2025 Tillman Scholar

11 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Chemistry Ph.D. candidate and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jason Q.L. Williams (P. Weiss group) is named a Tillman Scholar for the class of 2025. Williams is among an elite group […]

2025 Tillman Scholar
July 10

Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae gives TEDx talk

11 months ago

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  • Graduate
  • Student

Chemical biology Ph.D. candidate  AJ Addae (P. Weiss/Caram groups) recently delivered a TEDx talk highlighting her journey in using scientific research to close inclusivity gaps in the beauty industry by […]

Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae gives TEDx talk
July 9

2025 Arnold J. Berk Research Achievement Award

11 months ago

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  • Graduate
  • Student

BMSB graduate student Lily Taylor (Rodriguez group) is the 2025 graduate student recipient of the Arnold J. Berk Research Achievement Award, presented by the Molecular Biology Institute (MBI) at UCLA. […]

2025 Arnold J. Berk Research Achievement Award
July 8

Heather Maynard and Neil Garg deliver Plenary Lectures at 100th NOS

11 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

This June, Professors Heather Maynard and Neil Garg – both New York natives – had the opportunity to return to their roots as plenary speakers at the 49th National Organic […]

Heather Maynard and Neil Garg deliver Plenary Lectures at 100th NOS
July 7

2025 Distinguished Teaching Award

12 months ago

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  • Graduate
  • Student

Ph.D. student Caitlyn Fick (Srivastava group) is one of only five UCLA Ph.D. students selected for the 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants. According to the Academic Senate Committee […]

2025 Distinguished Teaching Award
July 2

2025 Commencement Ceremony

12 months ago

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  • Graduate
  • Student
  • Undergraduate

On June 14, the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry hosted this year’s commencement ceremony to celebrate the graduating class of 2025. At the ceremony, 37 of our students received […]

2025 Commencement Ceremony
July 2

2026 Glenn T. Seaborg Medalist

12 months ago

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  • Events
  • Faculty

The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is pleased to announce that Distinguished Professor Richard Kaner (UCLA) has been chosen as the 2026 Seaborg Medalist. The Seaborg Medal, established in 1987, […]

2026 Glenn T. Seaborg Medalist
June 30

UCLA honors alumnus with long-awaited doctoral hooding ceremony

12 months ago

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  • Graduate
  • Student

Alumnus Dr. Thomas Scott Griffin was finally hooded at the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry commencement ceremony on June 14, 2025—more than five decades after earning his Ph.D. in […]

UCLA honors alumnus with long-awaited doctoral hooding ceremony
June 27