for the support provided by the National Science Foundation […]

Professor Xiangfeng Duan has been selected to receive the 2026 Nano Research Award in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the synthesis, integration, and discovery of novel properties in low-dimensional […]

Professor Paul S. Weiss has been selected to receive the 2026 Medard W. Welch Award, the top research award from the American Vacuum Society (AVS), and postdoctoral alumnus, Professor Naihao […]

Two faculty-graduate student teams led by Professors Soumitra Athavale and Victoria Barber have received funding through a new $1.4 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. Professor Soumitra Athavale, who […]

Professor Kalli Kappel was presented with the 2026 UCLA Alpha Chi Sigma (AXΣ) Glenn T. Seaborg Award at the annual AXΣ Seaborg Banquet on May 8.      The event, held at […]

On Saturday, June 13, 2026, 66 of our students received Ph.D. degrees, 24 students received Master of Applied Chemical Sciences degrees, six Departmental Scholars received Master of Science degrees, and […]

A team of researchers led by Professor Richard Kaner has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2026 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize in recognition of a collaboration between the Kaner […]

Distinguished Professor Neil Garg, who holds the Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry, has won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2026 Centenary Prize for “challenging long-standing paradigms […]