Hyuk-Joon Jung receives the 2025 UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research

7 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Student

Dr. Hyuk-Joon Jung (Diaconescu Group) received the Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research at the 2025 UCLA Postdoctoral Scholars & Mentors Awards Ceremony on November 12. Jung was one of eight […]

Hyuk-Joon Jung receives the 2025 UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research
November 21

2025-2026 Audree V. Fowler Fellows in Protein Science

7 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

Graduate students Nikki Cheung (Clubb Group), Jonathan Jih (Zhou Group), Eileen Olivares (Loo Group), and Lily Taylor (Rodriguez Group) have been selected as 2025–26 Fowler Fellows and shared their research […]

2025-2026 Audree V. Fowler Fellows in Protein Science
November 20

Paul S. Weiss elected to the GRC Board of Trustees

7 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Effective November 1, 2025, Professor Paul S. Weiss has been elected to the Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) Board of Trustees for a six-year term. Prior to this appointment, Weiss served […]

Paul S. Weiss elected to the GRC Board of Trustees
November 19

Caitlyn Fick’s 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award Video

7 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Graduate
  • Student

In a new short video recorded as part of the UCLA Academic Senate’s recognition, Ph.D. candidate Caitlyn Fick (Srivastava group) explains how small, caring practices—like anonymous surveys—can build trust and […]

Caitlyn Fick’s 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award Video
November 17

Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty featured in Highly Cited Researchers 2025 List

7 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Professors Xiangfeng Duan, David Eisenberg, Kendall Houk, Yu Huang, and Richard Kaner have been named to the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2025 list, a recognition of their significant and broad influence in their field.  Since […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty featured in Highly Cited Researchers 2025 List
November 13

Juli Feigon delivers Mendel Lecture

7 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

On October 9, 2025, pioneering structural biologist Distinguished Professor Juli Feigon delivered the Mendel Lecture at the refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno. The lecture took place at the Augustinian […]

Juli Feigon delivers Mendel Lecture
November 12

Victoria Barber receives American Lung Association Indoor Air Award Grant

7 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition
  • Faculty

Victoria Barber receives American Lung Association Indoor Air Award Grant Professor Victoria “Tori” Barber has been awarded an Indoor Air Research Award Grant from the American Lung Association. Barber received […]

Victoria Barber receives American Lung Association Indoor Air Award Grant
November 10

Inaugural Jeffrey I. Zink Invited Inorganic Lecture

8 months ago

  • Awards, Grants, & Recognition

Professor Kyoko Nozaki (University of Tokyo), known for her pioneering research in organometallic catalysis and polymer chemistry, visited UCLA on October 15 to give the inaugural Jeffrey I. Zink Invited […]

Inaugural Jeffrey I. Zink Invited Inorganic Lecture
October 30