On June 12, 2024, Professor Sarah Tolbert was awarded the American Chemical Society Southern California Section’s (SCALCS) highest honor, the 2023 Richard C. Tolman Award Medal, in recognition of her […]

Distinguished Professor Michael E. Jung, the Walter and Shirley Wang Chair in Medicinal Drug Discovery, has been inducted into the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame. The American […]

On May 21, 2024, we celebrated the many accomplishments of our alumni, faculty, postdocs, students, and staff, at our annual departmental awards ceremony. Each year at this event, we gather […]

On Saturday, June 15, 2024, 37 of our students received Ph.D. degrees, 16 students received Master of Applied Chemical Sciences degrees, five Departmental Scholars received Master of Science degrees, and […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 69 talented graduate students received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in teaching, academics, research, and/or service. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 52 talented undergraduates received departmental awards this year in recognition of their accomplishments in research and in academics. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Departmental […]

Thanks to our generous donors, 44 undergraduate students will have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in our faculty labs as research fellows. The 2024 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Research […]

In early May 2024, Professor Omar Yaghi from the University of California, Berkeley, visited UCLA to deliver the Mautner Perkins Memorial Lectures, including a scientific lecture and a public lecture. […]