Two alumni named to C&EN’s “Talented 12” for 2024

2 years ago

  • Alumni & Friends
  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition

Alumni Dr. Jesus Moreno (Ph.D. ’17 Garg group) and Prof. Nako Nakatsuka (Ph.D. ’17 Andrews/P Weiss groups) have been named to Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) “Talented 12” Class for 2024. […]

Two alumni named to C&EN’s “Talented 12” for 2024
May 16

AFRL Space Scholars Program

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Research
  • Student

Ph.D. student Victoria Rubio (Spokoyny lab) has been selected for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 2024 Space Scholars Program to work on the synthesis and characterization of polymer films […]

AFRL Space Scholars Program
May 14

2024 Robert M. Scarborough Award

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

The Division of Medicinal Chemistry (MEDI) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has named Professor Stuart Conway, Michael and Alice Jung Endowed Chair of Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, as […]

2024 Robert M. Scarborough Award
May 14

Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society (CSS)

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Distinguished Research Professor Ken Houk has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society (CSS). According to the CCS, an organization of over 110,000 members, the Honorary […]

Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society (CSS)
May 9

Genomic Analysis and Interpretation Training Program Fellowship

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Research
  • Student

Graduate student Lajoyce Mboning (Bouchard/Pellegrini groups) has been awarded a Genomic Analysis and Interpretation Program (GATP) Fellowship for 2024-25. Mboning is a third-year chemistry and biochemistry, theory and computation graduate […]

Genomic Analysis and Interpretation Training Program Fellowship
May 9

2024 UCB-Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Stuart Conway, the inaugural holder of UCLA’s Michael and Alice Jung Endowed Chair in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, is the winner of this year’s prestigious UCB-Ehrlich Award for […]

2024 UCB-Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry
May 2

2024 Senior Foote Fellows

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Third-year organic chemistry graduate students Jordan Gonzalez (Garg lab), Daniel Seungwook Min (Doyle lab), Madeline Ruos (Doyle lab), and Georgia Scherer (Garg lab) have been named the 2024 Senior Foote […]

2024 Senior Foote Fellows
May 1

SCALACS Chemists Celebrate Earth Week Virtual Seminar

2 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Sarah Tolbert, recipient of the SCALACS Tolman Award for the year 2023, recently presented a virtual seminar titled “Holey Batteries Batman, Can Chemists Really Help Solve Our Energy Problems?”, […]

SCALACS Chemists Celebrate Earth Week Virtual Seminar
April 30