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 […]

Each year at commencement, we recognize our graduate, master’s, and undergraduate students for their accomplishments in academics and research. The following 2025 Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Awards were presented to […]

Congratulations to graduate students Morgan Grimes (Lawson group), Ferdawss Ihiri (Alexandrova/Garcia-Garibay groups), Benjamin Janda (Garg group), and Giulianna Miseo (Garg group), whose 2025 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship […]

On June 9, 2025, we celebrated the many accomplishments of our alumni, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and staff at our annual departmental awards ceremony. Each year at this event, we […]

UCLA alumna Dr. Donna Speckman (Ph.D. ’84, Hawthorne group) received the 2025 Alumni Legacy Award at the Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Awards Ceremony on June 9. The award honors distinguished UCLA Department […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 124 talented graduate students received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in teaching, academics, research, and/or service. The 2025 Chemistry & Biochemistry […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 42 talented undergraduates received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in research and in academics. The 2025 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 47 undergraduate students will have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in our faculty labs as research fellows. The 2025 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Research […]