Researcher Dr. Maher El-Kady (Kaner group) was recently interviewed by Asharq Al-Awsat, one of the world’s leading international Arabic newspapers, for two feature stories on the 2025 Nobel Prize in […]

Inventions by six members of the UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry community are featured in the Fall 2025, UCLA Magazine article “The Top 25 Bruinventions of the 21st Century (So Far).” […]

Professor Soumitra Athavale and alumna Dr. Melissa Ramirez (Ph.D. ’21, Garg and Houk groups), currently an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, are two of four recipients […]

MATTEO PARFUMS founder Matthew J. Sánchez ‘17 has been named to the 2026 Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the Retail & eCommerce category. The honor highlights his rapid rise […]

Professor Justin Caram is one of 11 Cottrell Scholars selected by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) for an inaugural RCSA Bridge Award.  The award will support his project […]

Chemical biology Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae (P. Weiss/Caram groups), founder of SULA LABS, was named a $100,000 co–grand prize winner of musician and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams’ Black Ambition Prize Competition. […]

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry ranks among the world’s research leaders, according to the 2025 ScholarGPS global rankings, with UCLA placing No. 4 worldwide overall for lifetime scholarly […]

Professors Neil Garg, Ken Houk and Yi Tang have received a $2 million research grant from the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) to advance the study of cannabinoid-based therapeutics. […]