Graduate student in the news – Jason Williams
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Chemistry Ph.D. candidate, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Tillman Scholar, and facilitator for Veterans in STEM, Jason Q.L. Williams (P. Weiss group), is featured in a recent UCLA Newsroom article about […]
UCLA to host Alianza MX Fellow Gustavo G. Flores-Bernal
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
Dr. Gustavo G. Flores-Bernal has been selected for the University of California (UC) Alianza MX Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, beginning in the 2025–26 academic year. He will join Professor Osvaldo Gutierrez‘s […]
Faculty in the News – Michael Jung
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Research
Distinguished Professor Michael Jung and his UCLA collaborators are featured in a recent New York Magazine article about their groundbreaking research on a potential cure for baldness. The New York Magazine article […]
Sarah Tolbert appointed as the inaugural Charles and Carolyn Knobler Endowed Term Chair
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
The UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has appointed Professor Sarah Tolbert as the inaugural Charles and Carolyn Knobler Endowed Term Chair, effective retroactively to July 1, 2025. The Charles […]
“Energy to Spare” film featuring UCLA battery research named media award finalist
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
A short film featuring Kaner group researcher Dr. Maher El-Kady (Ph.D. ’13) has been selected as a finalist for the Jackson Wild Media Awards in the Science & Nature – […]
UCLA Materials Scientist and Fuel Cell Catalyst Innovator Yu Huang Receives 2025 Global Energy Prize
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
This article was originally published by UCLA Samueli Newsroom. Yu Huang, a professor of materials science and engineering, as well as chemistry and biochemistry, and holder of the Traugott and Dorothea […]
Paul S. Weiss elected European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) fellow
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Faculty
Professor Paul S. Weiss has been elected a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Materials Science Division. The Academy is an international scientific organization composed of the world’s leading […]
Ph.D. candidate Gabriella Cooper presents lecture at the 2025 ACS Organic Chemistry Symposium
1 year ago
- Awards, Grants, & Recognition
- Graduate
- Student
Organic chemistry Ph.D. candidate Gabriella Cooper (Harran Group) was among 25 rising fifth-year graduate students selected from across the United States to present their research at the 2025 ACS Division […]