Undergraduate researcher Kasey Parks wins 2025 ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Student
- Undergraduate
Kasey Parks, a third-year chemistry undergraduate in the Schmitt group, is a winner in the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) annual Undergraduate Poster Competition. Parks’ poster, titled “Illuminating […]
Undergraduate researcher Tanya D’Souza receives American Chemical Society DOC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Research
- Student
- Undergraduate
Biochemistry undergraduate researcher Tanya D’Souza (Conway group) has been named a recipient of the American Chemical Society’s Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) for her research project, “A […]
Three P.D. students receive international graduate scholarships
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Graduate students Arwen Ying Cai (Alexandrova and Diaconescu groups), Calvin Ho (Doyle group), and Samuel Hugie (Doyle group) have been awarded prestigious international graduate scholarships. Cai and Hugie received the […]
Juli Feigon and Sabeeha Merchant honored in JMB’s special “Pioneers in Molecular Biology” issue
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
Professors Juli Feigon and Sabeeha Merchant are among 12 trailblazing female scientists featured in the inaugural “Pioneers in Molecular Biology” issue of the Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB). The Special […]
UCLA and CSU collaboration wins competitive AI education grant
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Education
- Faculty
UCLA Teacher-Scholar alumna Professor Roshini Ramachandran, now at California State University, Monterey Bay, and UCLA Professor Chong Liu have been awarded a $137,000 grant through the AI Funding for Accelerated […]
UC President Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Haleh Alimohamadi (Wong group), and graduate students Yongjia He (Caram group), Luca McDermott Catena (Garg group), and Yessica Nelson (Spokoyny group), have been selected for the 2025 […]
Ken Houk receives the 2024 Prix Franco-Américain
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
Professor Ken Houk has been awarded the 2024 Prix Franco-Américain (French-American Prize) from the Société Chimique de France (French Chemical Society). The ceremony on April 29, 2025, held at the […]
2025 Senior Foote Fellows
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Third-year organic chemistry graduate students Flora Fan (Doyle lab), Zach Walters (Garg lab), and Qingyang Zhou (Houk lab) have been named the 2025 Senior Foote Fellows. The Senior Foote Fellowships […]