GEM Conference Technical Presentation Prize

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Yessica Nelson, a fourth-year inorganic chemistry graduate student from the Spokoyny group, received the first prize in the technical presentation competition for advanced Ph.D. students at the 47th Annual Board […]

GEM Conference Technical Presentation Prize
September 26

U.S. News & World Report Annual Rankings

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Rankings

UCLA has been named the nation’s top public university in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” rankings. The campus has now held the No. 1 spot for […]

U.S. News & World Report Annual Rankings
September 22

2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Materials chemistry graduate student Amir Nasajpour (P. Weiss group) has been selected as one of the finalists to compete in the 2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Washington, D.C. next month. […]

2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist
September 21

2020-2021 JACS Top Cited Publications

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Several UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty members have most cited publications in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) for 2020-2021. A highly cited JACS publication has garnered a […]

2020-2021 JACS Top Cited Publications
September 19

Prineha Narang elected as new Caltech Trustee

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Prineha Narang, a pioneer in quantum matter research at UCLA, has been elected as a Young Alumni Trustee of her alma mater, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Narang […]

Prineha Narang elected as new Caltech Trustee
September 14

2024 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition

Professor Ohyun Kwon is one of ten organic chemists to be selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) for the prestigious 2024 Arthur C Cope Scholar Award for her contributions […]

2024 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
September 8

2024 ACS Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Joseph Loo is the recipient of the ACS 2024 Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry. This national American Chemical Society (ACS) […]

2024 ACS Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry
September 8

UCLA receives $1 million NSF grant to develop quantum sensors

3 years ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professor Prineha Narang leads a UCLA team awarded $1 million by the National Science Foundation’s Quantum Sensing Challenges program. The grant, spanning four years, aims to develop new sensor technologies […]

UCLA receives $1 million NSF grant to develop quantum sensors
August 25